Ben Lyman

It took until the last day of the year but I met my goal. 😅

the shit I care least in the whole world about is whether the story about the Earl of Sandwich is true. yes it fucking was. my man was playing cards and eating meat with his hands and then he said hold up check this out. you won't believe this shit. bring me some fucking bread & hold onto your hats

I don’t think we should call TLAM attacks “air strikes.”

You wouldn’t call an ATACMS strike an air strike. Maybe a missile strike, but not an air strike.

The phrase “air strike” should refer only to attacks coming from aircraft. Words mean things.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Merry Christmas the magic is in the air because it woke my kids up already 🙄

We used to buy whatever we could find by the 25th and call it good and now we struggle to research and order these bespoke and original gifts only for them to not arrive on time.

and we call this progress.

Wake up NORAD & NORTHCOM time to finally earn your pay this year.

Wake up @pptsapper.bsky.social we’re having a “what is military history?” debate on the Sky.

I know the Nolan Odyssey movie is going to slap because the well actually internet nerds are already out in force.

Christmas vacation was so awesome as a kid but pure and constant stress as a parent.

It exists to drive us a little crazier bit by bit.

Even after the $1,776 payment I’m still in the red for my trip to the southern border.

Ben loses again, as is tradition.

Checks are on the way? Well hurry up I got a car note.

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Can’t wait to serve in the J-2 at JTF-War!

I miss sports twitter but hate nazis more.

It was beautiful.

Army football don’t blow a game in the fourth quarter challenge: impossible.

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Just realized I forgot to use AI yesterday at work.

I will now commit ritualistic seppuku.

Julian Sayin won’t win the Heisman because the Buckeyes lost the B1G Championship but in a down year for the Heisman race it should probably matter that only one candidate just set the single season record for pass completion percentage by a whole ass percentage point.

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The enemy cannot input prompts into the AI if you disable his hand!

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

What if I could work on behalf of the US government, get rich off bloated contracts, AND get the 10% discount at Home Depot?

I’m a Parker acolyte.

There is only one military revolution in my book.

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

Definitely not the former.

It’ll be awhile before I’m convinced it’s the latter (as much as I can be convinced of anything being an RMA).

To be honest, if AI becomes truly revolutionary, we won’t have time to ponder it as we’ll be too busy fighting off the oppression of our AI robot overlords.

You can thank me for my service I’ve been a proud beta tester since my Counter Strike days.

Talking with cadets about why immigrants would march into hell for a country they barely knew at the Irish Brigade monument at Gettysburg is one of the top 3 moments of my army career.

Ideals, hopes, and dreams are powerful things.

I’m willing to compromise with a little velcro strap doohickey like on the old knee pad pants.

I’m reasonable!

Tucking, boot blousers, tying those silly little strings - doesn’t matter.

I’m over it.

I’ve been blousing my pants over my boots for 18 years and honestly I just think it’s a silly way to dress.

The only strain I want on my body in an airport is the strain of lifting an ice cold beer to my lips at 7am.