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Roylicious
Feb 21, 2012

Braver than the cops
ain't afraid of no chaps
If they steppin up on me
I just start bustin some caps

jarjarbinksfan621 posted:

i know someone is intelligent with their heart in the right place when they share this on their facebook wall.



What a retard.

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ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Can someone post about being on a submarine

That sounds radical and hosed up

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

InterFaced posted:

Thank you for your service, OP.

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Like you get extra pay for being under the sea but cant even spend it cause youre trapped in this vessel under millions of tons of pressure

TK-42-1
Oct 30, 2013

looks like we have a bad transmitter



join the air force so you can bomb browns from the comfort of your own home

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Your Dead Gay Son posted:

Can someone post about being on a submarine

That sounds radical and hosed up

Honky Dong Country's nuclear chat thread kind of brushed on this topic at least with regards to nuclear subs, iirc, though more with regards to operating a nuclear reactor on a submarine than just submarines

King of Bees
Dec 28, 2012
Gravy Boat 2k

Your Dead Gay Son posted:

Can someone post about being on a submarine

That sounds radical and hosed up

I was in another countries submarine doing sub rescue testing and [classified] and [classified]

momerath
Nov 15, 2014
I did 5 years in the navy for the gi bill. really it's just so the govt could give me 4k a month so i can shitpost all day for at least 4 years

Frosted Flake
Sep 13, 2011

Semper Shitpost Ubique

Free school is okay.

Destroyed knees and a bad shoulder not so much.

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

also being responsible or at least complicit in the deaths of hundreds of poor children, and the suffering of tens of thousands more, is kinda a steep price to pay in exchange for a lovely college degree

also the most insufferable people in any college class are the vets who bring up their service in every loving lecture

Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

Tuxedo Gin posted:

also being responsible or at least complicit in the deaths of hundreds of poor children, and the suffering of tens of thousands more, is kinda a steep price to pay in exchange for a lovely college degree

also the most insufferable people in any college class are the vets who bring up their service in every loving lecture

Are you sure you're not talking about mothers going back to school? Most GI billers I've met in college seem cool as hell. A few of them even played D & D in the student commons from time to time.

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

Forceholy posted:

Are you sure you're not talking about mothers going back to school? Most GI billers I've met in college seem cool as hell. A few of them even played D & D in the student commons from time to time.

my program had really rad old moms

and a really loving annoying marine that wouldn't shut the gently caress about the marines

i don't think i have ever once mentioned that i was in the army at school or work

if your entire identity is based on being military and you bring it up multiple times a day, you are dumb

the best kind of vet is the vet that you don't know is a vet because he doesn't ever talk about it

the second best kind of vet is a dead vet, from suicide.

tenspott
Aug 1, 2002

by FactsAreUseless

jarjarbinksfan621 posted:

it really does not seem like that. perhaps my perception is skewed though, because the people who are humble about their time in the service are the people you would not even know were in the military unless it came up in an off-topic conversation like health insurance or foreign prostitutes.

Most modern veterans are humble about their service because they realize that their "service" isn't much to brag about. Most of it is the same day to day bullshit you deal with any other job. There's a lot of paperwork, red tape, rear end in a top hat bosses, trying to poo poo on company time, etc. Sometimes something cool happens, maybe something blows up, but the large majority of time in service is pretty pedestrian. Even in a war zone there's a lot of time spent playing xbox.

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

it would probably cost a lot less if after enlistment is up we just feed vets into a meat grinder and use it as livestock or pet food

the gi bill seems like a waste of tax money

I am Toni Lippi
Aug 16, 2004
Make sure you injure yourself as much as possible with horseshit and have them document it for sweet sweet disability paychecks that roll in for the rest of your life.

Roylicious
Feb 21, 2012

Braver than the cops
ain't afraid of no chaps
If they steppin up on me
I just start bustin some caps

Tuxedo Gin posted:

it would probably cost a lot less if after enlistment is up we just feed vets into a meat grinder and use it as livestock or pet food

the gi bill seems like a waste of tax money

It's part of the socialist jobs program that provides for education so we can have skilled workers entering the economy.

momerath
Nov 15, 2014

Tuxedo Gin posted:

also being responsible or at least complicit in the deaths of hundreds of poor children, and the suffering of tens of thousands more, is kinda a steep price to pay in exchange for a lovely college degree
no it isn't

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
future Us Marine checking in

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Is the usmc acknowledged in the us armed forces as being the most homoerotic branch of the military or it that still the navy

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

the navy is the out and proud homoerotic branch

the marines are closeted and really loving angry about if and homophobic because they love dick

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib

Tuxedo Gin posted:

also being responsible or at least complicit in the deaths of hundreds of poor children, and the suffering of tens of thousands more, is kinda a steep price to pay in exchange for a lovely college degree

also the most insufferable people in any college class are the vets who bring up their service in every loving lecture

Get this, you're harvesting the souls of the damned through capitalism alone

Victis
Mar 26, 2008

Tuxedo Gin posted:

also the most insufferable people in any college class are the vets who bring up their service in every loving lecture

What the gently caress are you talking about, the most annoying people in college are the 40-50 year old women. "AS A MOTHER..." "IN MY EXPERIENCE..."

USAF was cool and chill and you meet and become friends with people you otherwise would never interact with. All the vets I know are quiet about it because who cares

Also women in most places think it's super interesting when they do find out you were in the military

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
They're feigning interest because they know you're very likely to snap and assault/kill them at the slightest perceived insult or rejection

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

Victis posted:

What the gently caress are you talking about, the most annoying people in college are the 40-50 year old women. "AS A MOTHER..." "IN MY EXPERIENCE..."

1) i didn't get a liberal arts degree so those women didn't exist in my classes. the old people in my classes were down to earth and funny as gently caress

2) i went to college as a grown up so i related more to the guys and gals in their 40's than the ones in their 20's

3) relating things to actually real world experiences in discussions are 100x more relevant than your experiences clearing houses in iraq

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

4) suck my drat balls

LGD
Sep 25, 2004

oh so you were the insufferable non-traditional student everyone else hated

Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
ESCULA GRIND'S
#1 SIMP

if you join the military everyone has to legit suck your dick everyone.

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

LGD posted:

oh so you were the insufferable non-traditional student everyone else hated

my program was 60% non-traditional students

lol if you get a liberal arts degree and have your classes filled with morons and stay at home moms

BattleSausage
Aug 14, 2003

I'm butter side up, baby.

Taco Defender

jarjarbinksfan621 posted:

just so i can tell everyone on facebook who posts endless memes about veterans to gently caress off without looking like a dick. i don't know how these people get anything done. "Oh, I just made toast with butter, without Colonel Cockblock's charge on raging bull I somehow know I would be using margarine, moment of silence for the vets." I heard someone at work anticipating the weekend, better go post a meme that says, "You're working for the weekend, they're working for your freedom." with a picture of a soldier doing jack poo poo nothing in camelshit nowhere. Never enjoy anything, just knowing the vet's sacrifice makes it too painful.

Man up Buttercup and do it! Don't be a pussy gay fag lesbian commie bitch that doesn't want to defend freedom. Get out there and boot some Russkie/Syrian skulls!









I actually enjoyed my time in, but we also weren't at war. It was pretty sweet, I went scuba diving a lot in Okinawa.



paul_soccer10 posted:

Is the usmc acknowledged in the us armed forces as being the most homoerotic branch of the military or it that still the navy

The Navy invented homosexuality, the Marines perfected it

DisgracelandUSA
Aug 11, 2011

Yeah, I gets down with the homies

Chinatown posted:

lol u dumb as poo poo OP



Facebook.png is that way ------>

Nelson Mandingo
Mar 27, 2005




Join the marines man they teach you to fight gigantic lava demons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mw1SB5P_FM

Dely Apple
Apr 22, 2006

Sing me Spanish Techno


I know a guy, he can get you in on a coast guard cutter

Do you like documenting when you see any sea life, re: sea otters

LGD
Sep 25, 2004

Tuxedo Gin posted:

my program was 60% non-traditional students

lol if you get a liberal arts degree and have your classes filled with morons and stay at home moms

most non-traditional students are great, don't stick out, and contribute useful perspectives to discussions, it's just that most traditional students deal with a handful of bad ones over the course of their studies

usually this takes the form of people who feel the need to establish some bullshit superiority/authority over other students/the professor rooted in age or "life experience"- all topics of conversation will exclusively be viewed through the domain where they seem themselves as being the unassailable expert, and instead of using their experience to inform learning their comments will be an attempt to turn the topic into self-validation

but this is only a few people, and like I said most non-traditional students are great

my experience with people who constantly talk poo poo about how useless/terrible the liberal arts are on the other hand...

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We
the unassailable expert in missing out lol

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

LGD posted:

most non-traditional students are great, don't stick out, and contribute useful perspectives to discussions, it's just that most traditional students deal with a handful of bad ones over the course of their studies

usually this takes the form of people who feel the need to establish some bullshit superiority/authority over other students/the professor rooted in age or "life experience"- all topics of conversation will exclusively be viewed through the domain where they seem themselves as being the unassailable expert, and instead of using their experience to inform learning their comments will be an attempt to turn the topic into self-validation

but this is only a few people, and like I said most non-traditional students are great

my experience with people who constantly talk poo poo about how useless/terrible the liberal arts are on the other hand...

the liberal arts are awesome

liberal arts degrees are not

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
I'm Johnny McFryboy, AMA

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

I'm on your side op and I think it's super loving creepy when everyone sings the national anthem at baseball games like brainwashed sheep. Let's be pals.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

OctoberBlues posted:

I'm on your side op and I think it's super loving creepy when everyone sings the national anthem at baseball games like brainwashed sheep. Let's be pals.

I think it's really loving sad when people complain about singing the national anthem like it's loving marching in a torchlit swastika and shouting "Sig Heil!"

It's a nice song where we acknowledge the country we're in and how nice it is ohhh, watch out, the secret police will come fort you if you don't sing it.

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We

Applewhite posted:

I think it's really loving sad when people complain about singing the national anthem like it's loving marching in a torchlit swastika and shouting "Sig Heil!"

It's a nice song where we acknowledge the country we're in and how nice it is ohhh, watch out, the secret police will come fort you if you don't sing it.

people tend to react badly when forced to do something against their will

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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Lichy posted:

people tend to react badly when forced to do something against their will

Oh did they start arresting people who don't sing the national anthem?

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