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[-] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 75 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wait till you see the school system, or the prison system

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago
[-] thebartermyth@hexbear.net 70 points 2 months ago

This reminds me how "military-grade" tends to indicate the lowest possible quality

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 months ago

iirc military grade was more meant for being able to be used in the extreme ends of temperatures (e. g blazing desert and frozen tundra) which many typical devices would fail to work in. it later devolved into a marketing term that doesnt really mean anything.

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

With regards to electronic components, it had to do with tight tolerances (at one time), EMP shielding, and wide temperature operating range.

Military grade boots just means it’ll permanently fuck up your feet in four years tho

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 58 points 2 months ago

It's so funny how much abuse boots take but they never frag their COs over it.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago

They are truly housebroken, it's easier to just keep your mouth shut until your discharge

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And even after you’re discharged, you don’t disrespect the military or the country it protects. You just complain about “politicians” and “businessmen,” which is fair, but it’s the same logic as bad apples.

[-] D61@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you think our barracks or on post housing are bad, wait until you see the inside of Ft. Leavenworth.

Also, kill the CO's all you want, there's literally an army full of LT's waiting for their chance to get an extra shiny bar and sit in the big chair.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

Military prison is terrifying

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago

It’s especially funny when they become veterans and complain about “the government” mistreating their soldiers. Never criticizes the officers or generals, and never criticize the military as an institution. It’s just politics that’s sending our boys to die and letting them drink rusty water and hazed.

[-] Bloobish@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago

I think it's the difference between being drafted into a fucked conflict versus signing up willingly (which means you likely get a variety of very weird as Hell personality types), that and also indoctrination happens big time on bases with boots told to "tough it up"

[-] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 47 points 2 months ago

It's almost like the trillion a year we spend is going somewhere else

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 months ago

much the same way as privatized healthcare is working out

[-] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 46 points 2 months ago

I'm crying. Guys, we must spend a few more trillion on the troops. We simply must.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago

Worlds most expensive military

[-] ahriboy@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago

With worse toilets and food preparation

[-] Aradina@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 months ago

How are these guys the head of an empire

[-] mortalglowworm@reddthat.com 14 points 2 months ago

They are the feet?

[-] aaro@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago

critical support to comrade black mold

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago
[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Jesus christ we really do have an emoji for everything...

[-] asg101@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago

It is almost as if the empire doesn't give a shit about their pawns.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh, that's not a cup of coffeeyea

[-] Aradina@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 months ago

When scrolling I thought this post was from a coffee community I'm subbed to before I read the title.

[-] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago

Critical support once again to our comrade mold

[-] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

Fuck I immediately scroll down and someone has made this joke already

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago

it's literally their job to keep the barracks clean what the fuck are these boots complaining about

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Didn’t know we had a Sergeant Major here lol

[-] buh@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago

they should drone strike the mold

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

Hahaha skill issue

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

Brown water? smuglord You mean coffee? /s

[-] lil_tank@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

The Rowling curse has struck the US military

Millions must die

[-] naom3@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago
[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

How awful! They deserve worse!

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

Lol, probably the least of their worries, virmin, terrible (likely carcinogenic) water, and mold are all standard in barracks.

While I was on my second deployment, we got word that our barracks were finally being renovated. Primarily to remove the asbestos...

We were also fed a line that the rooms would have increased square footage which would allow more senior enlisted to have less or even no roommates. This was a concrete building with a fixed number of rooms... At a barracks that was already at max capacity. Somehow they thought that more space in the rooms would make that math work out. 🤷‍♀️

Anyway, when we got back they actually recessed the doors into the rooms, decreasing the square footage of all the rooms. Yeah...

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Is this a new round of these, or connected to the stories released a year or so ago.

[-] Thallo@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

Oh no, the baby killers are uncomfortable

[-] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Poison those troops 👏

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