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re: Veterans, what is your reply when some one thanks you? (today or anyday)
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:36 pm to terd ferguson
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:36 pm to terd ferguson
Thanks. Proud to do it.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:40 pm to Walt OReilly
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You'll get some bites
The fact he and a few others think it's something to joke about is very telling.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:41 pm to theantiquetiger
stop fricking with me or I'm gonna flashback on your arse
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:41 pm to Darth_Vader
You know exactly what I base that on.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:41 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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You know exactly what I base that on.
What are you talking about?
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:43 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:I'm not joking.
think it's something to joke about is very telling
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:45 pm to theantiquetiger
Sober- "it was a pleasure to serve"
Drunk- "Thanks for the college degree, tax payer"
Assuming they are a tax-payer of course.
Drunk- "Thanks for the college degree, tax payer"
Assuming they are a tax-payer of course.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:45 pm to Blue Velvet
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I'm not joking.
You've not posted anything about it have you?
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:46 pm to Blue Velvet
i normally say thanks...
but i think with people my age, it's a way to get over their guilt for treating the vietnam era folks like shite...
but i think with people my age, it's a way to get over their guilt for treating the vietnam era folks like shite...
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:48 pm to vl100butch
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it's a way to get over their guilt for treating the vietnam era folks like shite...
yep, it's way overdone, and a lot of current "veterans" really take advantage of it
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:51 pm to theantiquetiger
Always awkward for me, never know what to say exactly.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:57 pm to Impotent Waffle
What do people say if they served, but never deployed?
I have always thought of 'veterans' as combat veterans, but since 9/11 it seems like anyone who has ever served in any manner whatsoever receives the utmost respect and esteem.
I have always thought of 'veterans' as combat veterans, but since 9/11 it seems like anyone who has ever served in any manner whatsoever receives the utmost respect and esteem.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:58 pm to Darth_Vader
If you can't see the difference between WWII and the wars and conflicts after it, I can't help you.
Anecdote time: the marine combat vets that I've talked to about this type of thing agree with me more or less. They say it's awkward and try to avoid it.
Anecdote time: the marine combat vets that I've talked to about this type of thing agree with me more or less. They say it's awkward and try to avoid it.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 1:59 pm to NOFOX
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What do people say if they served, but never deployed?
remfs are some of the biggest chest beaters and opportunists when it comes to this
Posted on 11/11/14 at 2:06 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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If you can't see the difference between WWII and the wars and conflicts after it, I can't help you.
It's not a dick measuring contest. And as a combat vet myself, i find it pretty pretentious of you to try and claim to know who is or isn't "deserving" of anything. I don't want or need your affirmation or thanks nor does any of my other fellow vets. But to totally disrespect all the veterans from Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf War (where I served and fought), Second Gulf War, and Afghanistan, not to mention places like Grenada, Panama, Somalia, and Lebanon by claiming to know what vets of this or that war "deserve" when you have never worn the uniform yourself? Well excuse me but IMO your opinion is bullshite.
This post was edited on 11/11/14 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 11/11/14 at 2:07 pm to theantiquetiger
Well thank you for what you do as well.
I am fake military doing medical so not exactly getting shot at and get paid a decent amount having come in with no real skills
I am fake military doing medical so not exactly getting shot at and get paid a decent amount having come in with no real skills
Posted on 11/11/14 at 2:08 pm to Darth_Vader
I'm not disrespecting anybody.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 2:09 pm to 777Tiger
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remfs are some of the biggest chest beaters and opportunists when it comes to this
Thanks for that term. I know several of these people who fish for praise on Veterans day.
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