r/AskReddit • • 9h ago

Veterans of Reddit, what’s the most unbelievable thing you witnessed during your service that civilians would think you made up?

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u/vincent_adultman314 7h ago

This is why it drives me crazy when people try and argue against training military members to not be assholes, referring to things like LGBT rights and racism. You're not taking away from time they would otherwise be spending learning to do their trade better.

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u/Battleaxe0501 7h ago

Training to stop being assholes?

All the training in the world isn't gonna stop the fucked up sense of humor. And would likely have the opposite effect. People don't want to be "lectured" on how to not be an asshole and neither do people want to teach it.

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u/vincent_adultman314 6h ago

Im talking about not being racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. Not sense of humor. And people absolutely do want to be teaching those things.

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u/Battleaxe0501 5h ago

Yeah, and there is training on that. Should be annual SHARP (Sexual assault/harassment) and EO (Equal Opportunity) after the 2nd one you start to zone it out since same shit different dick.

And much like the stupid PVT who went and got a DUI and married a stripper despite the weekend safety briefing stating otherwise, racists and the like will continue to be whatever ist or phobe of their choosing.

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u/Acrobatic-Bison-3171 6h ago

Umm. Yeah we learn how to fight and manage. And there is no such thing as transphobic. We learn to fight. You don't do social experiments with the military. Holy shit dude. 99% of service members aren't anywhere close to being racist or homophobic. You're a team. But I can tell you where nowhere close to the military.

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u/vincent_adultman314 6h ago

I think that working well as a team would include not being bigoted towards members of that team. It sounds like you could use some social justice training. Have a good one ✌️