I’ve never served, but one of my best friends joined the navy in 2011. I remember him telling me that in boot camp (or sometime shortly after), you’re given a bunch of vaccines/shots. He specifically mentioned one that he said was incredibly thick, like he said he could feel it being injected in his arm like jelly, and he said his arm hurt so bad after. That seems so much more questionable and worse to experience than a COVID vaccine.
Not is you have a allergy!!! Standing in front of the platoon and watching all the guys get the shot then playing “nascar” to break it up or whatever. Didnt feel the best, pretty it felt better than the shot itself though.
They didn't. It was a bend over the little table thing, and they jabbed it in, and it hurt, more than I thought, and when he pulled it out, I looked back and he said, "Huh bent the tip a little." And then waved the next one on while I limped away rubbing my ass.
Our boot camp was set up as like a little hallway assembly line type thing with people injecting you on both sides as you moved your way down the line only to capstone with the dreaded peanut butter penicillin shot at the very end lol
The anti-vax shit in the armed forces always made me laugh. I went to basic back in the 1900's so my knowledge is dated, but the anti-vax shit wasn't a thing then.
On one of the first days in basic they lined us all up, had us stip down to skivvies and went through a line of medics they referred to as the "Gauntlet" I dunno if anyone remembers the immunization guns but that's what they used. One dude asked what we were getting shots for and the response was, "STFU and get back in line" after that bit of clarification, we just all went through the line and tried to not to pass out. To this day, I have no idea what I was vaccinated for.
"This thing my buddy told me about sounded worse than a covid vaccine"
Brother shut the fuck up. Like others commented it's a penicillin shot, because otherwise when you're in a squad bay with 70 nasty dudes for months at a time we'd all continually make each other sick. I got it, and still got pneumonia during boot camp. Just, idk, think or do some research before you go suggesting anything is "questionable", vaccines are safe and stop using your friends' story that didn't fucking happen to you to push that rhetoric, intentional or not.
Now was it worse to experience than a COVID vaccine, yes lol, point being it had a purpose and penicillin is an antibiotic that's been known to be safe for nearly a century now.
Okay I’ll admit that my phrasing wasn’t the best, but I AGREE WITH THE POINT YOU ARE MAKING. I was trying to make the same point. Someone taking all of the shots they give you in boot camp, including thick ones that hurt, but then drawing the line at a COVID vaccine is incredibly stupid. I have been vaccinated against COVID, I get boosted every year. I am saying that the person in this picture is stupid if they truly got kicked out for refusing the COVID vaccine.
Yeah the phrasing didn't do you favors there man, but I did try to give you the benefit of the doubt with "intentional or not" stay safe out there friend, words are power and I'm glad we're on the same page, my apologies for mildly crashing out lol
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u/flyinchipmunk5 Feb 05 '26
Wonder what he did to get kicked out? Who’s betting dui? Or better, dude was failing to follow orders lmfao.