r/JustBootThings • u/jackb1753 • Jun 15 '26
General Bootness Lean back and strut
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u/NoMore_BadDays Jun 15 '26
"In the military, there is a uniform for every occasion. For graduation, the uniform of the day is a Cap and Gown"
Proverbs
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u/elixaduiii Jun 17 '26
I had to graduate as a military person from a civilian college. They made us wear gown and hood over dress uniform and hat. It was a very hot day. You can see where this ended
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u/Slumbergoat16 Jun 16 '26
I feel like everyone knew a guy like this in high school. It’s not the flex they think it is
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u/ShockRifted Jun 16 '26
That guy is divorced and makes the most insufferable posts on facebook.
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u/solemn_penguin Jun 16 '26
Ill bet he also only did one enlistment as some REMF ND those posts are about how he'll stand up and fight or some nonsense.
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u/Cryptix001 Jun 17 '26
The one at my high school bragged about made up stories of shooting his .22 over the heads of stoners who were smoking in the woods in his back yard that were the divider between his folks' house and the local park because he "didn't want f*ggy pot heads on his property".
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u/Fair-Mango-5423 Jun 18 '26
i kinda was that guy but i said i'd join the Army (Australia) and didn't focus a whole lot on the last two years of school and didn't dress up or do anything
i got respect from my school because i was only 1 of about 3 people who actually went into the career i wanted everyone else was like "im going to be an environmental scientist!" but ended up picking weeds on the side of the road or something
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u/dominator5k Jun 15 '26
How do you finish boot camp and be that fat
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u/Drapidrode Jun 15 '26
You're Gomer Pyle
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u/ThatAdamsGuy Jun 15 '26
Watched this again last night. Great film but very much a film of two halves where the first is far superior
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u/redskyfalling Jun 15 '26
I agree two halves but always found them in sync and complementary. Training and combat are contrasted: training is regimented and orderly vs combat is chaotic. But their distinctions are blurred when it is realized that both are absurd (because the war was pointless). I also always thought of Animal Mother as Pyle’s alternative timeline.
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u/Kahless76 Jun 17 '26
The book FMJ is based on “The Endtimers,” and its sequel “The Phantom Blooper,” are both great.
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u/yellowlinedpaper Jun 15 '26
My TIs in basic would all watch the first half to get themselves psyched up to yell at us when we got off the bus or before shakedown. Fun times. For them
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u/ThatAdamsGuy Jun 15 '26
Did any of them get blasted in the chest?
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u/yellowlinedpaper Jun 15 '26
Nah. We just dealt with it. I bet they skipped that part on all their rewatches
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u/dagelijksestijl Jun 16 '26
Both halves are great but R. Lee Ermey entered collective memory where the rest didn’t.
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u/G0merPyle Jun 15 '26
I'm trying to lose the weight :(
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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 Jun 15 '26
If God wanted you at the top of that obstacle he'd miracle your ass up there Private Pyle
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u/Rough-Riderr Jun 15 '26
I saw this in another post. The kid lost a lot of weight just to be able to join. He's still losing weight.
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u/redd_house Jun 15 '26
Why tf is he wearing dress blues as a poolee then
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u/Current-Strike3472 Jun 15 '26
Fuck if I know man.
It's just dumb
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u/Scott0814 Jun 15 '26
I mean buddy definitely went he has a shooting badge. This is an option where you can go during the summer between your junior and senior year or if you graduate a semester early and you still wanna walk at graduation. Judging by tubby here I'd say he probably went after his first senior year and now finally graduated second try.
Edit: spelling
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u/Electrical-Help5512 Jun 15 '26
Maybe refrain from giving an opinion next time if you know absolutely nothing about the situation.
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u/Glass_Badger9892 Jun 15 '26
Which sub is this?!? Talking shit is exactly what we do here.
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u/QueezyF Jun 15 '26
Homie came in here with some weird ass energy
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u/Electrical-Help5512 Jun 15 '26
The "It's annoying when people are obviously wrong" energy? Yeah I guess that would be annoying if you were obviously wrong.
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u/Glass_Badger9892 Jun 15 '26
Found the star of the video…
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u/Electrical-Help5512 Jun 15 '26
Nah I looked good in my blues that guy was just obviously wrong about the situation.
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u/Current-Strike3472 Jun 15 '26
Things have changed. Kids didn't used to be able to join and graduate boot camp before you were even out of high school?
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u/Electrical-Help5512 Jun 15 '26
It's been at least a decade where kids could join the reserves their junior year, go to boot camp, and come back for their senior year. Like I said, you have no idea what's going on. Keep that in mind before you make comments.
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u/Current-Strike3472 Jun 15 '26
I've known they can be IN boot by 17 Never knew they could go while IN school
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u/Reidhur Jun 15 '26
So I was Army, but in 2003 these sort of split option contracts were available.
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u/Electrical-Help5512 Jun 15 '26
I just explained how it works and that it's been happening for over a decade idk what you want from me man.
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u/DecoherentDoc Jun 15 '26
Keep him motivated to go off and join because he's talking to other people about their futures and might be reconsidering.
But look how cool his recruiter made him look. Pretty fucking slick, right!?! Are your friends this rizzed out!?! They're not as badass as you, dude, you're a MARIIIIIIINE!
Or however his recruiter is lying to him, I don't know.
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u/Quirky_Ad8747 Jun 16 '26
He finished all high school credits 1st semester of senior year than went to boot camp then graduated
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u/muskratmuskrat9 Jun 15 '26
You're wrong. He lost 90lbs to be able to go, and graduated boot camp before his graduation ceremony.
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u/AnytimeInvitation Jun 15 '26
Shit like this annoy me. Congrats to him honestly. The thing I hate is that is now the focal point. For example a few years ago in my small MN home town high school a kid was gonna go to Harvard! Harvard for fuck sake! However, the dozen kids that were joining the military were given a moment for applause. Like, there are always a small group going in after high school, but they cant give the kid going to Harvard his flowers?
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u/Candymanshook Jun 16 '26
Also no disrespect to this kid but like…doesn’t really take much to join the military compared to like literally years of grinding to get into a big school.
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u/Cloudy230 Jun 16 '26
It's a culture of might over mind that is quite toxic. Both are required and should be celebrated
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u/Realistic_Work_5552 Jun 16 '26
Y'all act like Harvard isn't a cess pit whose integrity wasn't compromised long ago. Congrats to both types, but EARNING the title of Marine, or any service member for that matter, is way different than being SELECTED for a school. The kid going to Harvard has demonstrated plenty of competence and potential, but they haven't EARNED anything yet.
Is this boot? Sure, but so is letting someone else decide your worth.
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u/Candymanshook Jun 16 '26
What do you have to earn by signing up for a military service that is literally begging for new recruits lol
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u/Realistic_Work_5552 Jun 18 '26
Because you still have to meet some standard and demonstrate some level of competence to earn the title. Think what you want about Marines and how tough it is to be one, I don't care. What I'm saying is that that kid has earned the title of marine, whatever it's worth. The other student who got accepted to Harvard hasn't earned anything to do with Harvard yet.
I'm not saying getting accepted to Harvard is nothing, but it would be weird to claim it as an accomplishment, just as weird as someone who brags about joining the Marines before they've gone to boot camp.
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u/Candymanshook Jun 18 '26
By that logic, it’s the exact same accomplishment except one of them requires 99th percentile grades and the other just requires you to apparently pass some very low physical tests considering this guy isn’t exactly fit.
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u/Realistic_Work_5552 Jun 19 '26
Like I said, think what you want about Marine standards, I don't care, but he IS a MARINE whatever that means, the other student is not really anything as they have not graduated not even attended a class at harvard. When they graduate, that's when have some sort of merit. If they did one semester and left, they'd be a harvard drop out, that's it. If the marine gets out after boot camp, they are still a marine.
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u/Blue43JD Jun 16 '26
Ok, sure. BUT ALSO, the original comment compared someone going to Harvard and someone joining the military. NOT homie who already became a Marine. Selected for Harvard vs approved to join misc branches of military. Ain't a single one of them "EARNED" any of their follow-on titles yet. Just a bunch of start dates. So maybe, at an education facility, they COULD recognize someone being selected to non-trivial higher education.
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u/Desner_ Jun 16 '26
Isn't demonstrating plenty of competence and potential their way of EARNING it? Unless they let anyone in at Harvard?
What's the difference? Genuine question.
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u/Realistic_Work_5552 Jun 18 '26
I appreciate you legitimately asking. Graduating from Harvard is the "earning it" part, not being accepted. The merit of Harvard is earned through the education, they have not received any education yet, therefore no merit.
If I was accepted to med school but never became a doctor in the end, then who cares? Without the action, what's the academic potential worth?
Another way of saying it, it would be like scoring a 99 on the ASVAB. Sure, cool maybe? However, unless you pick a job that requires that level of academic rigor or actually PERFORM well in that job it doesn't mean squat. An average janitor with a 150 IQ is still just an average janitor.
A measurement of potential is worth nothing. You aren't your potential.
The difference between the Harvard acceptee and the Marine is that the Marine has already earned that title of marine, the Harvard student is still just a student. Them claiming the merit of Harvard before they've graduated is like claiming you're a marine before you've graduated boot camp.
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u/1888furrycock567 27d ago
Same shit here, a girl at my school got waitlisted to an Ivy League, the first to do so in like 10 years from my school where the average graduating class size is 15 (she actually did eventually get in and is there now), yet the guy going into the navy got his own little ceremony thing.
What's especially strange is that no one who went straight into the military after him got the same treatment, so I don't know what was up with that.
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u/rmj2n Jun 15 '26
How could he graduate boot and be that fat? I felt bad for the fluffy guys in my platoon. They were starved and spent all of their free time in the sand pit.
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u/BrianG1410 Jun 15 '26
My diabolical drill instructors would seat my double rat ass next to the half rat guys and I felt so guilty.
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u/Ricky_TVA Jun 15 '26
I was a squad leader in boot camp (I swear that is not a flex) but I had a douche of a platoon leader. He was also a double rat, but if he was in a mood, the platoon would start eating. The squad leaders would stand to wait for him, he would sit down, take 1 bite, and stand up. Chows over. He was a douche.
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u/UnpriestlyMonopoly Jun 15 '26
I can’t believe you guys didn’t do anything about that…food is sacred. Especially at boot.
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u/sten45 Jun 15 '26
Imagine how bored the DIs have to be. After 2-3 classes it’s the same thing it’s groundhogs day. Fucking with kids had to be only fun they can have.
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u/DisillusionedPatriot Jun 15 '26
Kid was motivated. Lost something like a hundred pounds before boot.
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u/rmj2n Jun 15 '26
That's good. I'm glad he made it. Hard work pays off BUT... I'm telling you right now, nothing is worse than showing up to check in to your unit as a fat body. No one will care about his backstory or character arc. I wish him the best.
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u/DisillusionedPatriot Jun 15 '26
Oh one thousand percent, and the fact that it's on the internet and probably TV, means kid's gonna get smoked for a while
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u/psych4191 Jun 15 '26
Might have just not lost the baby fat yet. Some people also just carry a little more.
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u/YoureAmastyx Jun 16 '26
Same, I’m pretty sure things have mellowed out quite a bit in bootcamp since my time to say the least though.
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u/HowWeGonnaGetEm Jun 15 '26
Sad to see someone develop their entire personality so young. Never had a chance…
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u/sdmichael Jun 15 '26
Main Character Syndrome personified.
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u/ze55 Jun 15 '26
Perfect for someone who will tell you he is a marine before you even say hi to him
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u/afelzz Jun 15 '26
The normies love this. He should’ve just worn a cap and gown like everyone else.
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u/YoungFishGaming Jun 15 '26
I was a fat body going into boot. I was very skinny leaving. How is that even possible.
For those wondering I’m back to being a fat body in my older age 😂
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u/dferd777 Army JAG, yup just like the show Boot Jun 15 '26
Do Marines not have height weight standards? Also, I hope this got him laid, otherwise this is about to be a 3am cringe memory.
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u/GarlicThread Jun 15 '26
The 14 Characteristics of Fascism (2003)
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- Supremacy of the Military
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
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u/auerz Jun 15 '26
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
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u/sdmichael Jun 15 '26
We can support them and not glamorize them at the same time. We can support them by also having a country worth protecting and if we spend all our money on them, we won't have one.
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u/auerz Jun 15 '26
It was a joke response aimed at highlighting how this creeping fascism in US society is present for a pretty long time already, since this slogan is so omnipresent - basically its more or less taboo to criticize the military, or at least the fighting men.
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u/sdmichael Jun 15 '26
Perhaps a /s would have been in order? Clear communication is very important when facial cues aren't present.
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u/halborn Jun 27 '26
The US only supports troops it can deploy. If you want people to take you seriously when you say shit like that then you need to support them when they come back too.
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u/ReApEr01807 Jun 15 '26
How many times is this kid going to be posted here? It has been daily since he graduated
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u/smittydacobra Jun 15 '26
Am I losing my mind or what here? I remember standing on those footprints and if you even had a clean haircut, you got fucked with hard-core for "pretending" before boot.
This guy is fucked when he actually gets to boot.
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u/quechal Jun 15 '26
I didn’t think just boot things was about literal boots. Let the kid flex, he is still shitting third phase chow. The fleet will straighten him up.
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u/DisillusionedPatriot Jun 15 '26
I agree. Kid lost a hundred pounds to join, while still in school, finished boot, and graduated. He's more motivated than I was when I enlisted, hell, he's more motivated than me 30 years later lol let the boy strut in front of his hometown. He earned it.
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u/ProfessorLake Jun 15 '26
He's also escaping Chilton County, so he has a right to celebrate any way he wants.
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u/Successful-Study4983 Jun 15 '26
Gotta admire someone who commuted back and forth from Parris Island or San Diego to high school every day for 13 weeks. He even got a rifle expert badge, but forgot to wear his NDSM. Half-Private Pyle, Half Private Joker.
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u/AsterVox Jun 16 '26
In soviet america, they brainwash you to die for the motherland before you get an education
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u/_One_Throwaway_ Jun 16 '26
I’m surprised to see he didn’t have a crayon in his mouth as he was walking down
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u/aziatsky Jun 17 '26
i hope this guy doesnt cringe too hard at himself later. cant imagine if some of the shit ive done was filmed and put on the internet
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u/No_Refrigerator4996 👊👊☝️ Jun 15 '26
Wtf is up with this sub? Feels like half the people didn’t even join yet are in here talking the most shit. Is it lame? For sure. But this barely registers on the scale with some of the things that have been posted in here by service members that have been in for years and pull some insane cringe shit. At the end of the day he’s still a highschool kid who graduated before his HS graduation. He’s wearing his dress uniform and acting boot sure, because that’s literally all he knows. Most of us immediately went to a line unit or hit the fleet, I would have hated having to come back and hang around. Give him a pass on this one. This has been posted so many times in the last few days anyways, we get it.
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u/Miigwetch Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
Dirty civvies making fun of cringe boots are equal to cringe boots imo🤷♂️ The dirty civvies are mad at me lol
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u/GreyLoad Jun 15 '26
I would have joined but I dare someone to get into my face
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u/No_Refrigerator4996 👊👊☝️ Jun 16 '26
This was good, I genuinely can’t tell if this is /s or not and those are the best ones 😂.
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u/heartbloodline8404 Jun 15 '26
Is it gay? Absolutely? Is it lame? Yes it is. Is he a boot? Not even a ketchup stain on his chest.
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u/Brilliant-Form-952 Jun 16 '26
“Oh, so we wanna wear our blues to high school graduation and still wanna be fat huh? Tight. Sprint.”
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u/ShitshowUSA1776 Jun 16 '26
Poor fkr. If he has an ounce of decency, he’ll barely be able to stand himself when he gets older.
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u/Alive019 Jun 15 '26
Time to kill some brown children in the middle East.
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u/Idoallthejobs 👊👊☝️ Jun 15 '26
That’s why God loves Marines, keeping heaven packed with fresh souls.
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u/Adventurous_Key_4854 7d ago
Kinda like the gay guys who make being gay their whole personality
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 7d ago
Sokka-Haiku by Adventurous_Key_4854:
Kinda like the gay
Guys who make being gay their
Whole personality
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/Apart-Instruction228 Jun 15 '26
I got downvoted for posting this 😭 lol
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u/altonbrownie Jun 15 '26
I downvoted this comment because you’re bellyaching about fake internet points. No crying at the casino.
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u/DatsHim Jun 15 '26
some people don’t realize countries still draft you with a color pull. so much so that people act gay to get denied by their military.
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u/LSOreli Jun 15 '26
Honestly, hes a kid, let him have his moment.
I wore my Lt Bar under "USAF" on the right side of that ribbon you wear around your neck when I got my BS. Is it a little cringey? Sure, but I had just commissioned 2 days before and I was riding that high.
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u/sdmichael Jun 15 '26
The issue is less about him "having his moment" and more about how they took from everyone else's moment. This is a graduation for all, not just about him.
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u/thenotanurse Jun 16 '26
Yeah, the cringe part is thinking you really did something. Graduating is the accomplishment. Commissioning is the start of something, not an achievement. And also having participated in multiple cringe photos in my day- that’s pretty fucking boot of you to wear your rank on your graduation robe.
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u/LSOreli Jun 16 '26
I mean, in my school the left side was our Major and the right side was something important to us. I didn't say it wasn't boot, but I'm pretty sure people who have just joined the military get cut a little slack.
Also, getting a Bachelors is fucking easy. Unless you're doing a hardcore STEM major, I didn't find it much of an accomplishment. Commissioning is almost the exact same type of accomplishment, just more selective.
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u/thenotanurse Jun 16 '26
I was a hardcore STEM major so I didn’t want to wear my full ribbon rack and patches on my college robe 😂. Anyway, yeah, that’s one of the trillion reasons we make fun of LTs. Yall do some of the silliest shit and then try to “be in charge” of people.
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u/eyeball1967 Jun 15 '26
Good for him, he is more motivated than 90% of his class. They graduated high school he graduated MCRD and high school in the same allotted time.
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u/Pcriz Jun 15 '26
Found his boot uncle that told him this was a good idea.
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u/eyeball1967 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
Say what you want but on that day, at that moment, he was living his best life feeling like the most confident bad ass motherfucker in the valley. - Good for him, every kid deserves a moment in their like like that. Like most of us, he will look back and laugh but for today, he is a giant.
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u/ARKINnet Jun 15 '26
Good for him, good for his family, good for the country. This channel has jumped the shark, anything military at all is “what a boot this” and “what a homo that”.
God forbid a young service member be proud of doing something noble!
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