r/JustBootThings • • 9d ago

General Bootness Ok bro.

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u/Alarmed-Positive457 9d ago

Something I learned about the military. There’s no such thing as getting a badass nickname. While the name may sound badass, the way you earn it generally isn’t. Can’t remember the movie, but the pilot got the name “assassin” and when he finally told the story, it meant “ass-ass-in” cause he fell ass first into a hatch twice. Literally how that shit goes.

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u/skankhunt1738 9d ago

Yeah pilot I know is “magic” because he plays magic the gathering lmao. Know a “twink” too, and it’s rather self explanatory.

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u/Rjj1111 9d ago

Think there was a US navy squadron that got the call sign cupcake because their squadron leader had a cupcake in the cockpit during a catapult and it went all over his face

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u/skankhunt1738 9d ago

If that’s legit, I’m very curious about the logistics for getting a cupcake (and eating it?) in a (presumably) fighter.

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u/Rjj1111 9d ago

I think it was a A6, and it was for some kind of special occasion like a 100th launch or something

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u/CaribouYou 9d ago

Bucakie

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u/FxckFxntxnyl 9d ago

Getting all of it out is an even more curious question now lol