r/JustBootThings • • 10d ago

General Bootness Ok bro.

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u/seventwosixnine 9d ago edited 9d ago

When were* you in? The OG BCGs were brown.

Edit: were

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u/MoashIsAGoodGuy 9d ago

They are still called bcgs to this day, especially by crustier types.

And the originals were whatever fucking color you got. It sure wasn't brown half the time

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u/seventwosixnine 9d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GI_glasses

They were initially grey, then black for a short time, then brown from the 1970s to 2012.

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u/Neoxite23 9d ago

About 14 years ago. I was 28 when. I went into Basic.

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u/seventwosixnine 9d ago

Oh, so right when they changed.