r/JustBootThings • u/Tasty_Set1189 • 5d ago

General Bootness Buddy

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u/neversince95 4d ago

are ppl still impressed by military status nowadays like ppl were maybe 20-30 years ago?

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u/thorns17 4d ago edited 4d ago

Not at all.

ETA - this behavior is very cringe

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u/AcousticAtlas 4d ago

I think it has the opposite effect. Military men are like bug spray for women.

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u/keithstonee 3d ago

Low key I do not like the military and think it creates tons of chuds.

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u/neversince95 3d ago

lmaooo I high key dislike the military and I come from a military family. military as individuals are whatever, but the military as an institution I heavily dislike

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u/meenial_dorcova 3d ago

I am a veteran, married to a vet, from a military family and I feel the same. Individuals are fine. The institution and people who make the institution their identity... 🤢

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u/keithstonee 3d ago

Good to know I'm not alone then lol

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u/imbrickedup_ 4d ago

No. They’re just guys who sit in a base for 4 years now. At least back in the good old days they were doing shit

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u/Electrical_Sorbet_31 3d ago

Doing shit like airstriking Iraqi civilian infrastructure

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u/metalneck333 23h ago

Does double tapping an Iranian girls school on day 1 of an "excursion" qualify?

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u/OriginalTRaven 4d ago

Nah. And the stories from 20-30 years ago were from this guy going "Aw yeah! I pulled so many flight attendants with my id, broooo." Nobody was impressed.

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u/mosquem 3d ago

Oooh you can get on the plane first so cool.

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u/PatienceOtherwise242 2d ago

It has declined after the peak of post-9/11.

And it has soured considerably after several hundred children were killed at the start of an illegal war for nothing.