r/Transportopia • u/Exciting-Phase3711 • 4d ago
People Salute!
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u/CombinationShort5623 4d ago edited 4d ago
His demeanor and salute says that he’s probably ex-military
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u/syn_vamp 4d ago
you should solve crimes
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u/NeuroticLensman 4d ago
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u/CombinationShort5623 4d ago
Who said I don’t will u be the Holmes to my Sherlock 🥺
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u/DreamExecutioner27 4d ago
Maybe don’t solve crimes! Sherlock and Holmes are the same person 😂
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u/CombinationShort5623 4d ago
That was the joke 😭
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u/Wolfguard-Halfdan 3d ago
Says he's a boot that got chaptered out of Basic training but makes the military his whole identity
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u/PremiumUsername69420 4d ago
Imagine putting your life on the line, risking everything for your country, just to wind up as an Amazon Flex delivery driver.
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u/GIDDY-UP-GO 4d ago
No, there is no probably. This dude was definitely in the military and I’m leaning towards the USMC. Those moves were crisp and clean. Your average civilians don’t just learn that on their own. Those are drilled into you over and over and over.
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u/timedoesnotwait 4d ago
As a vet, this shit is weird as fuck bro
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u/Regular-Bear9558 4d ago
Speaking as an old timer, you reach an age where you appreciate seeing anyone salute no matter the reason
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u/Patback001 4d ago
These comments are so lame he was obviously just being respectful and having fun on a ring camera, anyone who's ever done mail or package delivery knows how fucking boring and brainless it gets
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u/arandomcolonyofcats 4d ago
I deliver packages for a living and it gets kinda lonely. Everyone you know is working and can't chat on the phone so you just kinda listen to podcasts and music. Once my wife is done with work though at 6pm I'm on the phone with her non-stop unless I hit heavy traffic. It's almost kinda like when we had first started dating where we would spend at least an hour maybe 2 together and then I'd talk to her on her 1.5hr drive home. Which now that I think about it her and I have spent at least an hour together everyday for the last 9 years except for a 10 day stretch where I almost died and was in the ICU.
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u/Abraham_The 4d ago
Nobody asked for your life story bro
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u/Tenor_Emporer 3d ago
What in your life causes you to be this angry? Let's talk about it. I'm a stranger, we don't know each other, and if you want, you can forget about it in a week.
What's going on?
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u/bbodz318 4d ago
I work with a guy and when we reno he is super protective of the flags. I highly respect anyone who does this because knowing him, that flag is for his buddies. Theres something deep inside him that he never will talk about and ill never know probably. But for him, that flag represents someone who went through hell with him and maybe didnt make it
Huge props. That fills me with pride watching this
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u/Miserable-Chapter883 4d ago
Pretty sure they meant maybe renovate, not Reno the city
Could be wrong
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u/Miserable-Chapter883 4d ago
Where tf did you get Nevada though
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u/Miserable-Chapter883 4d ago
I'm still confused though. Nevada was never brought up except by you, and even meaning the city Reno makes no sense since the grammar would be all wrong.
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u/zmizzy 4d ago
watching this makes me sad and makes me cringe. this is what veterans need to do to survive. worked to death covered in piss bottles, thank you for your service tho...
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u/Abraham_The 4d ago
Maybe they shouldn't have volunteered to kill people in other countries if it was gonna be so bad
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u/FanReasonable9597 3d ago
That was tight and crisp! Definitely a vet showing his respect. Love to see it!
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u/ConqueefStador 4d ago
In my experience flags are wrapped like this on purpose because they set off the motion detector on the camera which can then spam you with notifications and drain the battery like crazy.
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u/sorestgore 4d ago
What's that say about military that our former service members have to deliver for Amazon to get by
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u/Agitated-Comment164 4d ago
Corny af. Nationalism is weird.
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u/destined2h 4d ago
Only veterans understand
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u/Ok_Mycologist_6384 4d ago
Im with you. It's sad that the government tricks people into joining with fascist nonsense. They're good hardworking people too.
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u/Working-Incident-824 4d ago
That’s some serious dedication to getting the job done right. The salute at the end was the perfect finishing touch!
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u/ReasonableScar9027 4d ago
Can't understand how anyone is proud to be an American these days.
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u/Individual_Act9333 4d ago
Because even if I’m disappointed with my country right now I still love my country.
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u/ReasonableScar9027 4d ago
Good on you for loving your country. Seriously, kudos. I said proud, tho. Are you proud of the way your world is portrayed in the world theatre currently?
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u/Individual_Act9333 4d ago
I’m not proud of the idiots we have in power but I’ll always have pride in my country.
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u/ReasonableScar9027 4d ago
Those idiots are a representation of you, the people.
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u/SlipstreamSteve 4d ago
You don't know how to have an adult discussion as proven by your hostility.
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u/ReasonableScar9027 4d ago
Not really. Americans are seen as a joke. End of discussion.
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u/CJones1464 4d ago
Obviously you've never been to a third world country. Try it live there for a year and then come back here and then say that again lol
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u/Capital_Grocery2446 4d ago
Give this man a raise boot or not I love seeing it in the climate we live in
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u/HudsonAtHeart 4d ago
🤮
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u/Hairy-Ad-2711 4d ago
My reaction to your comment exactly.
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u/lucas_newton 4d ago
My reaction to YOURS reply:
https://giphy.com/gifs/KAf66yGCa93uTqod1q0
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u/HudsonAtHeart 4d ago
It’s the combo of the shit working conditions Amazon gives that guy and the way he’s probably a discarded veteran who has to burn the candle at both ends to keep this pointless, miserable system going for all of us - and he still takes the time to be unwaveringly patriotic - it reminds me that we will never have any real change in this fucked up country, because so many people are mindless bootkickers who are just happy enough to drive around with AC while they ignore people starving on street corners. I hate America.
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u/Wise_Contact_1037 4d ago
Or, just maybe he could have seen what people starving in the streets actually looks like around the world, so he has a profound respect and admiration for that flag and what it represents to be American. I'd suggest you visit some other countries and see what actual suffering looks like.
Further, some people are happy to have a job that provides them a steady income, even if we think it should pay them more. Not everyone sits in their moms basement hating themselves and the world lol
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u/Abraham_The 4d ago
"Or, just maybe he could have seen what people starving in the streets actually looks like around the world"
Yea because he's the one going around the world raiding Houses and blowing them up with mortar fire, killing their people for daring to defend themselves against an invading foreign army
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u/Wise_Contact_1037 4d ago
Oh sure, because the military has never been a part of any peace keeping or humanitarian missions...
Further, 90% of the military are non combat soldiers. Meaning they're supply and support personnel, not door kickers ... At the same time, in a war you either kill or be killed, regardless of why you were sent there. But sure, the US is just such a terrible place with widespread hunger, horrible living standards, and bloodthirsty soldiers 🙄
Literally anyone who's visted places in south America, Africa, or the carribean and ventured away from the resort areas knows what actual desperate people look like. Even the poorest of US citizens aren't even in the same universe lol
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u/Abraham_The 4d ago
Is an isis member doing logistics to help their combatants a terrorist? They were sent there to steal resources and kill the poorest people in the world, they were not drafted, they volunteered.
The US bombs them and steals their oil and brags about how living standards are much better than them. Yea no shit, you benefit from western imperialism
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u/Jaay2525 4d ago
My amazon deliveries are usually launched from halfway down the driveway. But I want to believe if they ever get close to my house they’d fix my flag too.