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VideoTapir posted:Dude can probably be identified by his particular combination of medals and his rank. So the covering up his face thing ain't gonna work. That's a shitload of Ribbons though. And that hat's pretty lovely. Probably a costume.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:That's a shitload of Ribbons though. It's illegal to impersonate military personnel, so it's more likely that he only put his dress uniform on to try and make himself look more impressive and isn't very good a putting it together. Also, you get a shitload of ribbons for stupid reasons. Unit did good and got a citation? Everyone on in the unite gets a ribbon! Pass basic? Here's your ribbon! The individual ribbons matter, but the number doesn't mean much unless the guy's chest is covered. -Zydeco- fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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-Zydeco- posted:It's illegal to impersonate military personnel, so it's more likely that he only put his dress uniform on to try and make himself look more impressive and isn't very good a putting it together. I don't know much about decorum, but I'm sure as gently caress he isn't supposed to have his lapel obscuring the ribbons.
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-Zydeco- posted:It's illegal to impersonate military personnel, so it's more likely that he only put his dress uniform on to try and make himself look more impressive and isn't very good a putting it together. Yeah for me it's the fact that he's (apparently) an E7 but has ribbons from Desert Storm....what?
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aBagorn posted:Yeah for me it's the fact that he's (apparently) an E5 but has ribbons from Desert Storm....what? Could be in the Reserves? The tend to make rank slower than the active duty.
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Armyman25 posted:Could be in the Reserves? The tend to make rank slower than the active duty. Possibly. Still I don't think a 20+ year vet is going to pull a stunt like this
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-Zydeco- posted:It's illegal to impersonate military personnel, so it's more likely that he only put his dress uniform on to try and make himself look more impressive and isn't very good a putting it together. Supreme Court says it's not, unless you're trying to get some sort of personal gain from it. Freedom of Speech and all that.
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Grem posted:Supreme Court says it's not, unless you're trying to get some sort of personal gain from it. Freedom of Speech and all that. Yeah, it's an extremely lovely thing to do, but unfortunately 'being a dick' is not generally considered a crime. If you were impersonating a soldier to get a veteran's discount, or sneak onto a base, or something like that, that is indeed illegal and they will throw a big heavy book at you. If you just want to put on a rented uniform and a bunch of ribbons and badges you didn't earn so you can look cool on the Internet or impress girls or whatever, you're a gigantic rear end in a top hat, but you aren't a criminal.
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Mister Bates posted:Yeah, it's an extremely lovely thing to do, but unfortunately 'being a dick' is not generally considered a crime. If you were impersonating a soldier to get a veteran's discount, or sneak onto a base, or something like that, that is indeed illegal and they will throw a big heavy book at you. If you just want to put on a rented uniform and a bunch of ribbons and badges you didn't earn so you can look cool on the Internet or impress girls or whatever, you're a gigantic rear end in a top hat, but you aren't a criminal. I remember a few years ago one of my extremely conservative friends in the Marines posted a chain photo on Facebook of a guy who was impersonating an officer (someone could tell because his ribbons were in an incorrect order or something), apparently to pick up chicks, and it was a call to arms to hunt this guy down and bring him to justice, or something. It was in the hundreds of thousands of likes category. Military people hate it when people impersonate.
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Good to see that the moment a black man becomes president, all the republicans discover that they have been pacifists all along.
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ArchangeI posted:Good to see that the moment a black man becomes president, all the republicans discover that they have been pacifists all along. Please tell me that you're not saying that a negro getting elected has anything to do with the sudden explosion of Republican insanity.
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From the worst of the military moms on my fb... BONUS WOO WOO! This is her son. Not sure how many orbs asked for his autograph.  
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Kat R. Waulin posted:From the worst of the military moms on my fb... For those without crazy ghosthunting family members: Orbs are ghosts that have taken the form of a ball of energy that only a camera can perceive. Rudeboy Detective fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Kat R. Waulin posted:From the worst of the military moms on my fb... http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Orbs
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Kat R. Waulin posted:From the worst of the military moms on my fb... If anything says patriotism it is flags of an enemy army!
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The shape of those blurs [the bokeh] is determined by the aperture of the camera. You can actually change it to other shapes:  Love orbs! 
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nm posted:If anything says patriotism it is flags of an enemy army! It must be rare in human history that people identify so strongly and for so long with the symbols of a state so short lived and swiftly conquered.
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Here's a pretty nice infographic to counter minimum wage myths.
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  Continuing the trend of terrible poo poo floating around Reddit and Imgur. I know it's always there, but these past few days have seen a surge in overtly racist/sexist trash on Imgur's front page. Verisimilidude fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Sep 2, 2013 |
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Oh boy look what I find on my facebook page today: She posts a helpful clarification in a comment beneath it: "Before anyone points out that the numbers are inaccurate, I know. This is just funny. The more accurate figure is 47% of productive people paying for the other 53%." Nevermind that the 47% includes retirees and people on medicare, or that if you believe that people who work full time (possibly at multiple jobs) and still don't make enough money to pay federal income tax (never mind the other taxes they do pay) are "unproductive" and worthy of derision, you're a shithead, nevermind those things, this is just funny If the 47% wanted a better life they should just all become the 53%, because that's how math works (edit: I'm apparently dyslexic with numbers and had them backwards initially--thanks for catching, posters beneath me) ((edit edit: I'm apparently super dyslexic with numbers and reversed them when I didn't need to. I changed them back again)) Ainsley McTree fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Sep 2, 2013 |
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Ainsley McTree posted:She posts a helpful clarification in a comment beneath it: "Before anyone points out that the numbers are inaccurate, I know. This is just funny. The more accurate figure is 47% of productive people paying for the other 53%." She can't even get her own stupid narrative right. 47% was supposedly the number of deadbeats, while 53% were those who paid more in federal income taxes than they got back.
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Ainsley McTree posted:Oh boy look what I find on my facebook page today:
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I won't ever understand how someone can look at a person who is working 2 menial jobs 70 hours a week and think they aren't productive. This came up on reddit quite a lot the past few weeks with the fast food strikes. Most people said something along the lines of "Low skill required = low wage". When presented with the fact that its very difficult to support a family on this wage it was "Well she should have gotten an education instead of getting knocked up  ". I was surprised how little sympathy existed for the striking workers. Maybe I shouldn't have been.
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Chandragupta posted:I won't ever understand how someone can look at a person who is working 2 menial jobs 70 hours a week and think they aren't productive. This came up on reddit quite a lot the past few weeks with the fast food strikes. Most people said something along the lines of "Low skill required = low wage". When presented with the fact that its very difficult to support a family on this wage it was "Well she should have gotten an education instead of getting knocked up Tell them the fast food workers are Going Galt.
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Chandragupta posted:I won't ever understand how someone can look at a person who is working 2 menial jobs 70 hours a week and think they aren't productive. This came up on reddit quite a lot the past few weeks with the fast food strikes. Most people said something along the lines of "Low skill required = low wage". When presented with the fact that its very difficult to support a family on this wage it was "Well she should have gotten an education instead of getting knocked up  . The fact is that most older people are completely unaware what the job market is actually like nowadays, so they can't imagine it being the way it actually is, where nobody is willing to give you full-time, where a full-time job at entry-level wages is unsustainable so you'd need that second job anyway, and where you're mercilessly worked to the bone.And as a consumer who would like to support good labor practices, it's infuriating, because if I don't go get fast food (not a common occurrence anyway) I'm still supporting bad labor practices because I can't name an industry that doesn't treat their employees like poo poo that most Americans have to interact with on a regular basis.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:
The closest you will get is unionized supermarkets and from what I hear UPS (and USPS, but they are government, so socialism). Oh and in and out. Local businesses can run the gamut from terrible (remember most fast food restaurants are franchise, so they are actually "locally owned") to great, and it is hard to tell which is which.
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More dishonest bullshit from a conservative on the minimum wage, although this guys attempts at comedy are substantially better than Crowder's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJR0DYs70f8
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I believe that costco (or some similar "plus-sized" supermarket like that) is known for treating its employees very well, and having them perform very well as a result. So uh...just do all your shopping there, I guess.
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Ainsley McTree posted:I believe that costco (or some similar "plus-sized" supermarket like that) is known for treating its employees very well, and having them perform very well as a result. So uh...just do all your shopping there, I guess. No, it's Costco. I'm not sure if they have stores in your area, but I know they're getting my business forever. ETA: Store locator. darthbob88 fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Sep 3, 2013 |
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darthbob88 posted:No, it's Costco. I'm not sure if they have stores in your area, but I know they're getting my business forever. Nearly all of my grocery and gasoline spending goes to Costco. That, and if they're missing a product I like, I can fill out a comment form and they'll usually restock it again. And their checkout lines are pretty fast. Costco is a fantastic place to shop.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Americans believe education is a panacea. Get an education, you're in the free and clear and will have a good job. Of course, did you get an education and now not have a good job? Shouldn't have studied philosophy What gets me is, even if a non-philosophy degree actually did guarantee you a living wage, how in the hell is it okay to condemn another human being to a lifetime of drudgery and misery because of a mistake (not getting that math degree) they made when they were young and didn't know any better? edit: I ask, already knowing the answer. It's all about having someone to feel superior to. I'm okay living in a nice cardboard box as long as there's someone out there with a really lovely cardboard box Admiral Lasers fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Sep 3, 2013 |
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Admiral Lasers posted:What gets me is, even if a non-philosophy degree actually did guarantee you a living wage, how in the hell is it okay to condemn another human being to a lifetime of drudgery and misery because of a mistake (not getting that math degree) they made when they were young and didn't know any better? Or in some cases, when it wasn't a mistake.
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When I was a kid, my school took a trip to Catalina Island Marine Institute, as a result, a lot of my classmates were very excited about marine biology. I remember my step-dad making some disparaging remarks about marine biology. "How many marine biologists does the world really need?" I feel bad for anyone who gave up on their dream of studying marine biology to pursue a "real" degree like architecture.
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Ainsley McTree posted:I believe that costco (or some similar "plus-sized" supermarket like that) is known for treating its employees very well, and having them perform very well as a result. So uh...just do all your shopping there, I guess. At least in california, the vast majority of supermarkets are unionized. Knowing some employees of them, they do a pretty decent job as well. That said, everything you buy any any of these stores may be from anywhere.
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VideoTapir posted:Or in some cases, when it wasn't a mistake. (I say this as someone writing a dissertation in philosophy so I may be a bit biased  )
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I'd like to think I keep reasonable friends on Facebook. Even among the nutty neocons I know, everyone seemed to have the good grace to keep their inflammatory views to themselves. But then I went on today, and I found this crap:  "Won't someone think of the bigots?  "
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Angry Tiny Man posted:I'd like to think I keep reasonable friends on Facebook. Even among the nutty neocons I know, everyone seemed to have the good grace to keep their inflammatory views to themselves. Oh no now homophobic fuckwits won't be able to emotionally beat up on gays and disguise it as "therapy" 
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"So what if Dr. Nick told Sandy that the gay means she will burn in hell forever and she killed herself in shame, it was his FREE SPEECH to lie/personally bias the information to someone that should be able to trust him." "Does this mean doctors have the right to deliberately choose if a medical treatment is moral and refuse treatment to a patient on personal moral grounds?" Alternate "gently caress you" response: "You know who else thought homosexuals should stop existing?  "
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