Yeah I will do everything possible to talk my kid out of joining. To be clear I was just a USMC revervist in the 90s and never got close to combat, so its nothing about “You don’t know what its like to watch your buddies die! [cuz I sure as fuck don’t know]”, just more about not wanting my only son to end up…

Watched a lot of these episodes over the weekend. On the one hand I “get” why they keep piling shit on top of these guys. On the other hand I wonder “wait... they have spent a gazillion $ on these guys becoming pilots so far, why not take it at a slightly slower pace so they can become comfortable with something…

On the other hand....

End times are here... was talking to my dad this weekend, who is generally center left left (yes 2 lefts of center) and he was saying he might vote for trump.

I started to write a response about “wtf how can anyone think this is a good idea” but stopped. I don’t have the words to express my incredulity.

They should have sent a poet.

I am screwed if I ever have to do a field sobriety thing (walk line, recite alphabet, touch fingers together, etc). After I was on a DUI jury I went home and stone cold sober COULD NOT DO THE TESTS. I suck. And for some reason it is burned in my brain where if I ever have to do the tests in anger (say after one drink)…

When I see ANYTHING Ranger school related I always get depressed. 5 years ago I was in the top shape of my life, even more so than when I was 19 coming out of USMC Boot Camp and MCT (as it was called then). Lotta hiking biking gym time, etc in my late 30s.

I can not imagine having to be confined with that Aspergery wierdo in such a small space for that long. It must have been worse than that time you had to drive your zero social skills asshole boss 3 hours to the Sacramento office and then drive him back.

Thank you!

I know I could look this up somewhere but too lazy, and I am sure there will be someone on here willing to show off their smarts anyway.

I know its not the same thing but this just FEELS like someone kicking the shit out of a toddler.

Yeah thats what I don’t get... I took calculus Sr year in HS... I barely passed with a D because by then I was so burnt out (self-induced good grade pressure since 7th grade pressure finally caught up with me)... but I coulda failed calculus entirely and still graduated with no problem due to a still high cumulative…

“And as for the myth that U.S. forces never lost a battle during the Vietnam War, this excellent article by G2mil’s Carlton Meyer shows this is far from true.”

Said 5 times today already: You don’t NEED the iPad or TV. Go play outside.

Not restaurant related but as far as old people go... having just run an estate sale for my mom’s place in a seniors only mobile home park... holy shit are they infuriating.

Fuckin’ A, not enough Latvia on Gawker.

Not by a long shot... but if one of these babies was mine, and I had no other kids, I would gladly vigilante her ass to hell and get her debt paid the fucking day she walked out of jail.

If you are at the ass-end of the lot and take up 2 spaces and the lot is not close to full, I don’t really care. Although I will think you are fucking idiot if your car is anything less than a $100K Ferrari or something.... cuz it’s JUST A CAR.

If you are SO terrified about your car getting a ding, don’t fucking drive it. Here at work I got into a note leaving war with someone driving one of those smallish Mercedes convertibles. The spots are super narrow so proper protocol, which everyone seemed to “get” w/o any coordination, is that first person in parks…

“That’s why he lives in the RV now, isolated from virtually everyone, including his wife, kids, and 10 grandchildren, who wait on him hand and foot, who make life easier these days.”