One of the people in my unit got beat the **** by some German locals to the point of getting chaptered out while I was in. Pretty sad. Dude couldn't even talk when I saw him as he was packing his **** up.

What happened to you?

Thank you. I did it for the college money, and luckily it was during peacetime. Desert Storm and the Berlin Wall came down right after I got out. I have a few friends that were still in during that ****storm, and survived.

This.

Haha, this is DJ right now:



And this is the military men fucking with him:

Thanks :)

Look at the men on the bottom, one looks like he is holding a beer bottle in his right-hand and machine gun in his left, the guy on the right looks like he is chugging a beer and the guy in the center looks like he's throwing a potato.

Technically that's 3 kinds of ice cream

I'd also like to know this.

You didn't miss anything fun after the twin towers fell, believe me. Unless you like being uncomfortably warm, full of sand and dodging mortars and rockets.

I also did it for opportunity. Turned out great for me.
I honestly owe my life to the military. I wouldn't be here without those 6 years. The kind of person I was, I just needed it. I applaud those who never did, but looking back, I feel like there's a lot a person can take away from the experience and use it to their benefit.

DJ, 3 years is a long enough time. I thank you for your service as well. It's unfortunate that you couldn't gung ho any longer than that. To ask a personal question, what's the most important thing, in your opinion, that you learned from the military, DJ?

I learned how to run good and make my bed real nice.

This.

I don't understand all the negative comments towards Forward To Death. I don't venture into the sports forum but everywhere else she's been a top poster who can really kick off an interesting debate without getting defensive or personal.

I also don't think it's mentally possible to dislike Janszoon.

:thumb:

Technically

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Wait.. Forward to death is a girl?

i keep thinking every mod is a guy for some reason

...potato... :rofl:

I hear ya. It was a good experience. I got to see Germany, and Holland (Amsterdam 3 times *cough*), drive the Autobahn, and meet some really good people, like Turbo B (from Snap!) who was in my unit. He got out a little bit before me, and by the time I was out "I Got The Power" was all over the radio stations. I've also kept in touch with a few of my other Army buddies thanks to Bookface.

After 2-1/2 years in Germany though, coming back to the states was kind of a reverse culture shock for me. Most Americans are *******s, and I wanted to go right back to Germany, and almost did if it wasn't for me diving into school right away. German people have a better sense of integrity, and the culture is very warm and inviting.

As far as military life goes, well... that's a discipline I can understand, and I did immerse myself into it, but the lifestyle is just too sterile for me, so I didn't re-up. A good friend of mine went in around Desert Strom era, and stayed in for 12 years. He saw quite a bit of action, and now that he's been out for a good while, he's still a bit nuts. But, I guess that's all relative to ones environment.

I salute you, and DJ for making the commitment.

I'm pretty open about most things but that's specific area of my life that I don't like to talk about. Sorry guys.I learned that there are a lot of people that join the military that don't really belong there and they even regret joining themselves. People join as an escape from their bad situations back at home but they don't really care about the military at all. There were so many guys that I came across with that attitude. The whole Never Again Volunteer Yourself crowd and the FTN(**** The Navy) fuckers. I didn't join for the typical reasons like college money, travel or carrying on a family tradition. I joined for the experience. Getting bonus sign up money and college tuiton was just an added advantage. I didn't want to go straight to college after being in school for 12 years straight and I didn't want to stay at home and just get a job right after high school because I felt like I wouldn't want to go back to college and be stuck in a dead end job. So I decided I would go into the Navy and learn a trade skill to compliment my desires of being an accountant to have something to fall back on. I ended up getting electrical engineering training.

This gif is magically. Excellent usage of it.

Ready for your mind to be blown again? She isn't even a mod!

Thank you and even though I was ribbing the branch that you joined like I always do. I still respect everyone that decides to sign up. A friend of mines was in Army intelligence as well and the best part about that is being able to rank up and get higher pay quicker than other MOSs

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But wasn't she a mod at some point? i seem to recall reading her name in blue.

Nope.

Well then i should lay off the weed cause i swear i read her name in blue at some point.

I thought she was like Pedestrian like a former mod

I find it hilarious that you made a hallucinatory statement and posted a gif of a guy who looks like he's on acid.

Assume that was my intention ;)

But Eric is not on acid he is just a very weird guy.

This is how I envision Trollheart... just creating massive albums reviews out of thin air:

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Yeah it's crazy how quick he writes them up. Definitely a good use of gif for him.

Thanks for the honest answer, as much as you could answer anyway.

Personally, I joined because my life was sh*t and I had enough foresight to know that if I didn't do something about it, it'd be sh*t forever. The best option for me at the time was the military. I could learn a trade free of charge and also kick a lot of the habits that were bringing me down, but also just have a "jolt" to change myself. It was a good jolt.

But believe me, there were multiple times where I wanted to get out. I remember thinking about ways to do so while deployed in Kuwait for my first stint in the middle east... I'd left my weapon under my bed because I was told to go on a detail in another camp (Doha) and was being rushed, and I didn't have time to sign my weapon in the arms room if I wanted to catch the bus. A "welfare inspection" was done and my weapon was found unsecured, and I got a field grade for it. Spent about a month picking up trash and digging ditches in the hot Kuwaiti weather of about 120 degrees farenheit, every day, for hours.

This other time, I had a huge douche of an E-6 that was in charge at the TCF and he was bitching me out about my uniform not being ironed. This is in the middle of deployment, mind you. Well I had enough. Snapped. Yelled, "F*CK YOU" right in front of everyone, including the platoon leader, turned around and thrust a middle finger in the air as I walked out.
Of course, the moment I stepped outside, I realized how f*cked I was.

Fortunately for me, the E-6 was pretty dumb. Instead of writing me up, he made me do a power point presentation about the chain of command. Me, having at least moderate skill at the English language, blew him away. He'd been planning on making me bring a freshly ironed uniform to him every two hours, but dropped that punishment when I was done with the presentation. Weird. I got bonus for being literate.

Throughout my service, I've had little issues like that. And to be honest, those are the hardest to deal with in the military, in my opinion. It's dealing with people that have this "authority" over you but don't really have the character and qualification to be effective with it. It's very difficult to manage internally.
And I say all this to say, that over my enlistment, I learned the most important thing I've ever learned... Just suck it up and drive on. Keep the personal feelings out of it, and just do the job. After all, you're there (or anywhere) for yourself, and you want to make it as painless as possible.

I don't mean to say just bend over. Well, in the military that's pretty much all you can do. But out in the real world, pick your battles. And if you're gonna make waves, make the ones that benefit you, not the ones that bring you down based on an inability to control your ego. A job is a job, but your life is the only one you got, so don't make it harder to live in.

Anyway, I don't know why I wrote all that.
But I did.
Whatever.

Thank you for your dedication, service, and sacrifice for defending our freedoms. :laughing:

But I do respect your point of view. Everybody I know who has signed up for the US military did it for the personal financial, emotional, and mental rewards. And those reasons are as good as any.

It's like buying a Toyota because you need to have a car, and not so much because you want to support Toyota.

Obviously this is not in the military but I feel like I can relate and am slowly learning that same lesson currently in my life. After about 5 years out of high school I am returning to school to get my BA degree. Many of my teachers have had issues with me for whatever reason and I take it personally and make a big issue out of it affecting my grade and experience in the class.

What my parents told me helps, just stfu and take whatever stupid rule or attitude they give you and look at the big picture which is getting that degree. Pick the battles you want to fight, and dont just pick every single one that will get in the way of what you are trying to accomplish.

Yea man, if you want to succeed in this world, it's down to this:

Either sacrifice your ego or your goals. Take your pick. The world is full of obstacles, and most of them are mental, self-inflicted, and generally avoidable. It's just very hard to see that when we're more focused on ourselves than what we're trying to achieve.

I think most people learn this with time. And some of us reject it entirely, having built certain perspectives. Succeeding at any goal, I think, is highly dependent on whether certain perspectives are conducive to the accomplishment of those goals. And I think it's pretty important to figure out those relations if we expect to move forward with such goals at any worthwhile pace.

I found that getting my BSc was quite straight forward. They set down rules with exams and essays etc but I did not have any problems with that. The lecturers were really accommodating. I used to be made fun of by my botany lecturer for wearing so much pink (and pink accessories) and dressing really girly (because 95% of geography students were in katmandu/sports clothes). I teased him back so it was fun.

I actually found the most issues with people were when I was working at a media company, a very mainstream office where you had to keep out the politics. I had a bit of tension with one of the girls in my group because we were both competitive and I got offered another job in the acquisition team that she wanted (I turned down the offer). But the HR manager was the *******. She was sleeping with one of the managers and she didn't like me one bit. I was super pissed at her for convincing the CEO to get rid of my team manager who was also the company trainer, during a restructure. We ended up with this new manager looking after our team who was really useless and unsupportive. She kept moaning about our numbers of websites we were completing. She wanted us to do more and more because there were so many web pages to be completed. In the end there was another restructure and she got the boot. I was so happy to see her leave.

The experience certainly made me realise how careful you have to be with what you say to people and about people. We were always watched like a hawk. I feel better now about it, I know when I get a job in IT it will be fine as long as I stay vigilant and smash their expectations.

Which of course you will. :thumb:

Now that im more active in the forums i gotta mention a few pppl im digging.

Dj chameleon - Seems like cool guy to me

Butthead - Doesn't think im a rapist (Thnx bruh)

Engine - he intimidates me a bit but i got respect for him

Roxy - Very funny and likeable member

Briks - Quickly becoming my fav member here

i hope in time i get to know ppl better so i can make a more detailed list.

That truly made my day. Thanks, man! I like you too :thumb:

no prob francis. ppl thought i was a rapist for awhile too lol



dj - someties i feel like you use a lot of words to essentially say nothin, and at times come off as havin no tact with replies and when you look like a douche you chalk it up to your blunt personality which isnt really that blunt or a sense of humor nobody else gets. i feel like lettin herm live with ya has stripped you of your humor bro. kick her to the curb lol

Thanks for that, Briks. I missed this because I don't like this thread. :)

Thanks for the compliment.

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hardcore n edgy as fukc

Roxy - Hot
Spike - Hot
Circe - Hot
Burning Down - Hot (in a one time at band camp way)
NumberNineDream - Where are you? Are you old enough to be hot now? I think you were like 18 last time you were hot.
Gunnels - Hot
Janszoon - Hot
Urban - Hot
Satchmo - Hot and sophisticated to degrees that begin with N.
Vanilla - Your boobs are pretty hot
Big3 - Hot as ****, dude, go take a f*cking shower man. Jesus.
Sparky - You seem hot, but never saw a picture. So, hot until proven otherwise.
Smeenus - Jesus mode
Butthead - Satan mode
Popeye's son - Popeye's son
Hermoine - I saw your butt once and I wasn't impressed


I'm stopping here because my stomach is making noises.

Edit:

Oh f*ck oh f*ck... forgot Junkyard. HooOOoT.

That's hott!

rostasi - I really don't know the dude/dudette, and I don't have any problems with him/her, but am I the only one who thinks their posting the song they're listening to, which is invariably something that I'm assuming is obscure, in every single post is totally pretentious?

I didn't know you cared.

Conversely, I don't recall seeing a photo of you. Nudes?

You meat it would be better if he was listening to Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion?

(dunno why I thought of that example, I just did)

I think that's rostasi's personal style. I bet he's been doing something like that since the earliest days of the internet. Personally, I really like rostasi, he's always on topic, he's a fellow Firesign Theatre fan, and he's the only regular here who's a little older than me (I'm gonna guess no more than a year or two, based on last year's "How old are you?" thread) which is worth a few points in my eyes.

I hate not being able to edit my typos/autocorrects in these mod-approved threads. <_<

Rostasi is a 'top lad' in my opinion. Assuming he's a he of course.

Yeah, Rostasi seems like an alright guy/gal and has a neat avatar. The "now playing" thing is his/her trademark and therefore it's cool.