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Started by East Coast Hustle, November 20, 2009, 10:26:29 PM

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The Johnny

#45
November 23, 2009, 02:26:08 PM

Except my ex-junkie stepdad from Vietnam. But then again we didnt talk much.
<<My image in some places, is of a monster of some kind who wants to pull a string and manipulate people. Nothing could be further from the truth. People are manipulated; I just want them to be manipulated more effectively.>>

-B.F. Skinner

The Good Reverend Roger

#46
November 23, 2009, 03:59:56 PM
Quote from: JohNyx on November 23, 2009, 02:25:12 PM

You know, im curious about your experience in the military, stuff like your reasons to join, how many people you downed, which conflicts, etc... i havent run into people in the service or from it that i can have a conversation with...

I joined because I wanted adventure.  Adventure is a romantic term meaning "trouble, mosquitos, and misery".  I did 10 years, I saw the world (specifically, the parts of the world that nobody wants, but that they fight over anyway), and I helped make the world safe for The Machine™.  That's really all I want to say.  If you really need further information, consult my thread "Hey, Lex, I have a story to tell you".  Read through it, and then wait a few months or years while carrying loads of weight through a swamp, then read it again.  When that's been done for 10 years, you'll understand my military experience.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#47
November 23, 2009, 04:01:31 PM
Quote from: JohNyx on November 23, 2009, 02:26:08 PM

Except my ex-junkie stepdad from Vietnam. But then again we didnt talk much.

Wars have a way of making junkies.  When you get hurt, they stuff you full of morphine.  When you're better, they stop giving you the morphine, and then either return you to boredom, or terror, or just toss you out on the streets with no prospects.  Then they bitch about drug abuse.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Dysfunctional Cunt

#48
November 23, 2009, 04:28:14 PM
I'm probably giving the military WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT for common sense but..... 

You are a professional chef, it's a good probability that you'll end up in a kitchen somewhere.

The Good Reverend Roger

#49
November 23, 2009, 04:29:05 PM
Quote from: Khara on November 23, 2009, 04:28:14 PM
I'm probably giving the military WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT for common sense but..... 

You are a professional chef, it's a good probability that you'll end up in a kitchen somewhere.

1.  Yes, you are.  If he enlists as a cook, though, he'll get it.

2.  That would be the very worst thing that could happen to RCH.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Requia ☣

#50
November 23, 2009, 04:31:09 PM
A chef becoming a cook in the army.  Wasn't that in some famous war movie?
Inflatable dolls are not recognized flotation devices.

The Good Reverend Roger

#51
November 23, 2009, 04:38:07 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on November 23, 2009, 04:31:09 PM
A chef becoming a cook in the army.  Wasn't that in some famous war movie?

Being a cook in the service would make RCH lose his goddamned mind.

"Hey, Spc Hustle, mix up another 55 gallon drum of mac n cheese."
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Dysfunctional Cunt

#52
November 23, 2009, 04:43:08 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 23, 2009, 04:29:05 PM
Quote from: Khara on November 23, 2009, 04:28:14 PM
I'm probably giving the military WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT for common sense but..... 

You are a professional chef, it's a good probability that you'll end up in a kitchen somewhere.

1.  Yes, you are.  If he enlists as a cook, though, he'll get it.

2.  That would be the very worst thing that could happen to RCH.

I agree, but.....  It would likely keep him stateside.  

I really can't think of a reason to join any branch of the military at this point.

I'm not familiar enough with where you are now to make any decent suggestions....  

Except DON'T JOIN THE MILITARY!!!!!!  They never let you shoot the people who annoy you.....  well on a regualr basis that is.  You might get away with it once



LMNO

#53
November 23, 2009, 04:43:28 PM
I was thinking more the one about the military cook who takes on a battleship full of terrorists.



...with STEVEN SEGAL.

The Johnny

#54
November 23, 2009, 05:43:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 23, 2009, 03:59:56 PM
Quote from: JohNyx on November 23, 2009, 02:25:12 PM

You know, im curious about your experience in the military, stuff like your reasons to join, how many people you downed, which conflicts, etc... i havent run into people in the service or from it that i can have a conversation with...

I joined because I wanted adventure.  Adventure is a romantic term meaning "trouble, mosquitos, and misery".  I did 10 years, I saw the world (specifically, the parts of the world that nobody wants, but that they fight over anyway), and I helped make the world safe for The Machine™.  That's really all I want to say.  If you really need further information, consult my thread "Hey, Lex, I have a story to tell you".  Read through it, and then wait a few months or years while carrying loads of weight through a swamp, then read it again.  When that's been done for 10 years, you'll understand my military experience.

Fuck, i appreciate you sharing that. Just imagining it i feel disturbed.
<<My image in some places, is of a monster of some kind who wants to pull a string and manipulate people. Nothing could be further from the truth. People are manipulated; I just want them to be manipulated more effectively.>>

-B.F. Skinner

The Good Reverend Roger

#55
November 23, 2009, 05:49:25 PM
Quote from: JohNyx on November 23, 2009, 05:43:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 23, 2009, 03:59:56 PM
Quote from: JohNyx on November 23, 2009, 02:25:12 PM

You know, im curious about your experience in the military, stuff like your reasons to join, how many people you downed, which conflicts, etc... i havent run into people in the service or from it that i can have a conversation with...

I joined because I wanted adventure.  Adventure is a romantic term meaning "trouble, mosquitos, and misery".  I did 10 years, I saw the world (specifically, the parts of the world that nobody wants, but that they fight over anyway), and I helped make the world safe for The Machine™.  That's really all I want to say.  If you really need further information, consult my thread "Hey, Lex, I have a story to tell you".  Read through it, and then wait a few months or years while carrying loads of weight through a swamp, then read it again.  When that's been done for 10 years, you'll understand my military experience.

Fuck, i appreciate you sharing that. Just imagining it i feel disturbed.

You wouldn't be sane if you didn't.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

East Coast Hustle

#56
November 23, 2009, 05:52:47 PM
yeah, the more I think about this the less inclined I am to go through with it. I'm thinking this will end up being my last resort if car prowling and pickpocketing don't work out.

However, all options are still on the table pending the results of my interviews today.
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

Suu

#57
November 23, 2009, 06:06:11 PM
If you get a good job over there dude, let me know, because I may just move 3000 miles to work in your restaurant.
Sovereign Episkopos-Princess Kaousuu; Esq., Battle Nun, Bene Gesserit.
Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion; 1st Church of Discordia

"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

Cramulus

#58
November 23, 2009, 06:07:36 PM
<---------- also teetering on the edge of moving to the left coast


if someone were to magically set me up with a sweet job and sweet apartment over there, I'd be like, "COOL I'M PACKING THE CAR NOW"

Suu

#59
November 23, 2009, 06:07:48 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 21, 2009, 02:02:39 PM
Apparently, after a couple of bottles of wine, my idealism fell out of my pants. 

PICS?!
Sovereign Episkopos-Princess Kaousuu; Esq., Battle Nun, Bene Gesserit.
Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion; 1st Church of Discordia

"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."
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