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#memorialday #semper_fi #veterans #memorial_day
Jun 1, 2021 2:52 AM
pineappleprince
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#memorialday #semper_fi #veterans #memorial_day
stoutde
Can confirm. It's all about the burgers and beer and memorial day is when we have burgers and beer in honor of those who can't anymore.
sixthofdusk
I will say, take a moment to think of those whose lives have been lost due to war. The soldiers and innocent civilians. About why they died.
DCon101
The thing about Memorial day is that a significant portion of the people having fun don't realize the meaning of the holiday.
zanaria
No, I think they would want you to not kill other people by spreading a virus...
POGassultraboot
Pour a bit of beer or liquor out for the homies who can’t anymore, and carry on. But yeah, don’t be an asshole to others.
BluePaladin42
Must be wild to work a job where you get holidays off.
pineappleprince
I forgot that America quits on holidays
prufock
I'm approaching 40 years old and I still think of military folks as too old to say "yeet."
dj2718
1000% right
Surisuule
Pour one out for the brother's I lost. Drink the rest down like we used to together.
prdgmshft
Word.
Galacticfartwad1337
A lot of bro vets are pissy about Kamila saying “enjoy the long weekend” but they didn’t bat an eye when 45 called McCain a “loser” 1/2
Galacticfartwad1337
www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/09/04/trump-says-he-never-called-mccain-a-loser-heres-the-evidence-he-did/amp/
B166ERMaximus
Remember when Trump called them suckers and losers? Pepperidge farm remembers.
QAFoundYourBug
My dad was a vet and would get mad about this shit, like we are all supposed to do nothing but be sad this day. BUT I agree with this pic.
magila
I guess I'm a patriotic American after all.
OrionKaelin
I dont have a problem with what people do, its corporations and popular media pushing Red White and Blue the way they do on the 4th.
boodloop
I don’t fully understand the 3rd paragraph.
blissblush
Until Valhalla, @OP. +1
pineappleprince
ComcastLover
That captain America gif needs to die
pineappleprince
redrooster93
Enjoy your Long Weekend!
HumtyFuckty
Put out American flags for M-day weekend sale. Store manager said it was disrespectful. MOTHERFUCKER WE R HAVING A SALE. da fuq is wrong w u
Predicto
Lets be real. The only complains are about Democrats having barbeques. Republican barbeques are inherently patriotic because reasons
pineappleprince
This is dumb as fuck, republicans care just as much democrats... which is very little. Neither party is righteous in their support, $$$$
TarrkertheNewt
Something that is very true yet, very difficult to say on this site.
Predicto
Do you understand why this subject came up? Republicans attacked the Vice President for telling people to enjoy the three day weekend.
Predicto
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nikki-haley-kamala-harris-twitter-b1857216.html
Predicto
In other worlds, I didn't say Democrats care more, I said Republican are hypocrites
Marine0311
Semper Fi Doc!
TinyOctopus
Tiny octopus' buddy Jack would be dead before he said the word, "yeet"... Oh wait. Carry on... (RIP dude).
pineappleprince
Well, all I can offer is a Semper Fidelis and the fact that all of the “old corps” said the same thing, Having one for your friend now.#usmc
pineappleprince
I’m drinking with a lot of my friends tonight, yours is more than welcome, it quiet sometimes with all of them in the same room and 1 glass
softsuit
Service
homoneurotic
Sorry, barbeque on a 96? What does that mean?
Hobbes777
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mrforbeez
I think it means a 4-day weekend (96 hours) because of a federal holiday
MostLikelyNotWearingPants
96hrs = 4 day pass/liberty
pineappleprince
96 hours of liberty, when your i.n the ervice our allotted time off is called “liberty”
Marine0311
In the Marine Corps and the Navy, time off is called Liberty or Libbo for short. A 96, is 96 hours, or four days off in a row.
darganf
My mother spent the day remembering her Dad (WW2) and didn’t tell her friends off when they posted videos drinking and dancing but did cry
pineappleprince
We all cry sometimes, some of us don’t. The anguish isn’t discounted because of lack of presence
darganf
I think it’s no harm reaching out to those left behind as they’ll be feeling it on Memorial Day
Fyreworx
Exactly. It's poor form to shit on people for enjoying the freedom that others died for.
zanaria
Those freedoms dont include spreading a potentially deadly virus to other people...
zepthenoob
IncognitoPanda
Perhaps unpopular opinion, but they didn't die for your freedom, they died to make a handful of people even richer
Icommentandpostmypets
This isn't a day for enjoying freedom. It's to remember those that died in service. Or a day for car and mattress sales lol i was AirForcr
sixthofdusk
Yeah, it's also poor form to not acknowledge 7000+ americans killed and 800,000 killed in the constant state of war since Afganistan started
sixthofdusk
20 years and afganistan and we still can't win? WWII lasted 6 years. We need to ask why we are sending our sons and daughters to die.
sixthofdusk
"freedom" is not an adequate response. Not from the monsters with the power to send them to death.
Ikwilstroopwaffels
Money. You know the answer. Money and right wing talking points. Forever wars are good for weapons makers, contractors, and cunts.
sixthofdusk
Of course it's money. It's a god damn shame and dishonors our soldiers more than anything else. Dying for blood money.
Xerrai
I'm confused. So pandemic safety is invalidated because of the holiday? We can shame the Christmas people but not these people?
Whatwhatsomethingbutt
Well the Christmas people didn't have vaccines and were (probably) indoors. Me and my friends/fam are vaccinated and BBQing outside.
Xerrai
I'm pretty sure my grandfather didnt die so people could ignore safety advice in a pandemic.
pineappleprince
I’m pretty sure he didn’t die so you could virtue signal via the internet, also aren’t outdoor activities okay now?
SrMordred
1) A lot of households BBQ by themselves. 2) 40% of American adults are fully vaccinated and are safe to visit per pandemic guidelines.
NickRivieraMD
sup with the photo tho?
LaBix
The blood? Because they got pinned. Rite of passage. The badge is pinned to your chest with a punch. So you're gonna bleed.
NickRivieraMD
thank you
GrayHogan
That's a Navy Corpsman. Marines don't have medics, so the Navy provides them.
betelgeux
A Canadian WW2 vet was asked about the skateboarder hanging out at the local war memorial and if he thought it was disrespectful /1
betelgeux
He thought for a moment and then said something to the effect of "young people hanging around a war memorial enjoying themselves /2
betelgeux
"seems like the sort of thing we fought for. Children playing at a war memorial. Seems just like the thanks my buddies would appreciate"
Jeeveswife
Who is cutting onions!?!
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
As a combat veteran, this is exactly why I did it. You know what makes me sick? January 6th. So much rage.
Minx8
THIS. JUST THIS
Minx8
Sorry not "just" but yeah this is a statement I back to the fullest.
pineappleprince
My friend and former marine regularly grinds his local memorial bench. Cops pretty much shut the fuck up when they ask for ID. “It’s for us
ChukclesNuts
I don't even carry my ID on me. Only once did I ever get a military discount when I forgot i wore my hat.
Makerofroads
Fair. But for some things it is useful. Online at Lowes, get 10% off. Saved nearly $300 on a washer/dryer set that way.
SharkDoctor
A guy I knew drank half a bottle of whiskey at my house and then left. It was my first time getting drunk. I was 25 1/?
SharkDoctor
He got pulled over on the Ben Franklin bridge and brought to Camden's police station. The cops called me and told me that 2/?
Tovarish1013
Grinds?
shamoolie
Has sex with
PhireHandy
You'd think it's about skateboarding, but no, it's where his buddy picks up his Grindr dates. Great conversation starter too
Excludos
Skateboarding move where you slide along something
fibbertitgibbet
Grinds with the cops obviously.
pineappleprince
*skates
yeaaadude
And the people who have to work because their bosses are cunts I salute you! And your hangover tomorrow
pineappleprince
Holiday pay for all that rate!!!
yeaaadude
Its pretty shitty to think because there are ppl who just work it for normal pay, but my god I wasn’t needed at work today. Complete fap
pineappleprince
Also.... do they give a fuck? Or are they just jealous? Do they understand the meaning of the day? Would they be a cemetery? Doubtful
pineappleprince
Would it be weird to “thank them for their service”? Fuck it. #tilclosing I’m a service industry vet as well!
Nzpagan101
Why do Americans worship soldiers?
ZeOberon
This is a good question. A lot comes from cold war propaganda and the glorification of WW2 and Vietnam (and the associated social trauma)
TheWarHymn
Militarized society. Need to keep military service relevant and appealing to the new generation so they can recruit for the next war.
thatlazylizard
Wow where on earth are you from and why would you think and imgur post is a form of worship??
HighFunctioningAlcoholic
Someone hasn't traveled much, including to the US.
Spidey209
Every bullet they shoot, every bomb they drop, every MRE they eat makes someone richer.
Hashbrown123
Usually the bombs drop after the MREs.
MrShpoople
Respect and honor does not equal worship...
pineappleprince
Dunno man, something about every American carrying a red right hand despite the blood being only on some fingers...
pineappleprince
And also, I miss my fucking friends. It ain’t always worship
whoisyourdaddy
Without them, I would be speaking German.
MuseMatar
Because they scarified themselves for our FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM or something idk I don't eat burgers.
pineappleprince
Ever visit a fire house in Nyc? it was revenge for me. Freedom? American lives and the ruining of the organization that did that.
XplodingUnicornGlitter
I do not agree with war. However, I support the hell out of soldiers because they’re my friends and family and I don’t want them to die.
Chimichanga007
Most of us don't worship soldiers. Many of us are a bit zealous because we have a media that is heavily prostaglandized. But respect for
Chimichanga007
/2 the dead is pretty universal everywhere, and where you live too pretty sure about that.
Nzpagan101
Respect for the dead, not the specifically dead soldiers. You act like they're off doing something brave and heroic when really they got 1/
Nzpagan101
sucked into a machine that serves no real purpose doing what it does in the modern age.
XplodingUnicornGlitter
The fact remains that they still did it. A lot of the friends I made working as a contractor were 21 year olds just trying to pay for 1
PowwerOrb13
Why they died is irrelevant to honouring the memory of someone who signed up with good intentions, you don't just back out later.
pineappleprince
Maybe your world wouldn’t exist without the hard edge of your society’s arm... but then again, I’m sure no one tried to disrupt you country.
Predicto
You really think this is an American thing? The Brits buy poppies, the French and Koreans do moments of silence, the Aussies have Anzac day
moonweasel
You know he's not talking about memorial day right?, He's talking about the year round almost fetishization of the US military.
Predicto
the Turks and Nigerians have memorial days for their war dead, etc. Where are you from that is different?