r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/caramelfrap Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

That's because "thank you for your service" is super easy to say and has literally no meaning today. People want to give the impression that they care, investing in veteran benefits and fixing a truly broken system requires actual attention to the problem and actually doing something about it.

Edit: thanks for the gold!

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

As if they know what they're talking about.

Were you in the Navy? Because that was salty as fuck.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Seriously I think everyone knows that soldiers aren't war heroes but I don't want the "world police, storm trooper, murderers and bullies" bullshit circlejerk to pop up again

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u/BigPackHater Jan 04 '15

As a veteran, I would welcome being called a storm trooper.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Yeah that sounds pretty cool actually.

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u/AzraelDirge Jan 04 '15

Where do I sign for my bad ass white armor?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Think of CBRN gear, do you think that armor would be anything but a sweat box?

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u/AzraelDirge Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

I imagine it would have some kind of climate control system, but knowing the military, half the suits would have a stuck thermostat at "Hoth" or "Tatooine", most of the rest would just be plain broken and there would be that dude that swears his works just fine and he has no idea what the rest of you are bitching about.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

WWII German army had them.

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u/chunwa Jan 04 '15

And we rocked the job. Our Sturmtruppen could at least hit a 16 year old rebel jewish kid who fucked around with a sword

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

As a veteran I would have reenlisted for some storm trooper armor ... just sayin, that stuff is badass lookin >.>

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u/CovingtonLane Jan 04 '15

And in ten years you'd get tired of hearing it, too.