The 40 year old Operator

Youtube gun people tend to have forearm tattoos, beards, but many have an effeminate voice with great articulation. Not a knock. Just seems to be the kind of voice that is easy to clearly understand and listen to for long periods over what you'd imagine a person who looks like that would sound.

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raider1v11@reddit

Name the brands. We all know them.

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Jon-Umber@reddit

Bro has a massive ass-hair beard and a bigass flannel in sunny 85 degree weather and "We the people" cursive and Spartan hoplite tattooes on both arms and is printing the 5 extra mags he's carrying on his belt

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Jungian_Archetype@reddit

Gruntstyle and 5.11 aplenty.

"Grey man"

Pick one.

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ShortnPortly@reddit

Hey hey hey. I am 40 and do not do this. I was never in the military though, don't act like I was either. I just like guns. Old or new, they are fun.

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AdditionalStudio3036@reddit

Training a bunch of dudes who get road rage in a Costco parking lot how to kill. Hell yeah brother! Protect your flock! /s

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Pandamm0niumNO3@reddit

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carbonatedpepperoni@reddit

"the crueler war is the quicker it ends" - guy who actually won a war

"hearts and minds" - soldiers who lose wars

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DownstairsDeagle69@reddit

"This Video is brought to you by BRCC, Boner Raging Cuckold Company"

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Akconcentrates@reddit

My dad is a coffee aficionado and i bought him some brcc and he said that was the worst coffee he ever had in his entire life! He threw it away!

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SamFisher8857@reddit

It’s dog shit. The beans are not good and it’s over roasted. My wife and I coffee snobs and thought we’d try a bag of BRCC. I don’t remember which one. Anyway, we didn’t make it through the bag and gave she dumped into ziplock bag and took it to work for the break room. Coincidentally I was at Dunham’s today buying ammo and they had BRCC cans on clearance for $1.17 each so a grabbed a couple because it was cheap. It still sucked and I see why it’s alway on clearance.

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DownstairsDeagle69@reddit

This makes me so happy. Who are the fucking idiots that are buying that crap and thinking it's delicious? Plus, Evan Hafer is a cuck chair aficionado.

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smokeyser@reddit

Who are the fucking idiots that are buying that crap and thinking it's delicious?

People who are willing to take a step down from their usual cup of Folgers to support a company with guns on the label.

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90bronco@reddit

People who don't know much about coffee or guns but like to be marketed at as if they did.

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NeoSapien65@reddit

Their canned drinks are a perfectly reasonable get at the gas station, tho.

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DownstairsDeagle69@reddit

I've only bought it once but I did like blackout coffee. It actually tastes pretty good. I'll admit a bit overpriced.

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luvsads@reddit

In Texas, they have full-blown brick and mortar BRCC locations with drive-throughs lol

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DownstairsDeagle69@reddit

Brick and mortar? What are they like fucking Starbucks now? 🙄

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A_Queer_Owl@reddit

yeah, they want to be "unwoke" Starbucks. it's a bunch of hilariously ironic virtue signaling.

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Wannabe_Operator83@reddit

Tacticalwordsaladsolutions 🤣🤣

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T_T_H_W@reddit

Most of them have never served . When it came down to it , they were cowards. Now they fantasize about protecting their property and families from a home invasion or government tyranny . Their whole identity is wrapped up in special forces cosplay and firearm collecting but we all know they are compensating . They are a very fearful people … they talk loud, threaten loud but we all know they are just afraid .

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556_FMJs@reddit

I’d serve crack before I served this country.

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roadmasterflexer@reddit (OP)

you wouldn't actually be serving "this" country if you signed up. it would be that other one in the middle east

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A_Queer_Owl@reddit

Saudi Arabia? Israel? UAE? Qatar? you're gonna have to be more specific about which country that has dirt on the current government that you're referring to, because it could literally be any of those. or maybe it's all of them? let's just keep it simple and say all of them.

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smokeyser@reddit

you're gonna have to be more specific about which country that has dirt on the current government that you're referring to

They don't need dirt. They have hundreds of billions of dollars ready to be sent to US defense contractors, and they pay our politicians salaries.

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smokeyser@reddit

you're gonna have to be more specific about which country that has dirt on the current government that you're referring to

They don't need dirt. They have hundreds of billions of dollars ready to be sent to US defense contractors, and they pay our politicians salaries.

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roadmasterflexer@reddit (OP)

its not the arabs that own the majority of congress

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A_Queer_Owl@reddit

oh fuck you're trying to do an anti semitism and say the Jews control every ain't yah? yeah you should not do that.

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ShinraTM@reddit

I didn't read this the same way you have. I took it to be a legitimate criticism of Israeli political influence on US foreign policy.

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556_FMJs@reddit

🤫

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EnD79@reddit

Well, Israel bombed Qatar the other week, so I'd say that they have more dirt than Qatar.

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gregshafer11@reddit

This country served me crack

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igotbanneddd@reddit

The CIA sold missiles to Iran to fund crack-smugglers.

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Blitz1137@reddit

100%, couldn't imagine being that much of a cuck

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GCOLBYB@reddit

400k Tyrones and Dysheekas in the military say that signing papers isn’t really saying much 🫠

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khronos127@reddit

I always hated that bullshit talking point saying “they’re afraid, they fantasize about killing!

Although there are freaks that fantasize about having a shootout, it’s very very much the minority. People who prepare for stuff aren’t “afraid”, they’re smart.

If you buy a generator and basic survival gear, are you fantasizing about having a hurricane hit you and terrified all the time? No, you’re prepping for the worst case scenario. With survival gear and guns, it just so happens to go along with a hobby as well if you enjoy survival or firearms.

In hurricanes or disasters, people are always running to the neighbors that over prepared to get their help with basic things. They don’t make fun of them when the time comes to need those things. Same happens when shooters are stopped by a trained gun person, people flip their script and are thrilled they were saved because someone else prepared properly.

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ModestMarksman@reddit

It's funny to call people cowards for not joining the military.

Like it takes immense bravery to sign away youre freedom for a period of time.

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Epyphyte@reddit

Despite being a giga-POG I got PTSD walking from the parking lot to Fort Drum when it was cold outside one day.

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Just-Buy-A-Home@reddit

Probably cheats on his wife and/or does other horrible shit that goes against his own principles (ala garand thumb)

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BigoleDog8706@reddit

This also fits the 20 somethings as well.

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MinchiaTortellini@reddit

An entire gun owning generation was convinced in a matter of years they needed a down payment on a home's worth of cqb rifles, optics, lasers, lights, clothing, plate carriers, pouches, radios, helmets, nods, bullshit training at 3 yards, coffee, t shirts, etc. by these dudes.

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ImCaffeinated_Chris@reddit

I had a LEO buddy ask me if I wanted to get in on a group buy of plates. Dude.... When the fuck am I going to need plates?! I shoot paper, steel, and golf balls for fun. I'm not looking to get ready for civil war 🤣

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MinchiaTortellini@reddit

No exactly, its that exact experience 1000 times over.

These guys believe more in having to be ready for a direct action raid with their bros during the apocalypse than having a brokerage account or college fund.

9/10 guys i meet that have fallen into this trap are not high earners or squared away financially where spending $20k on bullshit doesn't matter. They're living paycheck to paycheck, paying rent, and just blowing what's left on nylon. Its fucking insane.

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Ironwarsmith@reddit

I have the bare minimum of gear for a serious "SHTF, world has truly gone to hell" scenario. 5.56 rifle with an ok red dot, plate carrier with mag pouches and IFAK, a single set of plates, and a helmet. Helmet I got for basically nothing at a state surplus sale.

I fully expect to never need or use any of this, and I'm not buying any more. Everything else is going towards 401k, IRA, vacations, and a down payment for a house.

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ShinraTM@reddit

Former lotsa-things here. In the unlikely event that there is a shtf scenario, the best way to deal with it is to invest in a bunch of non perishable food and stay the fuck home. There will probably be plenty of really cheap guns and ammo and gear and whatnot from the LARPers who got themselves arrested or shot once all the dumb shit is in the rearview mirror.

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MinchiaTortellini@reddit

Yeah dont get me wrong there is nothing wrong with having some just in case stuff. Youre definitely in the 1/10 portion. The problem is the rest of these guys are allocating 100% of their resources toward the 0.001% probable situation with TONS of equipment and the most expensive shit they can buy to boot while putting 0% toward the 99.999% probable situation of buying a house, paying for school, retiring, etc.

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Celestyol@reddit

Don't forget how this same group persuaded everyone to buy ONLY Holosun/Streamlight or Aimpoint/Surefire combos and overspend about 1000x what the actual firearm costs.

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justhereforpics1776@reddit

Did you just call Holosun nice?

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tom_yum@reddit

You're missing the spartan helmets

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Knotted_Hole69@reddit

And the occasional but always slipped in joke/hate of the ATF.

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StalinsPimpCane@reddit

What you like the ATF?

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tom_yum@reddit

They keep us safe from smuggled untaxed cigarettes. /s

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Knotted_Hole69@reddit

Not particularly no

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rusty_programmer@reddit

The guy who failed boot camp or medsep’d early and is technically a veteran.

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roadmasterflexer@reddit (OP)

"i spent 4 years on a ship as a mechanic. i bled for this country."

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hansolojazzcup@reddit

Look at my extremely tricked out 4Runner I never overland.

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roadmasterflexer@reddit (OP)

truth. i see so many "offroad" bros with decked out suv's and trucks and its just a pavement queen. absolutely insane.

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RedJamie@reddit

Watches TRex arms or whatever it’s called and thinks themselves a crusader

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jasont80@reddit

While we're all against this ridiculous archetype, we do still support the right to own all the stuff.

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Yarus43@reddit

May or may not have cheated on his third wife in a row

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netsurf916@reddit

The women who see something in these guys are the real reason we're hurdling toward Idiocracy.

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Yarus43@reddit

Don't agree man, sometimes sure but ive been cheated on and it fucking sucks. No one deserves that regardless.

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netsurf916@reddit

I'm not saying they do, but many times the "other" one is fully aware the dude is cheating and they do it anyway. That's what I'm talking about.

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Designer-Might-7999@reddit

Anything with a Black Rifle Coffee Logo is a Red Flag and not to be supported

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

It needs to note that he immediately goes out and buys a new $3k rifle whenever something slightly different comes out, even if it's still just an 11" DI AR.

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stephen_neuville@reddit

i'm really proud of my couple of Aero builds that came out to like 1200 bucks and shoot great and 90% of gun reddit is just " new toy" and its either a boutique AR with more money in the trigger group than i've got in the whole rifle, or Yet Another Honey Badger.

i updoot the psa builds. thats more interesting to me.

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Penguin_Life_Now@reddit

You are giving me flashbacks to being married to my first wife, both her parents and all 5 of her older brothers were in the military

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UnitCell@reddit

My dad, his second wife, my granddad, my cousin an uncle and I myself did time in the military. Some of us were only in a few years, some of us retired as LtC, some fought in war, some only served in peace time. I am 100% pro anyone serve in the military at least for a few years, and have many very good friends that I met during my time in. Having written that, I absolutely - hate - this whole military worship nonsense and am wary of people who make it their whole identity, especially when they're already out.

Just something to be aware of, the top top guys typically will not be close to getting out during their 40ies.

So, if anybody tells you they're - the - US Army Billy Badass, but they're 40 and not in anymore, they're full of shit.

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GrillinFool@reddit

Yeah, I’d prefer if people assumed those that spent time in the Military deserve respect and gratitude rather than lumping all of them into this very small minority of people such as these.

Thank you for your service. I appreciate it.

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UnitCell@reddit

Thank you for your service.

Thank you for paying me a relatively good salary for a relatively low level of responsibility with your tax money!

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GrillinFool@reddit

Happy to do it. Now if we could talk where the rest of my tax dollars go, I’d have some strong opinions the other way. But your salary is well deserved.

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UnitCell@reddit

Looking at the military, in my opinion, we could halve our armed forces and they'd be just as effective at protecting the homeland if we stopped the foreign soil forever wars.

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Cdwollan@reddit

US power projection is what the economy relies on.

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UnitCell@reddit

I'm not gonna write that I think you're wrong.

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Cdwollan@reddit

You might want to crack a history book

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UnitCell@reddit

So are you saying that any dollar spent on foreign military actions during the past 25 years (and before), generally, gave more than it's value back in economic strength to the US? Not saying I couldn't see that. It would just be interesting to read about the return-of-invest on money spent on war...

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PaysOutAllNight@reddit

Power projection has always been generally good for the US economy. Especially when it doesn't involve direct military involvement.

It's just that when the military is used to support the oil industry, the economics never work out that way because not is there the enormous immediate expense, it results in later repercussions that are even more expensive.

I'm a veteran who is all for a strong worldwide American presence. But I'm also even more strongly in the "No blood for oil" camp.

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Cdwollan@reddit

That has always been the intent.

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GrillinFool@reddit

Which foreign soil forever wars are those?

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UnitCell@reddit

We were in Irak, Afghanistan and some other countries pretty much non-stop for almost 25 years. Huge waste of resources in my opinion! Good thing the current administration seems intent on unwinding these entanglements to a degree.

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DutchGoFast@reddit

Last i heard the current admin wants back in to Afghanistan

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GrillinFool@reddit

A strategic military base is a lloooonnnggg way from a war.

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Gerantos@reddit

You're welcome for your freedom.

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ImCaffeinated_Chris@reddit

I know some very high level retired military people with decades of service. Guys who started as door kickers to managing brigades. Even they don't make their whole persona the military.

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WoolooOfWallStreet@reddit

Congratulations on your promotion to civilian

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Penguin_Life_Now@reddit

There is the exception of those that left the military due to medical conditions or injuries either combat related or not. For example I had an uncle who was a machine gunner in the Marines in the Pacific in WW2, fought at both Iwo Jjma and Guadalcanal who was wounded in combat spent almost a year in a hospital and discharged with 100% disability. Or even my former brother in law who was also a marine and given a medical discharge with partial disability after being injured in an attack on a guard post in Panama during operation Just Cause.

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UnitCell@reddit

Yes. But those won't be wearing flannel and rigs while in your ear about how tacticool they are, either.

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Blitz1137@reddit

That should have been the biggest red flag.

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Penguin_Life_Now@reddit

Hey, what can I say I grew up in a town by a military base, half the kids I went to school with were military brats

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WrenchPilot12@reddit

Don't forget talking about "top secret missions the public isn't allowed to know about"

Either you're lying or breaking an NDA...

And when someone calls them on it.. whew..

"You hate veterans!"

No moron, I hate wannabes who lie about what they did in life because they're failures.

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Jon-Umber@reddit

Don't forget "You have to use only ammo you buy from us" motherfuckers who sell you 50 rds of 9mm for $40

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Cdwollan@reddit

Where is the steroid habit?

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ours@reddit

That's the big missing one.

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BelowAvrgDriver907@reddit

and a pending DV charge or two.

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KStang086@reddit

Good to see I'm not the only one tired of this archetype

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PepeLePewPew@reddit

We've all had the knowledge transfer.

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BelowAvrgDriver907@reddit

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WestSide75@reddit

I love how there’s a Black Rifle Coffee Company and a Blackout Coffee company, and they attack each other through their sponsored channels on YouTube.

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roadmasterflexer@reddit (OP)

both coffees are shit btw

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SevenX57@reddit

SO THAT OTHERS MAY CUCK

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jakesdrool05@reddit

I wonder about your search and interest patterns that this is even on your radar.

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SamFisher8857@reddit

Garand Thumb enters the chat

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AlphaTangoFoxtrt@reddit

You forgot

Was a 92G

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_Baphomet_@reddit

Dudes gotta eat.

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AlphaTangoFoxtrt@reddit

Of course, bu Ive found rhe loudest "I WAS IN THE MITARY!" bros are often the fobbits, not the actual combat guys

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_Baphomet_@reddit

Oh that wasn’t a dig on what you said. I just meant it as a joke. I can’t disagree with what you’re saying man, there were definitely people I met in the military that shouldn’t ever even hold a gun. I’ve even seen a SNCO get their M9 taken because of their carelessness with it.

Brought to you by a flying fobbit.

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fatfuckery@reddit

I was like "why is he wearing a Spiderman suit?"

Then I was like "Oh, wait - that's a flannel shirt!"

And then I went "You know what? For how obvious and loud and conspicuous these MFs are, they might as well be wearing a Spiderman suit..."

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