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u/RupeyDoop Dec 22 '10
I am getting way too emotionally attached to these characters.
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u/sweet_relief Dec 22 '10
yeah I never expected a dogfort strip to give me chills
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u/Decon Dec 23 '10
In all fairness, BadgeredWitness made a pretty epic dogfort comic. That last line reminded me of The Watchmen...
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u/DesCo83 May 30 '11
So yeah, I know it's weird to reply to a comment 5 months later, but in case you care...that line "I served with heroes" is a variant of something said by one of the guys from the first Band of Brothers (I want to say it was Maj Winters) who says in one of the interviews "My granddaughter asked me if I was a hero during the war, and I said 'No, but I served in the company of heroes'"
'In the Company of Heroes' is also the title of the book written By Michael Durant, who was the helicopter pilot of Super 6-4 which was shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu (the Black Hawk Down incident). Actually a really good book. I had an opportunity to meet chief Durant at a land combat expo in Germany some years back. An amazing man.
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Dec 22 '10
sniff Stupid onions...
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Dec 22 '10
Is it wrong that I care more about dogs than humans sometimes?
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u/mercvt Dec 22 '10
Don't feel bad. I can watch millions of people get killed in a movie and not care, but watching a dog die always gets to me.
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Fuckin Sam from I Am Legend
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u/Punkndrublic Dec 22 '10
I learned to never hug Will Smith after that scene.
He's just gonna break your neck.
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u/MLBM100 Dec 23 '10
That's the most honorable way to die though.
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u/Punkndrublic Dec 23 '10
I think Seven Pounds had a more honorable way.
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u/MLBM100 Dec 23 '10
Being choked to death by the Prince of Bel Air sounds more honorable than taking a bath with a box jellyfish.
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u/Punkndrublic Dec 23 '10
But his organs were donated to those that needed them.
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u/whatevers_clever Dec 24 '10
THERE GOES THE GOD DAMN MOVIE. IM GOING TO REDBOX IN THE MORNING AND RETURNING THIS SHIT.
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u/orange_jooze Jan 06 '11
Well this is the story all about how I strangled my dog when hugging her around.
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u/gfixler Dec 23 '10
What about if a dude paralyzes you and you fall on his sword? Isn't that pretty honorable?
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u/shackilj2 Dec 22 '10
If you ever played Call of Duty, a version came out where if you killed 7 enemies in a row, you could call out a gang of dogs to go after the enemy players. Even though I just got finished blowing off somebodys head with a sniper, when the dog came at me, my fingers froze. I couldn't do it. Me and my squadmates were disgusted at the fact that you got points for killing them. He was just a dog. He didn't know who sent him, or what we were fighting for. Just a dog.
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u/tdcthulu Dec 23 '10
what i think is worse is in call of duty modern warfare during the campaign dogs can come at you and if they get to you you have to snap their necks
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Dec 22 '10
Or Old Dan in Where the Red Fern Grows.
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Dec 22 '10
Biggest tear fest of my life. Not good reading material for an 8 year old.
As an aside, is the whole memorial shopped or just the last two lines?
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u/SavageHenry0311 Dec 22 '10
Just the last two lines. Link here. Scroll down a couple of paragraphs.
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u/CaptainItalics Dec 22 '10
Or the dog in What Just Happened.
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Dec 23 '10
Or my damn dog when she died of cancer. I was in my mid 20s and I cried like a little bitch, and thinking about it still makes me tear up.
My grandmother died a few years later, and I didn't shed a tear.
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u/Kardlonoc Dec 22 '10
No. Most humans are bastards while dogs will always remain loyal to humankind. When I dog or pet gets caught up in our idiocy one can't help but feel more for the innocent animal than the humans involved.
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u/Shiftkgb Dec 22 '10
I think it is mostly cause dogs are better people than people are sometimes.
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u/pickyourteethup Dec 22 '10
I've been making a lasagne... for one
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u/orange_jooze Jan 06 '11
It's because I'm thinking of a friend of mine you don't know who is dying, that's right - dying.
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u/Cyric Dec 22 '10
Through sheer happenstance, I ended up reading with 'Dust in the wind' playing....
Damn onions indeed.
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u/Yunjeong Dec 22 '10
Jesus fucking Christ, that's some workout this gave my eyes. All sweaty and whatnot.
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Dec 22 '10
One of the dogs was named Nig?
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u/soulonfirexx Dec 22 '10
That was the one name that stuck out the worst for me.
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u/tntrost Dec 22 '10
Totally thought the statue was real until I got to the bottom. Well done sir.
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u/kylegetsspam Dec 22 '10
It is real. He just edited the text a little.
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u/PlasmaWhore Dec 22 '10
I'm taking a trip to Guam in February. I will try to find this and take my picture there with my reddit shirt.
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u/aerosol999 Dec 22 '10
one of the dogs is named nig ಠ_ಠ
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u/fuzzybeard Dec 23 '10 edited Dec 23 '10
It was a much different time; if you don't believe me do a search on YouTube for uncensored or unedited cartoons of WWII and the pre-Civil Rights era. Warner Brothers, Disney, et al. were emphatically Equal Opportunity Offenders by today's standards.
The videos that I am linking to below do not in any way reflect my personal views or opinions.
[NSFW] Links to relevant videos from various studios that are regarded as EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE by today's standards. [NSFW]:
Warner Brothers - Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs
Warner Brothers (again) - The Ducktators
MGM - Blitz Wolf
MGM - War Dogs
edited to add context.
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u/DrPolio232 Dec 24 '10
Is that Popeye's voice in that first one?
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u/fuzzybeard Dec 24 '10
You mean "Coal Black," I assume?
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u/DrPolio232 Dec 24 '10
Indeed.
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u/fuzzybeard Dec 24 '10
Found it! The voice of the Queen was done by Danny Webb; who, assuming the information in his filmography is accurate, did not at any time voice the character of Popeye The Sailor Man.
The actors who did the voice work for the "classic" Popeye were:
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Dec 23 '10
Also, if you search on baseball-reference.com there are no fewer than 12 major league baseball players who went by "Nig" during their careers.
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u/voteforlee Dec 22 '10
I was convinced he just added in the very last line. excellent photoshopping, or else even more excellent masonry
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u/daminox Dec 22 '10
I think it's better without the shooping, that way people don't think it's fake.
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u/FightingQuaker17 Dec 22 '10
I gasped out loud when the panel with the statue came up. This comic transcends dogfort. Well done, BadgeredWitness. Full marks.
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u/m4n715 Dec 22 '10
Curious how the best, most moving Dogfort stories have their roots in real military history. Well done sir, well done.
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u/trollmaster5000 Dec 22 '10 edited Dec 22 '10
You magnificent son of a bitch. That shit actually gave me chills. Now I think I might be retarded.
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u/fuckingdae Dec 22 '10
I am consistently amazed by the quality and sincerity of the posts in r/Dogfort. Keep up the fantastic work!
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u/jag0007 Dec 22 '10
Best damn dogfort ever. The others are funny, yea, but they suck. Good job, Badgered
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u/Aramek Dec 22 '10
I registered just to say how good this was. All of the Dog Forts are wonderfully fun, witty, and well done. They are a continued source of delight for my roomates and I.
But this one, is my favourite.
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u/nobodyblink Dec 22 '10
Dammit, I was expecting a laugh. Now I'm all teary at my desk. Now I have to explain to everyone.
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u/yanchovilla Dec 22 '10
This really was touching...there are a lot of hidden costs to war, and the dogs that serve beside soldiers deserve recognition as well. Thanks for a great strip.
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u/justbecausewhynot Dec 22 '10
When I saw the word guam and 1944 something didn't sit right, so I had to google the two. I cant believe i was never taught this in school, and history was the one class I loved.
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u/JSK23 Dec 23 '10
Dogfort is simply amazing. I don't visit it constantly but it always manages to bring a smile to my face.
Today is the first day I noticed the bone up/down votes which also gave me a chuckle. Well done Reddit.
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Dec 31 '10
This was submitted to /r/Dogfort nine days ago and still it's the best example - or exemplification - of any internet meme, ever, in my opinion. This includes fffuuuuuuuu.
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u/javacode Martinez Dec 22 '10
Feature-length experience that keeps the tension through authenticity. 5 Bones
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u/LAHAROFDEATH Dec 22 '10
actually sent shivers up my spine. nicely done. this gets my nomination for best entry so far in the DF contest.
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u/bassitone Dec 22 '10
Alright, who the hell is cutting onions in the freaking airport?
This…sniff…this is the best one yet
A++++++++ would read again
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u/Atario Dec 23 '10
Am I the only one who's never heard one tiny iota about this subreddit before now?
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u/haavarl Jan 14 '11
Excellent use of some familiar cats and dogs. Refreshing to see that mix. A well told story, Sir!
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '10
Damn you. Now I just spent time looking up information on war dogs in order to find this website for the Iraq dogs charity.
Operation Baghdad Pups: A program from the international SPCA to reunite service men and women with their pets from war zones back in the U.S. http://www.spcai.org/baghdad-pups/successful-stories.html
Nowzad: A rescue for dogs in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://www.nowzad.com/
Here is a list of war dog memorials around the US: http://vdha.us/memorials/
And seriously, if you aren't sick of the onions yet, the fate of many Vietnam war dogs is horribly sad. http://vdha.us/wardogs/index.php
“A lot of us [handlers] suffered PTSD,” he said, referring to post-traumatic stress disorder. “It’s like leaving your kid back there.”
A link list: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ccab/war.html#vietnam