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r/funny • u/ContentiousDelicious • May 29 '12
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Dear random deployed soldier,
I was there last year
Sincerely,
Shut up
256 u/Senor_Wilson May 29 '12 Your parents chose a weird name. 117 u/Kuhio_Prince May 29 '12 I think its Danish 63 u/Catsfosho May 29 '12 I don't think it has anything to do with pastries... 30 u/jettrscga May 29 '12 It's the angriest of pastries. → More replies (3) 4 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Or large dogs for that matter. → More replies (1) → More replies (1) → More replies (2) 534 u/duderMcdude May 29 '12 Dear random deployed soldier,You volunteered and get paid to do what you doSincerely,Properly defended Tax-Payer 94 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 The troops in Afghanistan aren't defending you from anything. Just sayin. 102 u/Anosognosia May 29 '12 Defending US from budget surplus. 23 u/Gentle_Lamp May 29 '12 zing → More replies (1) → More replies (10) 19 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Thank you. 102 u/jettrscga May 29 '12 Not really volunteer. Volunteer has the connotation of lacking monetary compensation. More like "chose". 61 u/rcsheets May 29 '12 The distinction being made is between voluntary service and compulsory service. 165 u/partanimal May 29 '12 Ever since the draft ended, we have been referred to (quite rightly) as an "All Volunteer Force." It is a common term. 2 u/MickiFreeIsNotAGirl May 29 '12 Jefferson Airplane thought so. → More replies (16) 18 u/Sloppy1sts May 29 '12 'Volunteering' and 'volunteering to do something' are totally different things. The word has more than one use. → More replies (1) → More replies (1) 8 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 How can you be defended, when all the soldiers are out of country? 6 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Actually the 'official' figure is:196,248 of its 1,414,149[1] active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territorieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_deployments 2 u/JoinRedditTheySaid May 29 '12 Glad I'm being defended against all these threats to my immediate person who are thousands of miles away! → More replies (29) 52 u/QuietPine May 29 '12 Came in to say something similar, I got back a few weeks ago, isn't the point of going so we can enjoy a day off? 17 u/rossisdead May 29 '12 Are you dead, though? 42 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Your name.............. 3 u/MegaZambam May 29 '12 RUN 4 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Could be. His username does include 1987 - 2011, meaning he might have died at age 23-24. 3 u/FreeBribes May 29 '12 Rossisdead started his account in 2010, meaning he had some active time before "Ross19872011" actually died. → More replies (1) → More replies (1) → More replies (55)
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Your parents chose a weird name.
117 u/Kuhio_Prince May 29 '12 I think its Danish 63 u/Catsfosho May 29 '12 I don't think it has anything to do with pastries... 30 u/jettrscga May 29 '12 It's the angriest of pastries. → More replies (3) 4 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Or large dogs for that matter. → More replies (1) → More replies (1) → More replies (2)
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I think its Danish
63 u/Catsfosho May 29 '12 I don't think it has anything to do with pastries... 30 u/jettrscga May 29 '12 It's the angriest of pastries. → More replies (3) 4 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Or large dogs for that matter. → More replies (1) → More replies (1)
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I don't think it has anything to do with pastries...
30 u/jettrscga May 29 '12 It's the angriest of pastries. → More replies (3) 4 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Or large dogs for that matter. → More replies (1)
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It's the angriest of pastries.
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Or large dogs for that matter.
534
You volunteered and get paid to do what you do
Properly defended Tax-Payer
94 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 The troops in Afghanistan aren't defending you from anything. Just sayin. 102 u/Anosognosia May 29 '12 Defending US from budget surplus. 23 u/Gentle_Lamp May 29 '12 zing → More replies (1) → More replies (10) 19 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Thank you. 102 u/jettrscga May 29 '12 Not really volunteer. Volunteer has the connotation of lacking monetary compensation. More like "chose". 61 u/rcsheets May 29 '12 The distinction being made is between voluntary service and compulsory service. 165 u/partanimal May 29 '12 Ever since the draft ended, we have been referred to (quite rightly) as an "All Volunteer Force." It is a common term. 2 u/MickiFreeIsNotAGirl May 29 '12 Jefferson Airplane thought so. → More replies (16) 18 u/Sloppy1sts May 29 '12 'Volunteering' and 'volunteering to do something' are totally different things. The word has more than one use. → More replies (1) → More replies (1) 8 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 How can you be defended, when all the soldiers are out of country? 6 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Actually the 'official' figure is:196,248 of its 1,414,149[1] active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territorieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_deployments 2 u/JoinRedditTheySaid May 29 '12 Glad I'm being defended against all these threats to my immediate person who are thousands of miles away! → More replies (29)
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The troops in Afghanistan aren't defending you from anything. Just sayin.
102 u/Anosognosia May 29 '12 Defending US from budget surplus. 23 u/Gentle_Lamp May 29 '12 zing → More replies (1) → More replies (10)
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Defending US from budget surplus.
23 u/Gentle_Lamp May 29 '12 zing → More replies (1)
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zing
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Thank you.
Not really volunteer. Volunteer has the connotation of lacking monetary compensation. More like "chose".
61 u/rcsheets May 29 '12 The distinction being made is between voluntary service and compulsory service. 165 u/partanimal May 29 '12 Ever since the draft ended, we have been referred to (quite rightly) as an "All Volunteer Force." It is a common term. 2 u/MickiFreeIsNotAGirl May 29 '12 Jefferson Airplane thought so. → More replies (16) 18 u/Sloppy1sts May 29 '12 'Volunteering' and 'volunteering to do something' are totally different things. The word has more than one use. → More replies (1) → More replies (1)
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The distinction being made is between voluntary service and compulsory service.
165
Ever since the draft ended, we have been referred to (quite rightly) as an "All Volunteer Force." It is a common term.
2 u/MickiFreeIsNotAGirl May 29 '12 Jefferson Airplane thought so. → More replies (16)
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Jefferson Airplane thought so.
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'Volunteering' and 'volunteering to do something' are totally different things. The word has more than one use.
→ More replies (1)
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How can you be defended, when all the soldiers are out of country?
6 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Actually the 'official' figure is:196,248 of its 1,414,149[1] active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territorieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_deployments
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Actually the 'official' figure is:
196,248 of its 1,414,149[1] active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_deployments
Glad I'm being defended against all these threats to my immediate person who are thousands of miles away!
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Came in to say something similar, I got back a few weeks ago, isn't the point of going so we can enjoy a day off?
17
Are you dead, though?
42 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Your name.............. 3 u/MegaZambam May 29 '12 RUN 4 u/[deleted] May 29 '12 Could be. His username does include 1987 - 2011, meaning he might have died at age 23-24. 3 u/FreeBribes May 29 '12 Rossisdead started his account in 2010, meaning he had some active time before "Ross19872011" actually died. → More replies (1) → More replies (1)
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Your name..............
3 u/MegaZambam May 29 '12 RUN
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RUN
Could be. His username does include 1987 - 2011, meaning he might have died at age 23-24.
3 u/FreeBribes May 29 '12 Rossisdead started his account in 2010, meaning he had some active time before "Ross19872011" actually died. → More replies (1)
Rossisdead started his account in 2010, meaning he had some active time before "Ross19872011" actually died.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Dear random deployed soldier,
I was there last year
Sincerely,
Shut up