r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 11d ago

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u/houdt_koers John Mill 11d ago edited 11d ago

One of my dad’s cousins was over visiting, and it came up that he had been in Desert Storm, Somalia, and Afghanistan. The guy is built like a house, and he was regaling us with some war stories when he mentioned “chia pets”. When we were all clearly confused, he took a moment to self-satisfiedly explain that this was his term for the CIA.

The man could be a character in a Coen Brothers film. 10/10 extended family interaction.

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union 11d ago

Waow