Get so annoyed when people thank military people for their service

Guess what? They signed up for it...most likely because they didn't have many better options. I don't go around thanking police officers in Chicago, which is probably more dangerous, and I don't thank my garbage man. They do these things out of self-interest and it just happens to benefit society.

I've got multiple friends that are current and ex military and they get annoyed with it too.

But you really should thank Chicago, and wherever else, police officers. And don't come back with that "five-o are scumbags shit." There's plenty of shitty cops absolutely. But the vast majority keep shitheads off the street. It's clear you're a very young troll though, so whatever.

out of all the things to get annoyed about.....

You don't thank your garbage man? Geez, what the **** is wrong with you?


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[quote=MMM]out of all the things to get annoyed about.....[/quote]#1stworldspoiledchildproblems

I thank our military veterans all the time and I also thank police officers I chat with sometimes for their service.

Do military vets sign up for it because they have no better option? Absolutely, but it doesn't change the fact that they are called onto duty to help protect this country you live in.

The only reason you have the privileges you have today in this country is because we have the most advanced military in the world that goes through some of the best training you can get on earth. Without that we'd get ran over by anyone who wanted it. You can have all these freedoms and laws made, but who the f*ck is going to protect them? You certainly aren't.

You want to know the sad part? That military vet that gets deployed and risks his life to defend your country probably BARELY gets paid more than your garbage man OR he gets paid less depending upon where the garage man works. Garbage men in New York get paid up to $80,000 a year.

You get annoyed by it? Go f[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]ck yourself...honestly.

I will still thank those who courageously fight battles us regular people are too scared to fight. But I agree, there are people that we should be just as generous to thank.

To put into perspective, if the army or the garbagemen both went on strike, who would we need more to make our quality of life better?

My thoughts exactly

[QUOTE=hateraid]I will still thank those who courageously fight battles us regular people are too scared to fight. But I agree, there are people that we should be just as generous to thank.

To put into perspective, if the army or the garbagemen both went on strike, who would we need more to make our quality of life better?

My thoughts exactly[/QUOTE]
Short term? Garbage men. Long-term? Military. Please take into account whenever natural disasters occur National Guards are called into service to help those struck by disaster.

[quote=hateraid]I will still thank those who courageously fight battles us regular people are too scared to fight. But I agree, there are people that we should be just as generous to thank.

To put into perspective, if the army or the garbagemen both went on strike, who would we need more to make our quality of life better?

My thoughts exactly[/quote]Always Sunny In Philadelphia has made it clear that should sanitation employees go on strike there's gold mine there for the taking for any go getter in the populace.

Thanking soldiers for risking their lives to protect us annoys you?

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[QUOTE=Meticode]I thank our military veterans all the time and I also thank police officers I chat with sometimes for their service.

Do military vets sign up for it because they have no better option? Absolutely, but it doesn't change the fact that they are called onto duty to help protect this country you live in.

The only reason you have the privileges you have today in this country is because we have the most advanced military in the world that goes through some of the best training you can get on earth. Without that we'd get ran over by anyone who wanted it. You can have all these freedoms and laws made, but who the f*ck is going to protect them? You certainly aren't.

You want to know the sad part? That military vet that gets deployed and risks his life to defend your country probably BARELY gets paid more than your garbage man OR he gets paid less depending upon where the garage man works. Garbage men in New York get paid up to $80,000 a year.

You get annoyed by it? Go f[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]ck yourself...honestly.[/QUOTE]

IThey sure are protecting my freedoms by killing women and children thousands of miles away from me. You guys do realize how many civilians have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq right? It is so disgusting that anyone could support that. Shameful for anyone to enlist knowing they will have a hand in it. No one is EVER going to invade America. We don't need you clowns "protecting our freedoms".

But I do think a profession like a fireman, or a surgeon is more honourable than military, yet they don't seem to get the same recognition. When was the last day we had to commemorate all the doctors out there saving lives??? Or the scientists out there giving their all to cure cancer?

Also Military people get paid and fed and housing. Along with discounts in many different businesses. And a lot of them do it to get money for school.

[QUOTE=Meticode]Short term? Garbage men. Long-term? Military. Please take into account whenever natural disasters occur National Guards are called into service to help those struck by disaster.[/QUOTE]

I do. We are forever in their debt. I have friends in the military that have shared stories I couldn't imagine putting myself through. But, they get their praise which is rightfully deserved. But there are those who do the jobs nobody does and get ridiculed for, but in return they provide a service that goes unnoticed.

[QUOTE=InspiredLebowski]Always Sunny In Philadelphia has made it clear that should sanitation employees go on strike there's gold mine there for the taking for any go getter in the populace.[/QUOTE]

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Deep my friend

[QUOTE=kNicKz]Thanking soldiers for risking their lives to protect us annoys you?

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u act like military is the only dangerous job out there. no they didn't do it for me, they did it for them. a high school dropout can be way more successful if they join the military than otherwise. why do they need to put their lives on the line at all? who is threatening us? (US)

Also but what happens if the wars they are fighting actually put the nation at a way greater risk than if they just said no said no thanks jeff and just stayed home?

I'm not saying we should spit on the guys or give them sh**, you can't have a military where guys just say yes and no when they please.

But it gets a bit insufferable hearing about our "heros" who have done the legwork involved in sending our economy deeper into depths of hell/ruining reputation abroad/endangering us even more by united otherwise neutral nations against us.

[QUOTE=Umad101]they didn't do it for me, they did it for them.[/QUOTE]

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so the op's 12 and buys squeeze its with his allowance.

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Also but what happens if the wars they are fighting actually put the nation at a way greater risk than if they just said no said no thanks jeff and just stayed home?

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Do you think soldiers decide when to go and fight and when not to? :roll: You enlist and they send you wherever they need you. You could enlist wanting to go to Afghanistan and end up fueling ships in Alaska. And vice versa


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I find your lack of everything disturbing

I saw a friend post about Pearl Harbor today that "He will always remember and never forget that day." My thought was, "Bitch, you are 29. Your parents weren't even born yet."

[QUOTE=InspiredLebowski]I've got multiple friends that are current and ex military and they get annoyed with it too.

But you really should thank Chicago, and wherever else, police officers. And don't come back with that "five-o are scumbags shit." There's plenty of shitty cops absolutely. But the vast majority keep shitheads off the street. It's clear you're a very young troll though, so whatever.[/QUOTE]
**** tha po-leece.

[QUOTE=Umad101]IThey sure are protecting my freedoms by killing women and children thousands of miles away from me. You guys do realize how many [B][SIZE="3"]civilians have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq [/SIZE][/B]right? It is so disgusting that anyone could support that. Shameful for anyone to enlist knowing they will have a hand in it. No one is EVER going to invade America. We don't need you clowns "protecting our freedoms".

But I do think a profession like a fireman, or a surgeon is more honourable than military, yet they don't seem to get the same recognition. When was the last day we had to commemorate all the doctors out there saving lives??? Or the scientists out there giving their all to cure cancer?

Also Military people get paid and fed and housing. Along with discounts in many different businesses. And a lot of them do it to get money for school.[/QUOTE]

noone knows that, since the enemy don

i support our troops. bring them all home and stop the endless war machine


also i have a lot of respect for most police officers. maybe its just due to being a cleanshaven white male, but i have never had a bad experience with a police officer in my life. say what you will about how the cops suck or whatever, they are just dudes listening to their boss and trying to make a living in my experience.

"Protecting our freedom" :roll: :roll:

Sounds like a United States Marine banged OP's girlfriend and made him watch.

[QUOTE=dunksby]"Protecting our freedom" :roll: :roll:[/QUOTE]
First off, they don't decide where they fight.

Secondly, your view of this is too narrow. You haven't considered the fact that the sheer might of America's military is a deterrent to any country who would want to wage a serious conflict with them. So in that sense, absolutely, the military protects our freedom. You have a valid point regarding conflicts such as Vietnam or Iraq for instance, but again these aren't the guys picking the battles and like I said, you aren't really taking everything into account here.

Nobody's saying you have to agree with every foreign policy decision, or always support the actions of the nation's troops, but to sit there and act like the life you lead isn't due in large part to the military of the country is immature, entitled, and ignorant.

[QUOTE=Meticode]I thank our military veterans all the time and I also thank police officers I chat with sometimes for their service.

Do military vets sign up for it because they have no better option? Absolutely, but it doesn't change the fact that they are called onto duty to help protect this country you live in.

The only reason you have the privileges you have today in this country is because we have the most advanced military in the world that goes through some of the best training you can get on earth. Without that we'd get ran over by anyone who wanted it. You can have all these freedoms and laws made, but who the f*ck is going to protect them? You certainly aren't.

You want to know the sad part? That military vet that gets deployed and risks his life to defend your country probably BARELY gets paid more than your garbage man OR he gets paid less depending upon where the garage man works. Garbage men in New York get paid up to $80,000 a year.

You get annoyed by it? Go f[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]ck yourself...honestly.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=Umad101]Guess what? They signed up for it...most likely because they didn't have many better options. I don't go around thanking police officers in Chicago, which is probably more dangerous, and I don't thank my garbage man. They do these things out of self-interest and it just happens to benefit society.[/QUOTE]
You on the other hand make worthless posts that just happen to benefit no one.

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Thank you for posting this....#47 didn't do it for the $$$$ or a freaking 10% military discount at IHOP......

[QUOTE=LamarOdom]This!:applause:

People act as if US wouldn't get attacked any day now without the military, majority of Islamic countries + all the countries wanting to dethrone us from being the superpower.[/QUOTE]
More like... Waiting to defend themselves. :rolleyes:

USA putting all they have into military and trives off bullying the world. Are they grunts hereos? I don't really know. It's kind of the same where they present the newest weapon on Discovery and yap about "this firepower will help to save some lives". Makes me :facepalm so hard... How more damaging bullets are to save lives?!! By hitting the ill body and curing the cancer? I mean wow.

Op is right, the current soldiers don't deserve any type of special reverence. All of us who grew up after there had already been decades of uninterrupted peacetime don't understand whatsoever what it's like to live in a country that is under military threats, so nobody joins the military because they want to serve and protect.

You ask a soldier in the military right now whether they prefer to be sent to Afghanistan for 12 months or to Okinawa, every single one of them will tell you to send them to Okinawa.

[QUOTE=LJJ]Op is right, the current soldiers don't deserve any type of special reverence. All of us who grew up after there had already been decades of uninterrupted peacetime don't understand whatsoever what it's like to live in a country that is under military threats, so nobody joins the military because they want to serve and protect.

You ask a soldier in the military right now whether they prefer to be sent to Afghanistan for 12 months or to Okinawa, every single one of them will tell you to send them to Okinawa.[/QUOTE]

How many have you met. I know plenty who volunteered to go back over before their normal rotation came because their friends are over there. I volunteered for Iraq solely because I had friends over their who mentioned that there were not enough technical controllers over their to help with the comm's and insure those beyond the wire didn't have crap for communications. I ended up staying for almost three years and I met plenty of people civilian and in the military who stayed as long as they could for similar reasons and kept coming back out there when they didn't have too. I think if you asked most of these people if they deserved any special treatment or thanks they would tell you flat out they didn't. You may go out there with a notion you are doing it to protect your country, but you stay because you are protecting the person who eats, sleeps and works with you on an almost 24/7 basis.

[QUOTE=IcanzIIravor]How many have you met. I know plenty who volunteered to go back over before their normal rotation came because their friends are over there. I volunteered for Iraq solely because I had friends over their who mentioned that there were not enough technical controllers over their to help with the comm's and insure those beyond the wire didn't have crap for communications. I ended up staying for almost three years and I met plenty of people civilian and in the military who stayed as long as they could for similar reasons and kept coming back out there when they didn't have too. I think if you asked most of these people if they deserved any special treatment or thanks they would tell you flat out they didn't. You may go out there with a notion you are doing it to protect your country, but you stay because you are protecting the person who eats, sleeps and works with you on an almost 24/7 basis.[/QUOTE]

I'm obviously not talking about anyone who has additional reasons to go.

I'm talking about if all else is equal. Knows nobody in Afghanistan, knows nobody in Okinawa. Let's say this is also the height of the invasion in Afghanistan when there is a lot of mild combat going on all the time, and the soldier in question would be a direct part of that. You ask that soldier where he wants to go and it's definitely Okinawa in the vast majority of the cases.

I respect soldiers, but deep down I don't care about them.... Sorry.

They wanna die and risk their lives for rich white men, let them be. I do agree that the overwhelming vast majority join for financial interests and not for some heroic purpose, which would be wrong anyway.

[QUOTE=andgar923]I respect soldiers, but deep down I don't care about them.... Sorry.

They wanna die and risk their lives for rich white men, let them be. I do agree that the overwhelming vast majority join for financial interests and not for some heroic purpose, which would be wrong anyway.[/QUOTE]

I too.

I know tens of military guys and almost all of them joined up because they weren't doing shit with their lives. You thank them for their service, but you also want to smack them over the head as well. I probably know upwards of 50 servicemen and women and only two were planning this career choice before leaving HS. I've always wanted to join the military, but honestly I can't see myself willingly being a pawn used for gain instead of protection.

Anyone who really disrespects soldiers should just be sent to die in Afghanistan. They are the ones who risk their lives for you, and you show them no respect. ****ing assholes.

I get annoyed with it too, because I want the military personnel to stand up to the establishment and arrest them for starting fake wars, killing millions of people, and stealing trillions of dollars....instead of carrying out the orders to "protect us" from phantom enemies.

When they do that, I'll thank them.....

[QUOTE=Math2]Anyone who really disrespects soldiers should just be sent to die in Afghanistan. They are the ones who risk their lives for you, and you show them no respect. ****ing assholes.[/QUOTE]
The overwhelming vast majority don't join thinking "I am gonna join to save joe shmoe's life!"

And when they're there, they HAVE to defend THEMSELVES.

Like I mentioned, it's a tough job and i wish them the best. But it is damn near a myth that they're "protecting our liberties."

They're there to protect the economic interests for the uber wealthy, and powerful.

[QUOTE=Meticode]I thank our military veterans all the time and I also thank police officers I chat with sometimes for their service.

Do military vets sign up for it because they have no better option? Absolutely, but it doesn't change the fact that they are called onto duty to help protect this country you live in.

The only reason you have the privileges you have today in this country is because we have the most advanced military in the world that goes through some of the best training you can get on earth. Without that we'd get ran over by anyone who wanted it. You can have all these freedoms and laws made, but who the f*ck is going to protect them? You certainly aren't.

You want to know the sad part? That military vet that gets deployed and risks his life to defend your country probably BARELY gets paid more than your garbage man OR he gets paid less depending upon where the garage man works. Garbage men in New York get paid up to $80,000 a year.

You get annoyed by it? Go f[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]ck yourself...honestly.[/QUOTE]:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[QUOTE=Math2]Anyone who really disrespects soldiers should just be sent to die in Afghanistan. They are the ones who risk their lives for you, and you show them no respect. ****ing assholes.[/QUOTE]
What are US soldiers doing in freaking Afghanistan? Why they are sent to die there??? :biggums:

[QUOTE=kNIOKAS]What are US soldiers doing in freaking Afghanistan? Why they are sent to die there??? :biggums:[/QUOTE]

Keeping the US' pimp hand strong in the middle east.

Nobody wants to say it out loud, but military and economic power are the only true powers in the human world. People get so caught up in whether something is "right" or "wrong" that they fail to realize that morality is subjective.

Liberals will whine that we are only in the middle east to protect the flow of oil. I say yeah, so the fck what? We don't do things because they are right or wrong, we do things to protect and grow our power.

The world is not a nice place, and you need to constantly stay one step ahead of everyone else. Your allies today will be your enemies the moment you let your guard down and become vulnerable. The people at the top of our government have always understood this. The CIA has always understood this.