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1. Big T Larrity (bigtlarrity@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 22-Apr-2023 04:16:57 JST Big T Larrity
   The military is currently recruiting hardcore. If they contact you via text send them this photo.
   
   This is Tyler Ziegel. He was disfigured during his deployment to Iraq. The woman with him is his wife. She divorced him because of his disfigurement. The VA cut his benefits in half and he drank himself to death because he felt abandoned by his country and wife.
   
   Ask them if you can expect the same level of care and respect he got. They will never message you again
   
   Edited to attach a before picture of the young man they sent vs what they brought back
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 22-Apr-2023 04:16:56 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @BigTLarrity She didn’t JUST divorce him because of that. She had been hooking up with a dude when he was away, and felt guilted into marrying him on his return when he was a ‘hometown hero’. Of course, she was the victim in all this, so she started to feel ‘trapped’ and decided after putting in some time w/ her she ‘deserved’ to go and hook up with her BF again.

     Don’t worry everyone, at least you’ll have plenty of funny memes to laugh about when you look like a scalded thumb. I’m sure all those fans of the conflict on twitter will be VERY generous in supporting you 15, even 30 years after the war is over

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   • mkultra (mkultra@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Saturday, 22-Apr-2023 04:39:48 JST mkultra

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @BigTLarrity I met a air cavalry guy who was out in the last part of 'nam. Dude's soul had the quality of driftwood, hardened, worn down, and sun dried. Created an omnipresent feeling of sadness around him, even though he himself wasn't an unhappy person.
     
     GWOT did that to a lot of guys too, when the subject comes up they're like drains on energy, everything out there siphoned something out of them that they siphon out of the surrounding air. I can't truly explain it, but its a quality I'm sure anyone familiar knows about.
     
     During the big wars, WW2 in particular, participation was so ubiquitous that nobody really noticed a major change, because everyone was that way. Nobody talked about it because they didn't need to, every one of their cohort knew. When they sent their sons and grandsons off, they didn't feel the need to explain it, they expected that they'd come back to a society colored by universal participation in war, understanding and in many ways more empathetic than the trite star spangled façade propped up in the early aughts.
     
     Partial participation in brutal overseas conflict drove a divide deep between the civilian and soldier, whereas universal service had blurred the line between the two (how different is an arms maker from a logistician, and how different is a field logistician from a soldier, etc.).
     
     Military chic, like the veteran's struggle, likewise hasn't changed much in teleological character since Vietnam, a fashion statement disguised as a political and social one, on the backs of brutalized boys. A narcissism and export of violence and revolution by those incapable of them. The vets I know in this milieu hate war fetishism and chic, for this reason.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 22-Apr-2023 07:48:23 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @mkultra @BigTLarrity I’ve actually had some uncomfortable chats w/ veterans when this comes up. Part of the reason the system was able to create so much of a mythos around WWII is because nobody ever had an intimate conversation with their kids about their experiences.

     It’s not something enjoyable, but we GOTTA pass on the lessons, the life histories to our kids - no matter how painful the process.

   • Snackbar_Jafar (snackbar_jafar@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 22-Apr-2023 07:55:01 JST Snackbar_Jafar

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     @mkultra @WashedOutGundamPilot @BigTLarrity Very well said
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   • Boomerman (boomerman@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 22-Apr-2023 08:34:07 JST Boomerman

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @mkultra @BigTLarrity The vast majority of suicides over the course of the GWOT have nothing to do with combat or injuries. For every burned up thumb man theres another who got tons of money and gifts from wounded warrior and a goofy medal to feel good about themselves. Most of these suicides come from the anti white nature of the US military and the fact that many of these people were lied to about the nature of the service. Many of them have never stepped foot into a warzone. Of course thats not a flashy as the burned up vet so it never gets talked about. People assume these suicides are related to seeing body parts and not the soul crushing experience of military life.
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