• thefunkycomitatus [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I know who Smedley Butler is but I can never get over the name. And Chesty Puller? lol.

    Why yes I am a historically respected Marine general. My name? Dick Tugger.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      When you join the USMC, your drill seargent makes up a ridiculous and humiliating name for you, and it becomes legally binding for you and everybody else to use it forever. Violating this is punishable by death (execution method: ants).

      Source: I'm PFC Melty Nutsler.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        This is true. I saw it in the documentary Full Metal Jacket. That ending where the guy becomes a full metal jacket was amazing.

        • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          That's my favorite movie jacket, even before the jacket from Drive.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Some jackets are made of a little metal, some are over half metal. This was full metal.

    • Weedian [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Lol the USA’s top fighter pilot ace in WW2 was named “Dick Bong” and there are parks named after him like the “Bong recreational arena”

    • Janked [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      17th Corporal Private 8th Class Senior Captain Nut Butter, reporting in! :rat-salute: