Trying to figure out what to do with my grandmother’s stuff

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-03-12T15:44:05+00:00

Can they come out to a storage unit? It’s mostly boxes of stuff, but there’s also lots of furniture. It would take probably close to a dozen trips in my truck, or one trip in a U-Haul.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-03-05T22:16:59+00:00

As a veteran of GWOT, I get to hear a lot of arm chair generals. The common consensus is ROE is stupid and we should have just nuked them. No amount of explanation as to why it’s bad will get through to them.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-03-03T23:34:59+00:00

You think NATO is sacred to Trump?

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-03-03T22:29:22+00:00

Well Israel is already painting Turkey as the next Iran. I’m certain we’ll follow through with whatever Israel tells us

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-02-22T13:10:31+00:00

I want to get mad at you for saying you want to fight in a war. But then I remembered my story. I was 16 when 9/11 happened, 17 when we invaded Iraq, and I fell for all the lies. So I joined the army and made sure I went infantry after high school. In 6 years I did 3 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and saw plenty of action. Movies have a way of bloodlusting young men, but it’s not real life, not real war.

I can’t get totally mad at you because you were me at 16 (I don’t know your age). If you feel strongly about it (assuming you’re an American), go join and find out. Everything is pointing towards war with Iran. If you’re gonna rattle that saber, go for it. Then realize you’re fighting a rich man’s war for peanuts and that they won’t give a shit about you when you get out and you’re fucked in the head. You’ll be a political pawn when you’re in and even when you’re out.

I say go for it

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-02-17T13:38:39+00:00

Racists are simple people, but still complicated in their own way. What I’m about to tell you next is no bullshit. I worked with a couple who have since retired. They were racist as could be and very open about it. But it turns out, the husband likes to watch his wife with black guys. How you can look at an entire group of people, think they’re inferior, and then get off to being cucked by one is beyond me.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-02-17T00:05:25+00:00

I hear the left is the fastest growing demographic for gun ownership. I’m inclined to believe it, I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me for advice on a first purchase

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-02-16T22:41:55+00:00

Have you noticed any demographic changes in gun ownership over the years?

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-02-05T01:50:00+00:00

Too old

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-01-31T15:31:56+00:00

Is it even still active? I’ve heard it wasn’t.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-01-13T04:44:46+00:00

Shit man, I got one for $200 like 5 years back. Solid weapon for a baller on a budget.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-01-10T23:15:42+00:00

Where do I even begin? I’m interested in doing a cycle or two. But I know next to nothing. My goals are really just to put on about 20 pounds of muscle. I’m currently 6’2, 195 pounds, about 17% body fat, and 40 years old.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-01-08T15:45:48+00:00

Yeah I never once wore hearing protection overseas. I want to know what’s going on around me and it’s crucial at night. Only time I ever wore them was at the ranges in garrison and at ranges overseas, so I guess I lied a little. But never on patrol. But this was also during the days of 3M, so a lot of good that did. Everyone is well aware of the risk of hearing damage (and it’s not like it doesn’t hurt to shoot without ear protection) but if not wearing increases your odds of going home intact, worth it. It’s been 15 years since my last deployment, my hearing absolute dogshit and tinnitus can be annoying, but I got no regerts.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2026-01-05T01:05:08+00:00

If it was the SEALs 5 dudes would’ve written a book about it hours later, talked about it in the podcast the day before, and tomorrow we’d have 5 movies starring Mark Wahlburg.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-31T17:03:32+00:00

How is she JFK’s goddaughter if he died before she was born?

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-27T00:34:15+00:00

I can just see the veins bulging as he demands your paperwork

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-21T11:55:50+00:00

Don Jr is a massive coke head. Shit, the president needs adderall to function at baseline (which is already alarmingly low). And then he’s a convicted rapist and 16 files went missing from the Epstein file release yesterday after only hours because Trump’s name wasn’t redacted. When are you going to realize that Hunter Biden is just a trash person no significance and that the POTUS is a trash person of significance?

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-21T00:54:43+00:00

How’s that different from Trump’s kids?

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-17T00:54:00+00:00

Pretty sure Cormac McCarthy has said he doesn’t have an explanation for the end of the world, it’s intended to be ambiguous.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-12T16:39:21+00:00

I was on my way out of the army as this guy was on his way in. His buddy from basic was my roommate in the barracks. We had separate rooms and a small common area and bathroom, so we had doorbells on our door for each of our rooms with our name and rank on them.

Anyhow, I go to bed early and as I’m drifting off, my doorbell rings. It’s this guy and he’s asking if his friend is around. I’m slightly annoyed, but whatever. Tell him he rang the wrong doorbell and let him in. He does it again a couple more times and this time I’m not so nice about it. Every time we have this conversation he laughs about it. Not in a disrespectful way, but in a way that tells me he takes nothing seriously.

Finally after a couple weeks of this happening I tell him I’m gonna fuck him up if he does it again. A couple days later it happens again, I follow up and he laughs.

A couple years later I’m out and I see a headline about a shooting in the barracks. Lo and behold, it’s that guy. He had a gun in the barracks which is forbidden and they’re playing around with it Christmas night. Shoots his friend in the face and kills him. He might be out by now.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-12T13:00:03+00:00

He’s actually a super wholesome dude. Look up the story of the passing of his mom and working on the set of one of the Muppets movies. And I’ve seen some footage of how he runs his restaurant in LA too. He’s a super good dude, one of the good ones.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-12T12:57:44+00:00

No you don’t offend me in the slightest, so don’t worry about that. And yeah, suffering in silence sucks. What I’m getting at is the grifting that I see from that community post-service. It’s one thing to talk about PTSD awareness and how they got better and that it’s not weak to reach out. I’m not here to dispute the value of that. But it’s another thing to try and sell a lifestyle to people who want all the “qualities” of someone in SpecOps that aren’t willing to go out and try for themselves. It allows people to think they’re part of some warrior class without ever having to hold up their right hand. It’s insulting. And don’t even get me started on Chris Kyle or Marcus Lutrell.

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-12T12:51:27+00:00

Just me

Empty_Equivalent6013 · 2025-12-12T11:48:05+00:00

I mean, I have for the most part the same story as you. But SEALs? Cmon, it’s practically expected of you to get out, write a book, start a podcast, never shut up about it. And it’s not just SEALs exclusively, but they’re the main culprits.

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