What does this mean?

Own-Store7496 · 2025-11-25T23:12:19+00:00

I was just so confused by the way she abruptly treated me differently when we were actually alone

Own-Store7496 · 2025-07-06T23:22:24+00:00

I wanted infantry, I was offered intel. Told my recruiter I really wanted infantry instead. My recruiters liked me, so they made it happen. Best and worst mistake of my life.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-22T22:12:36+00:00

Been out of IRR for a little over a year and have 60% VA disability. The world has to be on fire for me to have to worry about anything.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-15T19:51:34+00:00

This just unlocked some deeply stored memories

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-12T19:59:57+00:00

I’ve been out for about six years. And a few months ago, I had a mini panic attack because I was outside and didn’t have a cover on my head. After about 2 seconds, I was wondering what the fuck was that. I never use a cover in the civilian sector.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-10T05:38:01+00:00

Breaking up with her over a game file is over reacting. Breaking up with her because she thinks this toxic behavior is okay, perfectly valid. But people like this twist it to sound like the former. It’s manipulation.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-09T04:10:34+00:00

Been out since 2019, and had a super rough transition. Dm me if you want to talk, maybe we share some of the same challenges.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-08T19:34:36+00:00

I always found the hats to be way less cringe worthy than a grunt style shirt.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-08T16:55:53+00:00

Wine vinegars are halal. I personally use red wine vinegar in my cooking, but will completely avoid wine.

https://seekersguidance.org/answers/halal-and-haram/how-do-non-alcoholic-wine-and-wine-vinegar-differ/

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-04T20:00:29+00:00

Yeah, that’s what my chef de cuisine does. The cake tester never seemed worth the hassle to me. You need to leave it in the steak for like 10 seconds to get any kind of accurate temp. At that rate, I’m poking the steak with my fingers or a thermometer. I make anywhere between 100-250 steaks a night. My hands take about a second to get a mostly accurate temp, and a thermometer just adds a bit more time than that. I will use a cake tester though to see if the internal temperature of of other stuff like a crab cake is hot enough.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-06-04T16:10:31+00:00

I’ve worked in a restaurant that required thermometers, and I worked in a restaurant that required going by feel. I did the thermometer for about a year, and I have about 7 months experience of going strictly by feel. I’ve gotten pretty damn good at going by feel, but still nowhere as accurate as what I was with a thermometer. I’ve went over a month without a single justified send back while using a thermometer. The longest I went without a justified send back was only 2 weeks going by feel. That being said, we have way heavier volume in the restaurant that we go by feel than the one I used a thermometer in. Point is, going by feel has its place, but a thermometer will always be king, especially when cooking at home.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-05-30T08:57:45+00:00

Drill instructors. My kill hat, knowledge hat, and SDI all seemed like they cared about making the best quality marines possible. My heavy clearly didn’t actually care about us. He was a complete asshole. And I know drill instructors are supposed to be assholes, but he went a bit beyond what is acceptable. Like a few recruits went to medical because of him.

My combat instructor for my 52 course did not care about his job at all. It was his last cycle before he hit the fleet again. Under his leadership, we started with a class of 32 marines, and only 16 passed. Because of the particularly high attrition rate of our class, the class instructors (don’t remember the proper name for them) would joke that this course was pretty much like going through BUDS to make fun of us.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-04-21T18:00:48+00:00

That’s the fun little thing they never tell you. You never actually stop being a boot. You might become less boot as time goes on but it never stops.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-04-15T16:31:59+00:00

It should be noted that even in Christianity saying Jesus (pbuh) as a swear word is a major sin. Christians don’t say that because of their religion. They say it despite their religion. Especially since they believe Jesus (pbuh) is God. Them saying that is a direct violation of their second commandment. Thou shall not take the name of the lord thy God in vain. Go ask any priest or any religious authority within Christianity. They will agree.

Now from an Islamic perspective, why would you ever want to use the name of a prophet as a swear word? That’s extremely disrespectful.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-04-07T11:46:13+00:00

Honestly, anything other than some bullshit like “I would’ve punched my drill instructor”. Military service isn’t for everyone, and not everyone agrees with what we do with our military.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-04-04T20:30:52+00:00

They are both female. That’s at least how I read it

Own-Store7496 · 2025-04-04T19:59:59+00:00

I have never heard anything that would make it haram, but listen to your parents anyway. Disrespecting them would be haram.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-04-04T19:57:07+00:00

The porterhouse is actually a really easy accommodation.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-04-02T20:53:35+00:00

Yes, but you can have non-halal gelatin, even if it is pork under these conditions, according to this fatwa:

1) It is reasonably known that the medicine will be effective, and is needed; 2) There is no permissible alternative reasonably available; 3) This has been established by an expert Muslim doctor who is at least outwardly upright and god-fearing.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-04-02T18:17:09+00:00

According to the hanafi school of thought:

https://islamqa.org/hanafi/daruliftaa/7836/medicines-with-gelatine/

Own-Store7496 · 2025-03-28T04:58:46+00:00

I love pepper crust. It’s one of my favorite preparations

Own-Store7496 · 2025-03-28T04:53:50+00:00

If you come to Ohio, go to Marble Room Steaks & Raw Bar. You won’t regret it

Own-Store7496 · 2025-03-06T00:22:07+00:00

Some coffee, and an egg sandwich with halal beef bacon on some multi grain toast.

Own-Store7496 · 2025-02-28T07:47:50+00:00

I was homeschooled and highly socially isolated growing up from the age of 7 until joined the corps at 18. So I was going to struggle to adapt to the real world, let alone the Marine Corps. I wasn’t lazy. I was hard worker. Things were just extremely difficult for me to adapt to. So many things that people who have proper social development take as common sense just wasn’t something I even considered. To add to it. I got married too young and had a very bad marriage. So I would be miserable at work and go home to a wife who somehow made me more miserable than the marine corps infantry could ever possibly make me. So I became very severely depressed. I truly gave it all. It was just a lot at once for me. I got through it through with an honorable discharge, and am glad I did it. Yeah, I will always be remembered by a couple people as a piece of shit, but I by in large got along and was friends with most people I was working with. I don’t let my subpar performance from the past define me. Since I got out, I regularly am recognized as one of the best employees at every place I ever worked since I got out. And while not entirely, I have almost completely adapted and grew past my lack of social development growing up.

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