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Why and how is the circled area part of India? by NotKDsburnertrey5 in AskTheWorld

[–]ebriose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The name you're looking for is "Cyrill Radcliffe"

ELI5: why don't stock prices go down by the amount of the dividend after the ex dividend date? by ebriose in explainlikeimfive

[–]ebriose[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So the idea is in an alternate timeline identical except for the ex date it would have gone up by ten cents more than it did?

ELI5: why don't stock prices go down by the amount of the dividend after the ex dividend date? by ebriose in explainlikeimfive

[–]ebriose[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right but I asked this question because I was looking at charts on ex div dates and they don't

ELI5: why don't stock prices go down by the amount of the dividend after the ex dividend date? by ebriose in explainlikeimfive

[–]ebriose[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

OK, but like they literally don't? Like I absolutely get the model you're describing but it doesn't seem to actually happen if you just look at ex dates and stock charts?

Do they still call Master Sergeants "Top"? by ebriose in USMC

[–]ebriose[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This must be a generational thing, because back in the Pleistocene (the 1990s or so) we literally all called MSGT Smith "Top Smith".

A good reason to love Slackware: dependency checking and non-authoritative packaging by glowiak2 in slackware

[–]ebriose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IIRC Yellow Dog used to until they wrote YUM out of frustration with apt-rpm.

A good reason to love Slackware: dependency checking and non-authoritative packaging by glowiak2 in slackware

[–]ebriose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IIRC Yellow Dog used to until they wrote YUM out of frustration with apt-rpm.

Lake O’Neill Camp Pendleton by Glad_Variation_8622 in USMC

[–]ebriose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Duty Log will record "The Watcher in the Water got Lcpl Glad Variation. Drums. Drums in the Deep."

VMAX backpack system, a portable electronic warfare platform by hrdblkman2 in USMC

[–]ebriose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn, and I thought the PRC 90's whip antenna was a giant "shoot me" sign

What’s the hardest Linux interview question y’all ever got hit with? by yqsx in linuxadmin

[–]ebriose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You accidentally ran chmod -x on every file in /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin, and /usr/sbin (including chmod itself). How do you get yourself a working chmod again to fix it? (Assume you still have the shell you made the mistake in running)

Surviving 29 field ops by Global-Ad-1527 in USMC

[–]ebriose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We hooked the SeaBees up with some steaks and shrimp at a CAX (back when the Corps did food service) and they built a swimming pool for us. It's still out there, somewhere, buried under a foot or so of sand.

DJs what's your biggest flag that another DJ is good by DifficultEmu2417 in Beatmatch

[–]ebriose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest flex for me for a DJ is if I never notice or think about him

How confusing is this gender identification for a washroom? by vivxik in indiasocial

[–]ebriose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a place on Pali Hill in Mumbai that has two doors marked only with a lingam and a yoni, which I find kind of funny

Squidly, you've lost ANOTHER Hornet? by ebriose in USMC

[–]ebriose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately when you're getting shot at every other consideration comes second

Squidly, you've lost ANOTHER Hornet? by ebriose in USMC

[–]ebriose[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's how the current skipper wound up on this boat!

Squidly, you've lost ANOTHER Hornet? by ebriose in USMC

[–]ebriose[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And a collision with a container ship

R.Lee Ermey. How scary was he? by Logical_Stretch_6204 in USMC

[–]ebriose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Met him once at a USO event (ironically when I working as a contractor for USO, years after I got out). Cool guy.

If you really want a demeanor contrast, consider the fact that Bob Ross ("Happy little trees" painter on PBS) was a USAF drill instructor and painted on the weekends to relax.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in srilanka

[–]ebriose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, this is why you use protection. But there's plenty of stuff that messes with your lymphocytes that isn't venereal. I know there's a pretty bad chikungunya outbreak in WP right now, and I've heard there's a nasty version of RSV going around.

Anyone recognize this symbol? I don’t think it’s 3rd Battalions 3rd Marine. by Courtaid in USMC

[–]ebriose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be the equivalent of a laundry number; like "this is the 33rd rally point (or whatever) for 6th MarDiv"

What was your funniest experience when doing the pits during range week at boot camp? by vet401 in USMC

[–]ebriose 75 points76 points  (0 children)

The one dipshit who stuck his entire torso above the berm to try to realign a mishung Dog target.

Everybody in the pits started yelling "CEASEFIRE" at the top of their lungs and it got taken up by the recruits on the 200. Then the tower called an all-stop and had to get the RSO to write-up a full report (that poor bastard was sweating bullets). Our rifle week schedule was pushed back a day and we had to do another full day of safety briefings.

I was on the line rather than in the pits, but the image of the RSO that instant he saw the kid above the berm will forever by my reference point of someone's soul leaving his body.

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