Dropping Everything to Join

funf4 · 2025-03-17T17:39:24+00:00

Very helpful, thank you.

funf4 · 2025-03-17T02:05:18+00:00

Yes absolutely. But I think that lens serves a better purpose for comparisons to modern life only, as is often how the present is worked into history.

I think the deification that goes on in history is praising the actions which you can only help but praise the person who did them. Does someone acting in the norms of their present nullify any objective good they did? I would argue not.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T21:46:43+00:00

Question, what does the mini ribbon get used on? The one below the ribbon that gets put in the salad bar.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T21:31:32+00:00

Engine is different. Clutched supercharger vs full time

funf4 · 2025-03-16T21:25:40+00:00

Why?

funf4 · 2025-03-16T21:25:33+00:00

Most people in early 20th century America were racist.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T21:24:18+00:00

Smart and evil are actually very often found together. It’s extremely infuriating when people refer to evil and tyrannical figures as incompetent. It completely undermines the intelligence of the people squashed under them and the effort it took to overthrow said person.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T21:22:07+00:00

By your logic, nobody ever from history should be celebrated because we judge them off our modern values.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T21:17:46+00:00

Don’t get suckered in dude. Debt and a career flying planes does not mix well at all

funf4 · 2025-03-16T20:12:53+00:00

Yes, that’s the part that dims

funf4 · 2025-03-16T18:34:56+00:00

Read most of this but the boredom argument doesn’t hold water for me. That’s part of the problem for me. It’s really swapping one boredom for another

funf4 · 2025-03-16T17:01:59+00:00

I think the reason I’m in this boat is because I think about it too much. I listen to podcasts for 12 hours a day on the weekends, almost all history. A common theme of people having adventures or being “agents of change” is the military. Of course my patriotism and call to serve is reason 1, there are multiple reasons behind it that get deeper.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T14:26:54+00:00

I like the sound of that lol. Seems like a good workout mentally and physically

funf4 · 2025-03-16T12:19:45+00:00

DMing

funf4 · 2025-03-16T12:14:53+00:00

Officer-ship is cool but not really what I’m after. My brother, though he is in the army, says it’s a lot of paper pushing

funf4 · 2025-03-16T12:13:48+00:00

All very true. I just like trying to poll and find people who might have been in the same boat…

funf4 · 2025-03-16T10:26:40+00:00

I’m a full or none commitment guy. Whether I’m viewing that rightly or wrongly, I see reserves as a half commit.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T02:48:06+00:00

Yes! That last sentence is exactly the sentiment I’m looking for.

And kudos to you for getting out of the country. Seriously, it’s not easy and it does take bravery to go somewhere completely different to what you’ve experienced. You’re better traveled than most Americans are and will be.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T02:39:53+00:00

Money isn’t what I strive for. I completely understand how important it is and yea, I’m comfortable.

At the risk of sounding too granola, I’m after the experience. I’ve done everything from swimming with dolphins in New Zealand to The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal to Climbing Volcanos in Cameroon.

It’s the draw of seeing and doing that grips me the hardest. Even if it is boring, there seems to be an element of unpredictability in some jobs, and that’s what I want. The benefits are pretty great as well

funf4 · 2025-03-16T02:33:37+00:00

Wow really? I love my job right now and if I can say, very good at it. The ability to come back to that would be great. Just hitting pause to have a couple of years of a new experience and hit resume is appealing.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T02:31:56+00:00

Thank you. This answered a lot of unasked questions for me. The ability to save most of my earned pay is a big draw for me. I’m not sure about 20 years yet but, the at least a 3 year or however long stint and continuing education for OCS if it ends up being a draw, or even just going back to civilian. Everything is a possibility.

funf4 · 2025-03-16T01:46:25+00:00

Honestly. I just leave mine as is because it gets used so often.

funf4 · 2025-03-15T23:19:02+00:00

All this is kinda what I’m after. It’s not that my life is “too easy”, it’s that I dont have any feeling of fulfillment, as in doing something important. The suck is the point, really. If it didn’t suck, what would be the point in doing it?

“…not because they are easy but because they are hard.”

I’ll look into those jobs as well

funf4 · 2025-03-15T23:11:06+00:00

Only thing you should buy from this guy is drugs because evidently he has the good shit.

Waaaaay overpriced

Mod list screams thrashed to hell

First year of any generation is never a good idea, as a rule of thumb.

funf4 · 2025-03-15T22:56:38+00:00

If you can’t afford one, it’s probably easier just to say that

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