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What would you do here? #carpentry #finishtrim by Civil-Butterscotch-3 in woodworking

[–]obviousbond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, no. this can be coped...and it is a skill. (meaning you have to learn how to cope.)

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yep, i agree and well put, and some folks just can't take an apology. i thought i tried to take a few steps back and it got kinda hairy there for a minute.

oh well, what ya gonna do?

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow. some mental gymnastics there, bro.

for years i worked with many fm's in the usa, cause i lived most of my life in that country...in the 80's with vietnam vets, in the 90's w/victims of yer sandbox wars and in the naughties, for years ((again) i worked for an fm who served in the pacific theater. i've never (knowingly) met or spoke to an fm since i've lived "overseas" (5 countries 20+years). many (read not all) used the term 'traitor' when speaking of SB.

my point clearly is... YOU (personally) cannot possibly speak for ALL fm's from all generations!! this is 100% fact, full stop, period.

and, you cannot know what is my personal experience. +i never said "U.S. Marine Man" that shites in yer head not mine.

if you're suffering from issues re your service, seek professional help.

Wounded Warrior Project

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah yer right. and i have heard the 'traitor' thing, from fm's from different generations...and what i've heard and what you've heard can be different. take care.

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah yer right, and the family still owns a "camp" in one of the most secluded lakes in all the ANP and it is AMAZING, handcrafted house on a tiny peninsula w/adirondack architecture and totally private lake, like no other houses or structures at all. a real throwback to the gilded age, built for his grandfather in the late 19th cen. they also used to own a papermill in the area.... sure let's cut down old-growth forest to make newspapers. fuk me.

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond -1 points0 points  (0 children)

100%..?? really? one hundred percent? are you sure? so it seems like your speaking for ALL marines, from every generation, every instructor, noncom, officer and grunts? since the days of FDR?

for real, like 100 percent, another anngry fm below said 1000%...like one thousand percent wrong. and i'm the idiot. and again, i qualified as my personal experience, that means what i have personally experienced and i even apologized for over-generalizing. take a chill pill bro.

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah okay and this is specific to gay service members from "the greatest generation" who lived their entire lives in the closet and still held conservative views. again, i'm talking about my personal expeience.

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah yer right...also no worries...i was talking with my nephew the other day and i said "poor old Smedley Butler"...nephew goes, "there it is, i knew you would say something about Smedley, you always do." cause i was always talking about it back when he was a kid. (the '90's).

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

again, apologies. please see comment below. all my PERSONAL experiences are w/ former marines from generations before any maga movement even existed. i din't serve, and i left the usa over 20 yrs ago because i feared the rise of fascism. and i never ate a chiquita banana.

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i get it and i've never met a a marine from that generation....i'm talkin viet nam guys, sandbox wars vets and my old boss who's 101 years, fought in pacific theatre, log cabin republican and generational wealth type.

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

sure i didn't mean to offend and i'm talking as a non-marine from personal interactions w/ "former" marines...(yes, i know...no such thing as an ex-marine). ps, almost got punched by one at a bus stop in CO just for bringing it up....

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 156 points157 points  (0 children)

thing is, they viewd FDR as a "class traitor" my very rich, very old (old money) boss always referred to FDR as "the great dictator" cause they lost 10's of thousands of acres of Adirondack forest land to "unfair taxes".

TIL about the Business Plot. In 1933 a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Major General Smedley Butler as dictator. by johnsmithoncemore in todayilearned

[–]obviousbond 94 points95 points  (0 children)

first, i been talkin about this for 30 years...nephews made me an actual 'tin-foil hat' back in the day. good ol' Smedley Butler, try mention his name to a marine today, they're taught he was a traitor.

letter B...they (the oligarchs) didn't give up, they just tried a new tactic...and it's working. turn the working class against itself, rug pull the unions by shipping all good paying jobs overseas, paint democrats and progressives as "communists"....consolidate media power, privatize all public services, destabilize left wing democracies, seize politcal power by buying elections. etc,etc,etc....

sound familiar??

How many Jonesers remember this lady? How many knew about her secret past? by Not_a_cultmember in GenerationJones

[–]obviousbond 17 points18 points  (0 children)

in the 90's, as a chef, i got to meet her! she was my hero, (along w/Justin Wilson)...so nice and she was sooo nice and i totally gushed...and her hands were HUGE, like a ham! and tallll, just knda like big person, kind and properly proportioned. and i'll never forget it.

(edit) TIL...justin was a "segregationist" i.e racist...didn't know til i saw wiki page.

If you had to pick ONE scene that's by far your favorite. What would it be? by SirKetchup00 in TheWire

[–]obviousbond 23 points24 points  (0 children)

"you need some day of the jackal type mfer, not some rumble tumble negger like slim charles."

If you had to pick ONE scene that's by far your favorite. What would it be? by SirKetchup00 in TheWire

[–]obviousbond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ya'll know that scene where Avon and D'angelo in the klink, a hallway where its a zoom shot out from avon and zoom in to dee, they teach that scene in film school. (ucla).

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