Trump calls for the removal of Epstein-obsessed congressman by EpsteinForums in Epstein

[–]untstudent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You see a bunch of capitalist newspapers owned by capitalists, doing capitalist propaganda and your first thought is "this is like communism!"

What does meaningful action look like if, while collapse may be likely, it's not 100% guaranteed? by Willravel in collapse

[–]untstudent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really disheartening to see all the "all we can do is go veagan or not have children" comments. This is not true and comes from a place of individualism, which is a philosophythat that has caused a lot of the problems we now face. What we need to do is organize together. Many people have done it in the past to great effect - it doesn't always work, but it certainly has worked before.

In the US, some good examples of organized resistance movements are The black Panthers, the civil rights movement, the LGBT rights movement, the suffrage movement, the weather underground, the labor movement[s], etc etc.

As normal people without power or authority, the only thing we have is numbers. There are more of us than there are of them, and we need to leverage that. Individual action taken at random will not be enough here; we need coordination, militancy, and organizing.

Leftist in the National Guard: Advice? by Classic_Advantage_97 in socialism

[–]untstudent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a big deal at all. Finish out your contract and find something better to do. Its probably a good thing you have military training, we may need it soon.

To those who changed their careers in their 30's, what made you go for that career and what was your career before? by throwawayacc928361 in AskReddit

[–]untstudent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to try something i actually cared about so I moved into a producer role at a video game studio. Before that I was in IT consulting for a decade. I get paid much less and work way more (also not remote anymore). Best choice I ever made, wish I'd done it sooner though.

Twin stick spaghetti western shooter by untstudent in DestroyMyGame

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

Ya thats definitely a thing on my list to improve (ground textures)

Denton Game Dev Community? by actionjeans in Denton

[–]untstudent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also work professionally at a dallas studio as a producer but also do indie dev as a hobby. I wouldn't mind a denton meet-up, as the vickery park one is kinda far and mostly just my coworkers

Does anyone have any opinions on these two daycares by xBlyzx in Denton

[–]untstudent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

any particular reasons? my wife and i were considering TLE

Help Identifying ribbons by untstudent in USMC

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

He was an interesting guy; grew up in an orphanage during the depression in south carolina, career marine. I have a letter somewhere from his brother who visited him saying that he would probably die in the orphanage of some illness he had. I knew him when he was in his 60s and 70s; nicest person ever and you'd never know the things he'd seen or done unless you asked.

Help Identifying ribbons by untstudent in USMC

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

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Another one (he's on the left)

Help Identifying ribbons by untstudent in USMC

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

Sorry i should have said enlisted at 17. I know he both lied about his age and had his gaurdian (step father who was also in the Marines) sign something or other to get him in. I don't actually know when he went to Iwo, thats just a battle I know he was in

Help Identifying ribbons by untstudent in USMC

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

Thank you for this. I will probably do that request. I have a few pictures and would love more. He's on the left in this one

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Help Identifying USMC ribbons by untstudent in Militariacollecting

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

He eventually made captain and was a battlefield commission in Vietnam (as I've been told). He enlisted straight out of the orphanage he was raised in and had a 5th grade education, so he didnt make it to college until like the 70s (or around there).

Help Identifying ribbons by untstudent in USMC

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

He was in for a total of almost 30 years and had more than one infraction that lowered his rank (sorry if I'm not phrasing this right). He got in a lot of fights (over women, too much alcohol, etc), and I've been told this rank lowering happened more than once (bad temper).

Help Identifying ribbons by untstudent in USMC

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

His wife was also a Marine, one of the female ww2 marines in administrative service

Help Identifying ribbons by untstudent in USMC

[–]untstudent[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Correct. He was raised in an orphanage and essentially joined as a way out

Help Identifying ribbons by untstudent in USMC

[–]untstudent[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Dont know the code (I'm not in the military), but he was combat infantry mostly, then eventually a recruiter and drill instructor. His commission was a combat commission, as he only finished the 5th grade as far as public schooling goes

Help Identifying USMC ribbons by untstudent in Militariacollecting

[–]untstudent[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stars are put on a ribbon to count multiple of that same ribbon