Post AXhYgpMiswCNAqu08G by OliverUv@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AXhX0PwKvVwsCXm1pI by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:04:28Z
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I love when I get to introduce friends to military slang. Word of the day: “liberated”:“Tek, where’d you get that steak?”“I liberated it from the officers’ mess.”“Did they have any more?”“Yeah, but you gotta get there quick.”
(DIR) Post #AXhXLd778qv58lvhh2 by nateb@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:07:26Z
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@tek My favorite that stuck with me from my military days was "at a cyclic rate." A "cyclic rate of fire" is when you just hold down the machine gun trigger and unload the entire belt ASAP. It's not recommended, it actually damages the gun and is basically only used if you're about to fucking die and take as many people as you can with you. Example usage: "man dude, I'm going through this 6-pack of beer at a cyclic rate."
(DIR) Post #AXhXTPrCJWB6LHCJRQ by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:09:44Z
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@greyor That’s a real one!
(DIR) Post #AXhXWoCkFMByiutUBM by mikefordays@mstdn.io
2023-07-15T00:10:20Z
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@tek"It is one of our more dollar-intensive ordnance delivery vectors"
(DIR) Post #AXhXq4TLzGvogBqbq4 by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:13:50Z
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@nateb I think my favorite at the time was “float tested”, like you placed an item in water to see if it would float. This need not imply that it was successfully retrieved (or even retrievable) afterward, perhaps because aforementioned water was a conveniently nearby ocean:“What’d you do with Seamen Jones’s liberty chit?”“I float tested it. I can’t stand that kid.”
(DIR) Post #AXhXu9DUI5ZIYFN0jY by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:14:32Z
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@chris I bet you’d be surprised how much of the language you’re completely used to isn’t widely known. 😀
(DIR) Post #AXhXxO0JldSrHbkpc0 by nateb@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:15:10Z
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@tek lol that's a new one I have not heard. I love it.
(DIR) Post #AXhY00vK2LJuZJfdxI by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:15:32Z
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@hackdefendr @greyor I love it.
(DIR) Post #AXhYCvoyJpBGVZrNlQ by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:17:58Z
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@chris That is *exactly* the spirit. If a bunch of military types were stationed somewhere that they couldn’t eat meat, they’d be sneaking in bags of Second-Order Vegetarian Jerky.
(DIR) Post #AXhYgpMiswCNAqu08G by OliverUv@mastodon.social
2023-07-15T00:20:36Z
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@chris @tek oh! Similar to how over time, Christian monks would start saying birds were fish (they're in the water!) so they could eat them during lent. I think there were other such weird re-definitions, but don't recall any atm
(DIR) Post #AXhYgqEFfv15qrwkZE by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:23:21Z
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@OliverUv @chris If you’re hungry enough, justifications start making a lot of sense. “If you squint, it’s kind of like they’re swimming through the air.”
(DIR) Post #AXhZFOCtqqfr4xmuqO by WastelandWandrr@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:29:37Z
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@tek In Canadian Military slang, US means Un-Serviceable, and widely used too! Imagine how that went with joint exercices! 🤭
(DIR) Post #AXhZSMl4Y7jQLlxYjQ by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:31:57Z
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@WastelandWandrr Hahaha!
(DIR) Post #AXham6ZGYRbXslPgwa by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-07-15T00:46:42Z
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@chris @OliverUv Same. Also, these conversations really call for cold beverages.