• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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      24 hours ago

      I remember some actual military veteran explaining that they almost never give the toughest fighters badass nicknames. You can kid around with guys with nicknames like ‘Big Balls’ or ‘Killer’ but run away from the guy they call ‘Kitten’ or ‘Candy.’

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        21 hours ago

        If the handful of veterans that I know are anything to go by, military nicknames are often directly related to the dumbest mistake they made during their enlistment.

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          A guy I knew said there was a guy he knew in the service who got the name “Stitch.”

          Oh cool, like, a medic or something?

          Nah, he slipped and banged his dome on a bathroom sink so bad he needed stitches. 😂

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          It Runs the gamut. Some people get nicknames for skills, some for mistakes, and Others for the Most obscure reasons.

          Not a Veteran myself, but a civilian who used to Work in defense. The Nickname Stories are Always fascinating though.

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              18 hours ago

              probably just helpful spell check. it capitalizes inappropriate words for me all the fucking time. don’t know why I haven’t bothered to turn it off

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                Might be a non-english main language on the spellchecker. The german keyboard on my phone also wants to capitalize everything that might be a noun.

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      17 hours ago

      I bet that he actually has big balls, but because of Chlamydia.

      Just remembered Nicki Minaj’s tweet which sent Trinidads health organizations onto a wild goose chase because she linked her STD-ridden guy to the COVID vaccine.