Joining the Army

[Aileron]

I put the Specialist rank there because that is the rank listed on my ID card, the rank the recruiting Sergeants said I am now, and the salary rate I am getting paid at. I may be ahead of myself, but I have fact to back it up.

 

Finland, while you may think you are being cute, but first realize that you are not being that clever. I'm actually surprised there aren't a few 'Five Star Generals' subscribing to the forum now. In real life, to wear a symbol of rank one hasn't earned is a Federal crime punishable by fines or even imprisonment. Obviously an internet avatar is different than wearing a uniform in public, but nevertheless it is rude, offensive, and demeaning because you are belittling a bunch of people's hard work, not just mine. Please be a mature person and take it down on your own.

 

 

I realize this comes a week after I called you a sig-Nazi, but the difference is that while I took something out of context, you are doing a bold faced lie. You call yourself a Specialist when you aren't even in the Army, (and from what I can guess, probably have no family or friends who went in any branch of the Armed Forces except maybe a grandfather you aren't close to.)

[FMBI]

Uh, yeah.

 

You get a military avatar just to have a military avatar, I use the same avatar just to make fun of you, and suddenly you're accusing me of impersonating a military member? Dare I say LOL?

[»Lynx]

Please be a mature person and take it down on your own.

 

Ehrm, elaborate?

 

-Lynx

 

Edit:

 

Send this to your 'Five Star Generals'...

 

I'm sorry, but patriotism is just !@#$%^&*ing fail, in any context. Just because somebody has earned themselves a superficial rank by grovelling at feet for years, it doesn't make them any more important - and the very way you've questioned his avatar is offending. On a side note - before you know it, you will be a lot older and realise that you've devoted a large part of your life to a powerhouse that doesn't give a !@#$%^&* about you.

 

Thanks,

 

Lynx

Edited August 7, 2008 by Lynx

[FMBI]

True, true, Lynx. I generally dislike John Reed's articles because they show bias and simplistic thinking, but I believe this one might be illuminating.

[Aileron]

Lynx, like any organization, the military has its brown-nosers, but that is rarely used as cause for promotion. Your at!@#$%^&*ude isn't realistic. It isn't pessimistic. It's down-right jaded.

 

Duh, US law doesn't apply to the UK. We've got an international genius here. I know there are a few people who decided to put on soldier's uniforms and march in Veteran's Day parades who get caught and fined for it.

 

 

Finland, okay, so you admit that you are being rude, offensive, and demeaning (oh, I'm sorry - 'making fun'...rewording it makes it so much better.). Why do I have to elaborate how that is a maturity issue of yours when it should be obvious? Hey, don't worry about me, I've been offended by people who were actually good at it. I just know that making fun of other people for taking pride in accomplishments is a sign of being someone who has accomplished nothing and needs to do bring others down to separate themselves from their own feelings of inadequacy.

 

To elaborate, I'm not big on !@#$%^&*les, but on the other hand I do think they need to be acknowledged.

[X`terrania]

Finland, okay, so you admit that you are being rude, offensive, and demeaning (oh, I'm sorry - 'making fun'...rewording it makes it so much better.). Why do I have to elaborate how that is a maturity issue of yours when it should be obvious? Hey, don't worry about me, I've been offended by people who were actually good at it.

 

Freak must be doing something right if you've made 2-3 posts about it.

[Drake7707]

heh it's called respect which obviously some people have lack of. The entire crap on ranks (or the army for that matter) doesn't interest me, but if someone has a avatar and someone else steals it and the first person asks to remove it (polite or not), you could at least respect that

[Samapico]

I don't see how stealing a military-related avatar is different than stealing a random anime-inspired avatar, or a random lolcat avatar...

It's just an avatar. Like... 8640 pixels (I counted them) arranged in a way to form a picture...

 

 

Obviously an internet avatar is different than wearing a uniform in public

Indeed

 

, but nevertheless it is rude, offensive, and demeaning

Correction: some people can be offended. Like some muslims are apparently offended by christmas trees in the middle of the city during christmas

 

because you are belittling a bunch of people's hard work, not just mine.

Only if you interpret it that way... It doesn't mean he's 'belittling' the work involved, he could be laughing at the fact that you put it as an avatar to 'show it off'.

 

Honnestly, if I was to achieve a rank of some kind (maybe when I get my engineer's ring, for example), I might show off some graphical representation of it somewhere too, but I wouldn't be pissed if people stole it. Some people don't seem to agree with the concept of army or whatever, that's their opinion.

[FMBI]

Due to the popular movement, I will be removing the avatar. And Aileron, you're still putting meaning in it that isn't there. -slyly slips something in about maturity issues-

[»Lynx]

I know my next avitar

[»Swift]

Don't make me browbeat the two of you, quit picking on Aileron. Just because I visit and don't moderate doesn't mean I ain't the same ol' !@#$%^&*hole who will ban you just because you want to piss people off.