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Had a laugh when I saw this post, he was constantly defending himself in the comments as if the US army owns the word "veteran"

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a veteran of the US Air Force, I can say that veteran is not exclusively a military term. You can be a veteran of any field, hobby, or activity if you've been there a while and are experienced.

We always get these people who might have served for a single enlistment (4-6 years), then make the rest of their life about their military service. It's really cringey and they don't deserve half the respect they think they're entitled to. Your life shouldn't be defined by a few years in a particular role.

(Hint: no one is entitled to respect. Respect is earned.)

For the record, I spent 20 years working an IT job in the military, mostly out of harm's way. I feel weird when people try to thank me for my service. I didn't really do anything worth thanking. Save it for people who laid down their lives in your defense. Most of us don't actually experience that level of responsibility and hardship in our service; a lot of service members tend to have a pretty quiet career.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've heard veteran teacher and nurse many times.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly I think this is the point of confusion. This guy has somehow never heard the word used anywhere other than the widespread military usage and his own field. Weird that that's the case, but given that starting point I don't think it's crazy for him to say "why are people in my field acting like we've fought in a war? Maybe we should chill and take ourselves less seriously".

Obviously there's the additional problems of not googling things before trying to make a public point, and apparently doubling down when corrected. But I see where a sufficiently sheltered person could get there at least.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I think this is it, lol. The confidence is still really funny, it's like they didn't ask a single person before making the post.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I particularly like that he labels himself as ex-Founder of something... Either you established something or you didn't, you can't take it back motherfucker

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What a pedantic asshole. “Veteran” is just a thing people say when they’re experienced in a given area.

I don’t think I’d be able to tolerate this guy for more than a few minutes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of one of my favorite short programming stories. Real programmers write in FORTRAN (The story of Mel, a real programmer)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

According to Merriam-Webster, the word "veteran" comes from a Latin adjective, veteranus, describing long experience. The first known use in English carried the meaning of an old soldier who served for a long time. But okay, let's pretend that the original meaning isn't valid because it was borrowed as a word describing a soldier, then shouldn't we also go after people who call themselves "veterans" because they spent a single term of enlistment in the armed forces, and especially those who never had a tour of duty?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Vet here (🤮). Who gives a shit. I've heard numerous professions have so-called "Veteran Xs". It implies experience, knowledge, and time spent in a role. Not having had your leg blown off by an I.E.D.

Is this jackwagon even a Veteran, or is this just another virtue signaller who feels they need to jump to our defense for brownie points?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had a really viscous bad tempered old dog.
It kept barking and trying to bite people that did't look like it,
so I took it to the Veteran Aryan.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Eeew…sticky dog.

Viscous Having relatively high resistance to flow. Viscid; sticky. Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious.

(“Vicious” is what I think you meant, but your spelling made it way funnier.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I've fought all over, from tilted towers to badwater basin. I'm a veteran gamer.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I fought in the great war against Ulfric the false Dovahkiin! In the time before and ever after I've slain countless Dovah and befriended but few. In the towns, in every city they all herd the Greybeards call. In every mead hall a song in remembrances of my kin long before my time had come.

For I am the last, Dovahkiin!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Every non-rookie sports person is a veteran.

Why does the gaming industry constantly try to gatekeep certain language?

Get a more interesting hobby.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This guy is a real veteran dumbass

[–] southsamurai 3 points 2 years ago

Did this dude say this somewhere I can go and call him an idiot directly? Because, if this wasn't one of the corporate social media companies, I would very much like to.