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Being scared as hell and saddling up anyway. – John Wayne
(Omaha Beach, D-Day)
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Amen. The thanks of this Carolinian and my family are extended to both those who have served, and who are serving.
Strongly seconded.
Thanks to all who served or are serving on Veteran’s Day.
We go back to mocking pics tomorrow, though, mkay?
I’m down with mocking the funny or bizzare, like the Rule 34 tanks, but a shot like this which I think is from June 6th 1944, and not from “The Longest Day” as the captioner has managed to imply, is neither!
Agreed.
FAIL.
Given the date today, such a perfect description of yourself!
Someone (more than a few someones, actually) fought and died for your right to be a jackass on the Internet.
This would have been a great comment from anyone other than that war-mongering draft-dodger John Wayne! It would have been more appropriate to post a comment from Jimmy Stewart, Charles Lindberg, Ted Williams, Henry Fonda, Gene Autry, and many other who gave up well-paying careers to fight in WWII.
Or even better from Douglas MacArthur – “The aim of war isn’t to die for your country, but to make the other poor bastard die for theirs”. Best Military Quote I’ve heard.
That was Patton.
I knew it was some American General. I was going to say Patton but I just thought it might have been MacArthur. Oh well!!
I think the John Wayne quote is talking about “Courage” not “Heroism”. You can be afaid and do something, but that doesn’t make you a hero. And I also don’t see any saddles. Wait a second… is this one of those “get on soldier nuts” lols again? No wonder is wasn’t funny…
VNV… normally i’d be with you 100% but today is veteran’s day… so we should be a LITTLE bit more accepting of the “soldurs r hiros!” LOL today. but just today only.
Oh I know what day it is. And if someone had put a funnly lol having to do with veteran’s day, I might have laughed. But as I didn’t, I posted my critique as per the usual.
Shortright, I don’t take Veterans day as hero worship of anyone in uniform, but rather those who served. Most members of any branch of the military will admit that there are the less than honorable in uniform. It’s one of the reasons they try to hold everyone to a high standard. (Wash out the weeds)
And from personal experience, no one makes more jokes mocking and laughing at the military than the military. Often pointed at other branches of service, but not necessarily. Think about the guys making the pictures we do laugh at. Like the beer in the giant mouse trap, ect…..
Veterans and the currently serving are not the only heroes, but they do deserve the recognition at least one day a year. I don’t see anyone whining about mothers day, and I can think of plenty of horror stories there too.
Thank You Shortright for the respect you have shown.
my dad was 8years army during the vietnam era, he never had to go overseas luckily… but i have a healthy respect for the armed services.
my main comment was that this was NOT a good “honor the troops” macro, nor was it funny. it kinda sucks on all fronts. if they wanted something for veterans day they could have very easily used one of the more obvious ones that i’ve seen in the voting pages. there was one in arlington (i THINK) and all it said was “thanks”. sums it up pretty well and isn’t craptabulous like this one is.
Actually, I had a typo above. It looks like I meant to say hero worship is ok for those who serve. I meant to say that it was respect for those who serve.
And I understood the lack of humor on this one. I didn’t find it all that great myself. I do feel it was someone’s honest attempt at respect. And that I respect.
So I felt, even with your feelings on the actual LOL, you went out of your way to be respectful, and that deserves Kudos.
I agree with Shortright that, honestly, if there’s an appropriate time for a “Thanks, soldiers!” serious-lol, Veteran’s Day is the time.
However, I can’t resist at least trying for the funny.
And that is actually sort of funny. So.. thanks for trying!
i laughed. i also just purchased my one way ticket to hell. i believe the seat next to me is open… wanna be bus buddies?
I’m right behind you and Diss on that bus. I made it a favorite. Is that worse?
i believe you just got upgraded to the seats in the FRONT of the bus. first ones off when we reach hell! but it also means you’ll have the best views of the lake of fire… it’s a trade off.
Well, at least I won’t get motion sickness at the front of the bus.
Gotta find the positive in every situation.
at the back you get to bounce off the seats though. it’s lots of fun until your ass lands on the metal crossbar at the front edge, then you’ve got a sore ass as you’re bouncing along…
I favorited too. I GOT DIBS ON WINDOW SEAT!!!!
That is hilaroius – I favourited it, but since it is Nov 12 here, I miss the bus to hell
Tell me about it. I can also predict what will be said, by whom, and at what time. It is pretty tedious. But the comment section would be no fun if no one commented.
i’m ok with naked pool parties, and bbqs and actual comments on the image… but the pissing matches (“you said this” “you said it first” “yeah, well you’re a meany poopy head” “nu uh, you are”) are what’s pissing me off.
we said it in the PK group and it’s been said by mothers for many centuries (that might be an exaggeration)… i don’t care who started it but i’ll finish it.
don’t make me have to finish it. you’re (all of you) grown up… just stop it.
And you are the one capible of finishing it eh?
you don’t want to test that…
The thought made my nipples hard.
*headdesk*
just don’t tell ivan.
mums the word!
Once again, VNV, demonstrating your asshattery for all the InterWebz to see. FAIL.
I beckon the InterWebz. Look at me! Read what I write! Hate me fore it if you must! But see here! There are many opinions to deal with! If I be an asshat in your eyes then that, truly, was my aim. And hear this oh judgemental Interwebz:
Long Live US Imperialism! Here’s to -always- having a need for soldiers!
I’m going to be honest you only say you don’t care what people think when they disagree with you. If a person who normally agrees with you calls you out you will backpedal to appease them.
I’m just saying. Be nice.
I was being nice. And I’m going to be honest and say I don’t care what people think even if they agree with me. This place is the home for opinions. If you agree with me, fine. If not, fine. And by backpedal do you mean, not fight with them? Because that is because someone who normally agrees with me doesn’t attack me. I have not taken back any opinion I have ever stated regardless of where my “friends” stand. And I don’t intend to.
He’s gonna catch you on that statement. Just wait a few weeks till he has searched all your comments, and you’ll get a blast of copy-pastes that prove you wrong!
Bring it on! I am sure he will have the same luck as Justa coming up with a post about me supporting the minority. And if and when he does try to post some quotes, there better be a way for us all to go back and read the whole post to look for context. I know what I say. I say it on purpose.
Actually, you did the work for me. Though you will never admit that. And you ignored what I said about the context of it all. Of course, that would mean admitting you were wrong. Something you seem incapable of doing.
I did do the work for you, and yet nothing was ever found. And since you can’t do any better, I stand that you just made a typo or misread something, and then got called on it. You find me the context, and I will buy into your nonsense.
See, there you go, off the bat with insults. You were talking about white collar/ blue collar crime, and who did what. And how certain people got called on what. And it was actually a racist rant on your part, and I’m not the only one who noticed it.
And it wouldn’t matter if I pasted quote for quote, you would back pedal and make it say something else. Which is why I didn’t waste my time in the first place. Even after I learned how to hunt for things easier, I knew it would be a waste of time. Anyone who doesn’t agree with your ideology is evil, and therefore must be mocked and denied.
Who knew you and Dick Cheney were kin?
Which part of that was off the bat? The part where you misread, the part where you made a typo, or the part where the claim was nonsense? All of those seem like pretty on the bat forgivable offenses. So “there I go again with my explinations”.
There you go again, ignoring how you mock others….. It didn’t prove you right, so it’s nonsense.
I wasn’t mocking you. I think you made an honest mistake. You are the one clinging to your failed comment.
I think it was your failed moment, followed by an egotistical rant that would make Rush Limbaugh blush.
I am sure you do.
I would say the same thing to you if I was wrong too. Way to go!
The difference, you are wrong. And if you chalked it up to a typo, like you said, you would have dropped it, and it wouldn’t be discussed today…..
I know you are but what am I. Now go get that quote or for God’s sake leave it alone. I even gave you clips of all my points for you can copy and past in the “find” option. Don’t be lazy.
As I already said, YOU posted it for me. Context dude. You were going on about how blacks and minorities were automatically this type of crime, and whites were that type of crime, and how you must speak up about it and defend.
I never said it was a word for word quote, I actually said different. And that you would back pedal and redefine what you meant. I think it was you and Froo that got in that discussion.
Also, as I said, if you truly thought it was a typo, it never would have gotten mentioned today.
Hold on a second. You made a whole fight saying I defend the minority because I said I defended minorities in America? lol! You are such a fool…. You… know they are not the same right?
Actually, my point was how you talked out of both sides of your mouth. Minority when it was convenient to you, majority when that suited you. Or, as ADM called it, back pedaling.
I would be careful calling anyone a fool. It only speaks about the one saying it. Disagreement is one thing, but you go to far. Every time.
Have I ever done that? No.
The worst thing I’ve ever done is call people out.
By backpedal I mean you play nice. Like this.
When talking to a conservative person you voice your ideas in a way that makes you (sometimes) seem nuts. A person who basically agrees with sort of calls you out on wording and you say “oh wait let me explain” and you replace it with a nice neat way of saying it. That’s perfectly acceptable, but why does the conservative person not the get teh same treatment? Justa hasn’t been as mean as you and Ivan thinks he has. Wrong yes, but not as much as you say. He hasn’t done anything I haven’t seen done worse around here by other regulars.
I will be glad to explain anything I have said, and I have certainly tried. But there are a couple of ways people respond to my explanation. They can see where I am coming from but disagree and leave it alone. They cannot see where I am coming from and leave it alone. They can voice their disagreements or agreements in a civil way. Or they can nearly immediately start talking nonsense about world take over plans, or Obamasiah, or Marxist Utopia. The latter is nothing more than insults. Now there are probably 5 or 6 people on here that go straight to the latter. I will not play nice with them, because they are not nice to me. And while you are scrounging for quotes, why don’t you find a couple where I insulted an individual first, instead of just responding to a comment that was meant as a personal insult. You will probably find it right between the one about back peddling and support for the minority.
I’m not scrounging up quotes. I didn’t quote anything. I’ve never done that.
I know. I am not saying you have to. I am just saying they are not there. So looking would be pointless. Screen Shot or it didn’t happen.
Yeah, funny thing. You don’t seem to recall not being nice to people in the beginning, that simply had a different opinion than you. And after you acted like you were a demi god over them, then they got tired of the insults.
And I quite specifally remember you speaking highly of Marx, and the ideals he described. Even went into depth on how it all should be established. If that isn’t a Marxist Utopia, what is?
In the begining, I was attacked and I responded as such. If I stand that I hold the moral high ground, thats because to me, I do. Don’t have to get all fussy that I type that way, because its my personal opinion. You have a right to yours, and you can complain about it all day, but on every instance I can remember, you started it. I just think you are very good at placing yourself midway through a conversation to start some sh*t after others have already started the attack, and then when I respond to you, you want to pretend to be mister innocent. You act like my little brother in that every time I get “in trouble” you go running up to my “parents” to tell them “how much you love them”. I know what you do and how you do it. I hope it gives you that sense of acceptance you are looking for. But you aren’t fooling me. Because… well… you did it again this time.
Your very first comment to me, the first one I remember seeing on PK, you went into a rant, calling me names and bashing.
You deem yourself God, when it comes to an opinion, and belittle all others as not worth saying. You have no tolerance for others opinions.
And here you are whining because I come back from the store and see a conversation I feel I want to join, yet I see you jump in all the time. Hypocrite. And I do recall someone mentioning that too you, and you demanding you had the right to say what you wanted.
Anyone else notice how many jabs are placed in Justa’s post? That are just absent in mine? Its like the whole paragraph was an attempt at an insult. Or how as soon as shortright “corrected” me he was there to tell just -how- appreciative he was for all that respect. Its a ploy. Every post he makes is come sort of an attempt as an insult, followed by how insulting I am to him. Its rediculous.
I respect Shortright’s answer to what was a rather nasty thing of you to say. It’s not all about you. Get over that.
And you are already on the defensive today, and flying with the insults. Like I said, the very first post to me, you insulted me. Anyone who doesn’t tote your line will be mocked.
And your response completely ignored how you jump in on others and demand you have the right to your opinion. And turn around and go off in a self righteous rant when I jump in.
I think you “respected” shortrights answer convenietly to put yourself in the middle of what we were saying. It may be an opinion, but your very nature tells me you would. You may have felt that way, but I certainly think you make sure to take the time to insert yourself into my threads.
I took time time to compliment a friend who did something I respected. It’s not all about you.
If thats what you go to say to sleep at night. Go right ahead.
Not at all. I wasn’t the only one who noticed it, but the only one who would speak up loudly.
Let’s all play nice I wasn’t looking for an argument.
I was just pointing it out.
And dragging ME into it. Eat me adm. I wasn’t even in on this conversation.
Oh yeah. Fu(kweasel™.
I’m not trying to start anything, but the three of you have been going round and round lately. We both know you are a part of it.
I’m going to town, want a beer?
Bring me a Sam Adams.
*dials up cell phone*
Uh, there are 20 different varieties here. Any ideas which ones are good?
Oh…just get me a 6-pack of Pale Ale. Thanks!
Pale ale it is. My choice too.
ivan i just saw your new name change! i like it! lol.
as for good sam adams beer… they make a delicious organic cherry but it’s only available for about a month out of a year. for the most part i find their beers a bit wimpy…
I’ll try to find it. I like the winter ale too. Have you tried it out of one of their glasses yet? I’m sending away for one, to see if it really enhances the flavor. I’m such a nerd.
the proper glass CAN help the taste of a beer… depending on where it pulls in it will trap different things in different portions of the glass affecting the taste. for example, a very very dark black imperial stout should almost always be served in a glass similar to a brandy glass so that the sediment can settle at the base and not float into the drink. i have no idea if the sam adams glass will improve the taste of their beer but i’d say it’s worth a shot.
i don’t remember if i’ve had their winter… i’m sticking to mostly the fall beers right now because i’m loathe to admit it’s almost wintertime. i like harvest moon (blue moon’s fall seasonal), it’s a pumpkin ale with a slightly sweet taste. as much as i’m ignoring winter, i had such a great day on november 2nd… great lakes christmas ale went on tap across ohio. it is my favorite christmas beer of all time. if you can find a great lakes distributor by you, buy it. otherwise, go to the great lakes site and pay a fortune for them to ship you a 6pack… it’s worth it.
I just left an actual grocery store…… They have the winter lager stocked high.
If I “just pointed out” that you have “no spine” “just to be honest” You would probably consider that looking for an arguement. You brought it on yourself, and yes, now would be a good time to let it go.
What are you talking about. I didn’t personally attack you like that. I’m just sick of everyone here pretending like they are the only one’s not doing it. EVERYONE has done it at some point. Everyone just needs to get over it and quit playing the victim.
That’s all yours and Justa’s arguments come down too. You two just trying to convince everyone that you are the victim.
Depends on how you view what you said. I certainly took “back peddling” as revoking my statements to get along. To me, that is on the same grounds as having no backbone to stand up for your beliefs. So… to me, you did. And just cause you run in to play mediator doesn’t mean you don’t make it worse. Lets take today for instance, had it not been for what -you- said, i would not have responded, and now justa wouldn’t be desperately flining insults. So… maybe you are the problem here? Ever consider that?
Wow, you have to belittle me in threads I’m not even in. And you call me desperate.
Yes I do, because you are. And you had already inserted yourself in this post before I wrote this. So.. you are still fair game.
Is this an example of how that perfect world of yours is going to work VNV? I can just feel the love, tollerance and understanding oozing out of your pores.
Thats not love, tollerance, or understanding. And thats not my pore. Please remove the hand.
Do you actually sleep here?
Me? Nah. I just refresh the page between all the tedious little things I do at work. I am normally only around from 8-5 Monday through Friday. And only half the time.
I wasn’t in this post. You simply spew your love every where you go. Other posts yes, this one, no.
See all those little lines on the left of your post? Scroll up and see how they all connect back to my post? The one you are in? Ktnks.
I understand threads, and how arrogant you are. But I wasn’t in your conversation with ADM. But you had to throw me in.
Both of you stop or I will pull this thread over and turn around and then there will be no disneyland for either of you! Also, I’ll send you both to the dentist even if you don’t need!
I hope you realize that Americans are all for ‘freedom of speech’, but it really is impossible for us Americans to sit back and allow others who disagree with us to actually exercise “free speech”.
I am sure to conservatives, I am nuts.
And Liberals.
Not so much.
Not all of them, but I have heard a few mention it…..
Its ok. I have heard more than a handful of the conservatives talk trash about justa. So I guess it goes hand in hand.
Now, there I’m going to require a quote.
Oh really? Amazingly enough, when I ask the same of you, you “didn’t have the time”. Little hypocritical much, eh? Just because “nobody likes you” does that bother you? Do you have to believe me? Think about that before you start attacking me with “nobody likes you” comments, which you often do, like right above this post, because that doesn’t affect me at all. And yes, those posts about you were real, and really, I just don’t have the time to find them. I only keep record of everything I say. Call it vanity.
Yeah, they don’t exist. People have said I was wrong, or too harsh, but I haven’t seen trash talk out of any conservative on here.
Well its there. You’ll just have to live with it. Hell, I’ve even gotten PMs about it.
Oh, that’s right. Anyone to the right of Stalin is a conservative to you.
No. I am talking about people who openly claim to be Republican on PK.
But I’m not Republican, nor have I heard of any trash talking me. Some that don’t agree with me, or even that I am too harsh. But not trash talking. Produce it, since you claim to be the master of finding things, and so demanding of proof all the time.
In all fairness, there are only a small handful of Republicans (me being one of them) here and I honestly don’t remember any of us trashing Justa. Maybe disagreed, or mentioned he was wrong, but I don’t recall him being trashed.
Easy there Ed, when you try to be fair it is apparently your fault the fighting starts.
I’m trash-talking you, JAC. Ready?
You smell funny! :-p
I haven’t seen trash talk out of any conservative on here.
Come on JAC, you’re being silly with that comment. You, Semperfidd, Dhoti, Champagne & Gunsmoke, jim and a few other CONSERVATIVES (aka Republicans) LOVE trash talking on this site. Don’t be disingenuous.
It’s in my Mission Statement..
Ivan, they weren’t trash talking ME, as VNV claimed. And I will say I don’t see them trash talking anything any more than those on the left. Hell, if anything, they are out numbered, and do so less by volume.
HOW, it’s my new aftershave, Ode to Clowns.
JAC – It’s made from elderberries?
I don’t know, but it makes kids run in fear. I need to ship some to Eddy, let him use it on his lawn.
I don’t get it. Call of Duty really isn’t that scary.
I’m sure I’m going to hell for laughing at this….
I lol’d too
)
Where are the spawn points in RL?
“It’s…okay…I’ll respawn…in a few…seconds…”
“Uh, dude, I’ve got bad news…”
Thanks for the Remembrance.
Not sure, in this particular case, that it matters much whether the word is “courage” or “heroism.”
Everybody should ought to visit those beaches…they’re a formidable climb on a warm summer day with your family and friends…it had to have beenabsolute hell to do it in the cold wind and rain, soaking wet, with some bastard shooting at you and a heavy pack on your back.
Then go a few miles down the coast and see where so many brave young men and women lay, never to return home again.
No doubt they were brave, but I don’t think many of them would have done this if they weren’t forced to.
That’s the point of bravery, you aren’t forced to.
But these soldiers were forced to. What are you saying?
IIRC none of the Allied powers other than possibly the USA had conscription during WW2. If you volunteer for the forces during a war I don’t know that you can say that you were forced to invade other countries and shoot at people who were shooting back.
There was a huge amount of volunteers in WWII also. Not everyone, but a lot of them. And a lot who simply waited to be called. There had to be just as many honorable people back home keeping the nation going. (Farming, producing, ect….)
Thanks for bringing that up, paws.
Many countries’ citizens did volunteer; they didn’t have to be conscripted because they deemed it their duty and responsibility to protect their homeland. One of my grandfathers was 19 and studying in St. Petersburg when Hitler invaded the USSR. His entire graduating class AND every single student at the academy (none of them older than 20) joined the armed forces that DAY. They didn’t have to because they were students, but they ALL did. People were lying about their age so they could serve.
No problem; I only said that the USA might have had some conscription because I wasn’t sure either way. I certainly did not mean to imply or infer that US citizens did not volunteer; I’m well aware that some of them at least did!
Yes, the United States did use a draft during WWII as legislated under the Selective Training and Service Act (STSA) of 1940.
And Britain had the call up (Conscription by another name) I would read Spike Milligans books on the subject – “Adolf Hitler – My Part in his downfall” and the others, especially when Spike got his call up papers.
Not true. Britain had conscription in WW2, starting in October 1939.
The USA had “the draft” – which lead to the phrase “draft dodging” and “hiding out in Canada until the war is over@.
(“The WWII draft operated from 1940 until 1947 when its legislative authorization expired without further extension by Congress. During this time, more than 10 million men had been inducted into military service. With the expiration, no inductions occurred in 1947″)
This, I would argue, was forced conscription.
(Sorry – can you ignore the last line. I misread your post initially).
We here at the Department of Redundancy Department are fining you 5 interwebs for your redundant statement as, by definition, conscription is forced. You can pay at the Office of the Clerk of Fines & Penalties & Assessments office.
All these bloody redundant statements. Using up taxpayers money. Why don’t they get themselves a job!!
My uncle was born in Poland. At 14, when Hitler took his country, his family had him smuggled out. He lost his entire family to the death camps. He made it to Britain where they put him on a farm. He ran away, lied about his age and joined the British Army. No one forced him to fight. I will be observing 2 minutes of silence at 11:00 a.m. to honour everyone who has ever fought for something they believed in and allowed me to have the priviliges I have today.
What was your age again?
My age? I’ve never said. Why would that matter? I was just answering VnV’s assertion that the soldiers that fought were forced.
Maybe “forced” was a strong word. Maybe “ordered” to storm that beach was a better one. Either way, there was little to no “choice” involved as to whether or not an indivitual soldier was placed on a transport to storm the beach. You could have volunteered for the military, and there is nothing wrong with that. The fight against fascism was a good one. But you have no choice about what happens to you next. That was my point.
Brave to join. Ordered to fight.
“Forced” does have some definite connotations, and I think that’s what people are annoyed by. It makes it sound as if they were unwillingly herded out of the landing craft at gunpoint or something.
On the other hand, I don’t think any of us think that the average guy on D-Day could’ve raised his hand and said “You know, I think this may not be the best tactic — what do you say we discuss it and come to a consensus before we get started?”
Ya think?
Why would that matter? It was his uncle that served?
No problem, I was just asking, because you must be of a certain age if one of your parents’ brothers was 14 in ’39.
My oldest uncle was born when my grandmother was a teenager, my youngest was born when she was 49. There can be a wide gap in siblings age……
i can agree with that, my oldest sib is 20yrs,2 months older than me. and if you want to talk how much older my aunts & uncles are — my father was 17 yrs older than mom, he was the oldest of his sibs, she was the youngest of her sibs — made for some interesting genealogy searches. oh, & btw, my oldest nephew is 13 mos younger than me…
comparing ages across generations is an assumptive, not a solid rule
I see. Thanks, Justa, for the support (I’m a girl, btw,
). I am 38, and he was my mom’s brother-in-law.
That sounds plausible.
But WTF does it matter?
Aaah, shut up!
Make me, numbnuts.
Are there laughs to be had here? Or do we have to force them in the comment section again?
As if John Wayne, the bravest man to ever take a sound stage and avoid actual service would know anything about it.
Good. I was afraid I had to be the first to point out what a coward the man was compared to the real heroes.
The Ninja Turtles? Batman?
It’s true. Donatello is the most heroic person in the world.
(Side note – four Turtles named after famous painters, and yet their one eared rat is named…… Splinter. Could they not think of any really famous one eared painters?
2 things kept marion out of the military – his knees were next to shot from playing high school football, and when he tried enlisting he was told he was more valuable to the war effort as an actor doing rah-rah movies than he was as a bullet catcher and he was refused — at least that’s what the rumor was coming out of hollywood at the time
And Jimmy Stewart was underweight and refused to be allowed to serve. HE, being a REAL man, said “Screw you!” and fought like hell to be allowed to serve, which he did, starting in 1940, nearly two years before we got in the war. Not only did he serve, he was highly decorated, an incredible soldier, but he refused to have the press make a big deal out of it, and he gave up 156,000$ a year for 22.50 a month so he could DO THE RIGHT THING.
THAT’S a goddamn courageous hero to me.
He also re-upped for Korea and Vietnam, major stud.
John Wayne ain’t fit to lick his boots.
Came here to say this.
I’ve never even considered military service, and I can still know this to be true.
I’m glad someone else noticed the irony of juxtaposing a photo of Omaha beach with a quote from someone who conspicuously avoided serving in WWII. There’s the anecdotal story of John Wayne being booed on a PR visit to wounded soldiers during WWII, which I think says it all.
I get what you are doing, I understand the significance and I appreciate what was done then and what is still being done now. But unless somewhere in your twisted mind you found this to be funny this website is not the correct forum for this type of image.
I don’t understand your problem. They’ve set aside a post today to be respectful and support the troops. They aren’t trying to be funny. They’re saying thank you to our soldiers.
This isn’t a “thank you” soldier site. This is a funny site. Or at least it’s supposed to be a funny site.
Aren’t there posts on other holidays? And not even funny ones.
Many humorous newspaper comics will occasionally run a memorial strip for special occasions. They are regularly venues of humor but the author/artists find something that they feel needs honoring/remembering and write a serious comic for it. I’ve never heard someone b*tch about their choice of venue.
Yes, some other holidays are listed here. Life isn’t all LOLs people. Since the military is often the butt of jokes on this site showing a thank you picture every now and then will not kill you.
I realize they are not trying to be funny but this website is. People don’t visit this website for something thoughtful or meaningful. They come here to look at funny pictures of cats and to just have a quick laugh. I have no problem at all with what the poster is doing, I just feel this is not the appropriate place to do it.
So what’s the excuse for the several other million “fellate our soldier” captions we keep getting?
Yes, well all I can say is you should have been around when Obama won the election. OMFG, we were inundated with posts about his win to the point where even the people here that supported him were ready to hurl. So, if they take one post and make it about Veteran’s Day, let it pass and quit being so f*cking judgemental.
i just had a terrible flashback to voting being picture after picture of obama with “epic win!!!!!111!!ONE!!ELEVENTY!” written on it. and the homepage not being much better.
The first time I saw one of those I was like “yay! We won! I vote Win!” Then there was another one, and I was like, okay then. Then another. And another. Then it was more like “Doesn’t anyone have an original thought around here?????” Pathetically these days I see LOL after LOL saying “Epic Fail.” It’s just as stupid as Epic Win, people.
Which reminds me, in addition to the “skip” “win” “fail” and “epic win” buttons, they should have voting buttons for “WTF?”, “Not Again”, and “EWAdamsLOLame”.
We should start Facebook groups for all of those!
For real. “Not Again” for when you’ve seen that same caption 100 times. 5 “Not Agains” and it instantly is taken out of the voting. WTF? for the truly unfunny captions (whether they be preachy or just stupid). And EWAdamsLOLame for obvious reasons. Diss is SMART.
“WTF?” also for the ones that are so poorly executed you can’t even tell what they were going for. The caption runs off the side after two words, it’s in lolspeak, they just put googly eyes on Nancy Pelosi (talk about redundant…), that kind of thing.
I seriously want to maim whoever decided the googly eyes were a good idea.
Pelosi should only have googly eyes if her man Rahmbo is present.
Creepy. They has it.
yes, but your post will be held for moderation. you can’t say fvck, v1codin or several other name brand Rx drugs…
And then there was a firestorm of complaints about them as well.
COMEDY! Look it up. You must be able to find a dictionary somewhere!
Thanks to those that have served and are serving, you are true hero’s.
Now why are they using a quote from a man who used his movie star status to cop out of the service? Try to use a hero like Jimmy Stewart or Clark Gable next time…. if you want a movie star that was a true hero that is.
Not to be disrespectful on Remembrance Day but this is a lol website, not propaganda and ‘ooh wow this guy’s a hero’ website. No more of these heroism, bravery and courage pics should come up on here.
Stop calling him a nerd!
John Wayne spent the War in Southern California.
you are 2 hours and 38 minutes too late to be given any sort of credit for this wonderful insight.
read the other comments first, ass.
But isn’t the flag Belgian?
Clearly it’s German, and you’re a fascist for not knowing that.
But Einstein was a socialist.
I thought he was a mathematician?
Only on his mother’s side.
Well, you can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends…..
*picks JAC’s nose*
Thanks Rando, that ones been in there for a week. But you didn’t have to eat it.
muuuuuuuuuuuuurder.
btw, if we’re taking cabinet positions under max now… am i still on the press distraction team? or due to my recent nakedness have i earned a new title?
What could possibly be more distracting than you being naked?
Me being naked.
*twitches*
*collapses into convulsions*
Yay, that was pretty distracting all right. *twitch*
Yeah. So you think about that while you twitch. It could have been worse. I could have used props.
so i’ve been promoted to the director of press distraction and keeper of the tassels?
Let me just add my .02 here:
To all the Vets that went before me, thank you for being my mentor.
To all the Vets that came after me, I hope I was able to be a mentor.
To those still serving, I salute you.
To my friends that were lost in conflict, you will never be forgotten.
It wasn’t John Wayne that said this-wasn’t it Chuck Norris??? If not then it should have been Chuck Norris!
He was too busy power pumping Christie Brinkley on top of your total gym.
JFC on a popsicle stick, people.
It’s apparently gotten lost somewhere that hundreds of thousands of people have died fighting for freedom.
Don’t lose sight of that as you sit there on your asses fighting with each other over stuff that doesn’t mean jack compared with what veterans have faced and sacrificed.
Shame on you.
It’s gotten lost somewhere? Where? Just because we’re commenting as normal and taking part in some pro-military circle jerk for the Veteran’s Day pic doesn’t mean that we don’t respect what today is. Wow are you an ass clown.
Hey, did anybody here lose hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers? I found them wandering in the hall.
That must be one hell of a fvcking hall.
Well, they’ve commandeered the ladies’ room, too. It’s really awkward and crowded.
“freedom” is up for debate.
Apparently on Veteran’s Day, showing respect for the vets isn’t enough. We should all feel shame for not being as full of awesome as they are, and should remember that all military are better people than us. Thank you, care troll, for teaching us that important lesson.
Apparently that is treason today. I found out the hard way.
Well, I’m with the others in saying that while this caption does absolutely nothing for me, I’ll let it go because it’s Veteran’s Day, and if PK wants to take a second to honor veterans, that’s their right. It is their website after all. That being said, I think people have been too hard on you today.
did you know that John Wayne had cosmetic surgery done? he was such a tough guy!
and can this emetic US patriotism crap stop already? it really makes me barf and it take out all the fun.
yeah…. screw patriotism. Be a world citizen.
Thank you to my Dad, who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Thanks to my step-father, who served in Vietnam, and other places that must remain nameless. Thanks to my son-in-law, who served two tours in Iraq, and will be going to Afghanistan next year. Thanks to my youngest child’s ex-boyfriend, also deploying to Afghanistan. THanks to my nephew, who serves as a journalist in the Navy. Thanks to my beloved husband, who served in the air force of the former Yugoslavia, and the proud new army of the present Croatia. Thanks to all my Palestinian friends who served their country honorably and well.
We can never thank them enough, and there is no language in the world which can express our gratitude adequately.
Mir! Shalom! Salaam! Peace, my friends!!!
One of the iconic photos by Robert Capa.
God bless you all….you should be treated like kings and queens, and never have a worry. again…Good health and peace of mind and thanks for fighting for me and mine. Love, Barb
Hey – we managed eight funny ones in a row before we got back down on our knees again. I’d say that’s a new record (which, in an of itself, is pretty depressing).
We get it. Soldiers good. Bad people bad.
But there are plenty of other sites out there where you can spread that message.
This site – this is for comedy. It’s supposed to be funny. Which this clearly isn’t. It did not make me laugh.
And – on a semi-related note – using someone who never served during a war and (from all accounts) took no positive steps to do so as a model for heroic action is kind of pathetic. If you’re not going to be funny, at least don’t be hypocritical either, because you come off looking like a tool.
Just because World War 2 was the last thing America didn’t screw up doesn’t mean you have to keep on bringing it up. Find something else to do.
Oh, boy they did. A waste of flesh and material. Soviet style. BTW nice COD screenshot.
Backdoor would better
I am honored to be associated with these heroes in this picture.. No matter how strongly we may disagree with any policy or any war, the troops serving should never take that anger. I have this picture on my wall, in poster form – rasterbater.com can take images and split them into 8 1/2 by 11 pieces to tape on a wall. its a good site, check it out.
definition of heroism fail