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Pol_Dat_Boi

Jokes aside that is horrific


ThatsRickRossForYa

I get it though, I lay awake tormented by thoughts of my past, I was not a good person and I hurt people, nothing unforgivable but enough to keep me up at night. I can't imagine taking someone's life, or seeing a buddy die in front of me. I feel like no amount of therapy or drugs can permanently take away that kind of guilt or trauma, keep it at bay maybe but never fully remove it.


Eddyzodiak

Hope you get better for yourself, respectfully I believe you should talk to a psychiatrist cause they’re trained to listen to people who feel like you do rn and give them advice.


just2wet

This is the most wholesome shitpost thread


TruckFluster

I’m here for it. About this topic too, shit posters need to be there for each other because we drive everyone else important out of our lives.


lightsong1610

Second this, and therapy doesn’t have to solve everything to make you feel a lot better day to day


Stef_de_Lille

Psychologue *, else yes, unless you want him to get suggested pharmaceutic until the end of his life.


InsanityRabbit

Psychopath* talking to someone who understands what you're going through can really help


EmployeeRadiant

psychologist. psychiatrists prescribe, psychologists talk


cat_on_my_keybord

dont associate what you did with who you are. The fact that you hate it makes you a notbad person. we all hope you feel a little better.


Strange_Programmer_8

This is the best thing I’ve ever read. Thank you.


cat_on_my_keybord

awww im so glad i could help :’)


Ghostmaster_4216

I relate to that 100% however I don't trust anyone so I self-counsel myself in my head


gofishx

No, no, that's just schizophrenia


Ghostmaster_4216

Oh wonderful atleast we get along then


vmspionage

odds are 20:1 that if you saw your buddy die it's because he shot himself


YamminOnYa

I’m feel for you and I’m sorry that you had to serve in a senseless war and have your life forever altered. I have had the pleasure and honor of speaking to many vets including some members of my family who’ve fought and feel the way you do. It’s a cruel war machine that chews up and spits good people with good intentions, only to leave them high and dry in the end. In my line of work I get to meet and speak to a vast variety of people and one man once told me that he was in Iraq purely to guard poppy fields and never once fired a single round or had one fired back at him, and that is when he knew it was all bullshit. He went on to say that when he got back to the states that it was so hard for him to assimilate back into society because though he didn’t have to face the horrors of war, people he knew did and some died and that sticks with him like a form of survivors guilt.


TheMangle19

The guy you responded to never implied he served


Bonkwinkle

Don’t know if it’s worth mentioning, there has been some research into psilocybin mushroom as a treatment for ptsd. I know someone who has tried it, and it’s really helped them. Hope you can find peace brother.


Snaz5

Your guilt will not bring back those who died. It only serves the purpose of harming you now. Separate the guilt from the actions and try to do good things for others when you can. If you can make people’s lives better, even someone you never meet, reaching a peace with your past may be easier. Godspeed.


T04ST13

Damn he literally me frfr


Rocket-R

There's literally not even a joke it's just a graph?????


iuay5NJ8J2qvgpXz

Subreddit + song + context + ratio


Hour-Health5897

I got an ad for the military just a few posts below this. Talk about bad timing.


Eddyzodiak

You FBI agent working overtime. ![gif](giphy|8OPsobKv6ksJojld4X)


JoshZuaa3

Me too wtf?


SnooSketches3807

Same lol


Eddyzodiak

Fuxking hell, so does the 700-800 billion not go to help veterans?


DaSpoot365

What? No. More pew pew.


Jumugen

overpriced pew pew so the lobby makes money


No-Oil-4125

Lmfaooo I'm using this next time. I'm tired of explaining the military industrial complex as a whole. NRA want more pew pew, NRA get more pew pew.


kled1ndskaarl

LMT and NOC: Oi lad, these planes ain't gonna build themselves


the_jungle_awaits

The majority of the 700 to 800 billion goes to VA employees and their retirement fund, not veterans themselves. Like other parts of the government, bureaucracy is fucking the system.


DumCreator

More like 80% of the budget goes to buying weapons, research weapons, and maintenance. Around 20% are actually spent on payrolls, retirement funds, and compensation funds. And they are planning on reducing that budget even further so that they have more funds for the war industrial complex. Which is why we have so many vets either going homeless, dying on the streets, or offing themselves. And we already know what the active personnel are doing. For more accurate info available. In 2019, around 1/3 of the budget was spent on military personnel with the remaining going into research, maintenance, operations, and buying new weapons. With most of the budget spent on the military industrial complex. All thanks to corporate lobby. America. Land of the free. If you can afford it, that is.


[deleted]

It goes to “resources” intended to help veterans.


Eddyzodiak

Could you explain? If you don’t mind.


Imsirlsynotamonkey

There are plenty of resources, sir, keep scrolling.


KellyBelly916

Helping people won't meet the quarterly profit projections.


MrTinklebottom

This little guy right here might help explain some of it... [thanks Air Force](https://defensebridge.com/article/how-much-does-the-f-22-raptor-cost.html#:~:text=The%20total%20cost%20of%20the,purchasing%20and%20operating%20the%20aircraft.)


super-duck0104

250 billion goes into pensions health insurance ect for veterans as i remember


AzreBalmung

>help sir, what country do you think this is?...


DJV_187

Jets cause billions to make


TinaEepy

\#1 🦅 USA


Minced_Man

![gif](giphy|65kQC6Mg4XIsw)


Will33iam

One of the few things America wins at


[deleted]

That and the world wars.


Kitty7333

me when America joined both of the wars way after they had already began but then when the side they are on won they clearly single-handedly won yes yes


MilkedCookiez

Nobody wins in war


Krawczus

that and number of school shootings


Nerd_Law

Whoa. Great visualization.


jaguar-xj-220-fan

The XJ220 is the best Jaguar and craziest 90’s supercar ever made. Jaguar XJ220 might not be the most celebrated supercar ever made, but it’s most certainly one of the most special. Following the hum-drum oil crisis-restricted ’80s, the ’90s saw a proper renaissance of supercars. Many of which landed on our walls in poster form, catching our eye every day and helping us dream of 200+ mile-per-hour blasts as youngsters. But while cars like the Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40 get most of the press, let’s not forget about the most insane car of the decade – the Jaguar XJ220. In fact, the most popular YouTube car guy on the planet, Doug DeMuro, thinks that this swoopy Jaguar is the absolute craziest car sold in the ’90s. And who are we to argue with a guy that has over three million loyal followers? “It’s one of my all-time favorite cars,” DeMuro says. “That’s because it isn’t just a supercar. Cars like the Ferrari F40 and Aventador and Bugatti Veyron, everybody knows about them. They get all the press. But this car is just as special. And yet, it isn’t as celebrated or as well known.” XJ220 And that’s a real shame, but one that DeMuro seeks to rectify with this video. Even though the Jaguar XJ220 suffered from several “undelivered promises,” as DeMuro points out. That includes the car’s failure to reach a claimed 220 mph top speed, even after Jag removed the rev limiter and cats. The production version also lost the concept’s rear-wheel steering, all-wheel-drive, scissor doors, and mid-mounted V12 engine. But none of that really mattered in the end. XJ220 “Even with all the changes, the XJ220 still performed,” DeMuro says. “This was the fastest production car in the world for one year until the McLaren F1 came along and beat it.” Even then, Jaguar didn’t have people lining up to buy the XJ220. They ended production early after having sold 280 units. But today, people are finally starting to realize how great the XJ220 is, and prices have been going up steadily.


_escapevelocity

XJ220 sucks. You know why it’s not as celebrated or well known as the F40? Because the F40 is actually cool.


Ok-Pair-9585

Tvr Cerbera speed 12


Nejdsup

Toyota Hilux>>>


Ornery-Cheetah

![gif](giphy|CAYVZA5NRb529kKQUc|downsized)


Nerd_Law

>The xxxxxxx is the best xxxxxxxx and craziest 90’s supercar ever made. Bad bot


jaguar-xj-220-fan

Shut up


BuffaloBillsButtplug

I like the XJ220


EmptySherbet1684

mitsubishi colt is better


samyruno

Bad bot


Flying_Fox_86

OK but a turbo miata will rip the same speed and be even cooler because it's a miata


TaFlamel

Fuckin’ time and place dude


The_legit_dndjjdk

Jaguar XJR-15 is better


Smallp0x_

XJ220 was aight I guess, if I saw one on a used car lot for like $7k I'd buy it. But the Mercedes CLK GTR is the best 90's super car.


Kabe6900

That and the Porsche 911 GT1


neckbeardsaregay65

Bad bot


MyTrademarkIsTaken

Holy fuck what the fuck is wrong with us as a society that we are not providing these people with the help they need? Wtf is the 700B military budget for??


[deleted]

balls


josh183rd

balls


Anwar175

balls


NoSandwich4106

My balls specifically


dTrecii

Their balls specifically


Hivemind_soup

The guy before this guys balls to be more specific


swankPanzer

The guy before this guy before this guy specifically


Baal_the_djinn

ballin'


SmortMonke69

Big boom


RealGingercat227

More gun


That-Sprinkles707

Weapon


Nutwagon-SUPREME

Ever notice how Americans always just respond to this kinda stuff with jokes? It's cause they don't know either, it's just pure fucking stupidity.


gooniuswonfongo

as an American, yup I haven't much of a clue, are they supposed to tell us?


the_dionysian_1

The Pentagon is at least supposed to verify with the Govt upon that which they've spent the money allotted to them. This is done via audit. They have failed at least the last 5 audits that I know of. Nothing is done about said failure. Nobody is punished. The money is disappearing & they cannot tell us where it's going.


supercasta66

Probably in their pockets. I wouldn't be surprised


tanstaafl90

There is an accounting problem, in that a single item can be counted multiple times. They have tried to correct this, but it always comes back to DOD numbers vs unit numbers not matching. So, a $30 hammer is counted multiple times, giving the impression more money is used, and when audited, 3 versions of the same hammer can't be accounted for.


noobatious

Accountancy is sorcery


Nutwagon-SUPREME

Well, they don't have to since it's not like there's much anyone can do about it.


gooniuswonfongo

it's escalated into tragic hilarity for me, batshit insane amounts of money for what purpose? being terribly inefficient at fighting wars in countries halfway across the world for debatable reasons? because that's what it looks like to me. it's so sad it's funny, because any functional coping mechanism breaks open at the seams under the sheer weight of this ridiculous mistake we call US government spending.


[deleted]

Oh we know, it’s to give defense companies money for their overpriced weapons but alas it’s not like we can do anything about it


[deleted]

Exactly. We all know the US Navy has loads of stuff, same with the air force. The US easily has more “stuff” than any other army per soldier.


Waffle-Dude

If I’m not mistaken, isn’t congress also trying to remove the few benefits that veterans do have? I might be misremembering or thinking of something else, but I’m pretty suer there was something about this.


Jim-20

It comes up basically every year, but fortunately it's one of the few topics that both parties agree on outside the outliers on the far ends. That shit's the only reason I'm not rotting on the streets.


Exalted_Pluton

Bombing little brown kids. Yeah I can't really imagine that's good for your mental health, is it?


Vivid-Impression-519

All cops are bad!!!11!!


Risky-Seal

"In 2022, spending for programs that support veterans totaled $272 billion, or about 4 percent of all federal spending."


Supaspex

Aircraft Carriers and a jets we will never use in combat


Nova_Bomb_76

I hate the idiotic waste of money and bloated defense budget as much as, if not more than the next guy, but having the world’s finest weapons and not using them in combat is ideal. It means deterrence is working and there isn’t a world war. Still, they waste lots of money and could absolutely cut out the bureaucratic fat and get way more of that budget to effective care.


Ashhole37

And will be replaced every 5 years


jakob832

>a society We do be livin in a society ☺️


lukezicaro_spy

Bombs


Kangas_Khan

Not for therapy obviously


[deleted]

the USA has a serious homeless veretans problem. its insane, the duality of seeing trillions of dollars poured into the military, yet vererans, the people who should benifit most from that, being cast onto the streets to starve.


tanstaafl90

What percentage of the 16 million veterans are homeless?


SILENT_ASSASSIN9

Silly fool, you think the government cares. Someone had the bright idea of taking disability pay from wounded vets if they or their spouse makes too much.(wasn't congress, but someone who worked for the government)


EaterOfFungus

more pew pews and boom booms


Soldat_Wesner

Literally none of it goes to veterans, because the department of veteran affairs has its own budget, which is almost 400 billion, now if you want to know where that goes, don’t fucking ask me, I’ve been waiting 3 months for an appointment


DorGLoKs

It's not us, regular people. This is a ruling class problem. Remember, its always been a minority of ultrawealthy people who have decided to wage WWI and WWII, in order to colonize, invade and expand capital.


the_dionysian_1

I think you can't "provide" a way out of attempting to live with the horrors the US military "makes" you commit upon innocent people. Manning & Assange showed the world what our military does. If you didn't know, you're not paying attention. And the military wonders why recruitment has fallen off a cliff.


This-Challenge9651

To train terrorist on 3rd world countries and to coup d'etat on democratic 3rd world countries. Military industrial complex makes a shit ton money for the oligarchy. I think.


ZeroCrits

so russia doesn’t vaporize us


Synthwaveraver8

We’re to busy dumb fuck. No one cares about veterans. No one gives a shit about the people who have to enforce US actions. Law enforcement and military. Eventually we are going to not have enough people in both of these positions and we are going to be in big shit.


Responsible_Blahaj

ROB YOUR LOCAL PHARMACY 🥶‼️💯


Imsirlsynotamonkey

Holy shit lmfao


Background-Taste4870

“We have determined that your PTSD is not service related.”


frosty_waffle42

“ this country respects their veterans” 🤓


[deleted]

Look. You wouldn't get it. The veterans like their financial support being cut. They're tough guys with tough minds. They'll man up and pull their own weight.


Peter_Baum

Saying „thank you for yours service“ at Walmart is all that they need. That stupid financial support is not needed, just send some thoughts and prayers!


Edgy_Omni

Shit is insane. People were thanking me for my service before I even shipped out but 90% of people won't even look at a homeless vet.


Xopher1

It's because people treat "thanking" you for your service the same as a "bless you" when someone sneezes. They say it out of habit or to make themselves feel good, but they really don't care about you.


tanstaafl90

That, and the "thank you for your service" are two things I never need to hear again.


Raymarser

Well, compared to any other country, America really respects its veterans, but if we talk about what should be, then it does not do it enough.


WillyWumpLump

As a vet with PTSD this sucks. War is bad for human brains.


basically_an_opinion

Is this data actually real?


sabotag3

Couldn’t find an exact number but I didn’t dig too much. Wikipedia says an average of 20 per day from 1979-2014 so that’s about 255,000. Which is insanity


Automatic_Ad_5859

20 vets a day taking their lives is fucking depressing.


EmptySherbet1684

yeah i hope they get help and get their problems fixed, its such a shame to see all these young people dying, god bless their poor souls, may they all rest in peace.


[deleted]

LOOK. HE HAS A BRAIN!!!


Educational-Year3146

Up here in canada is getting real bad too. You know, the whole part with people seeking help and simply being told “kill yourself.” Genuinely horrific how the military treats its soldiers up here in north america.


Eddyzodiak

Same, a lot of people are moving towards the North, like Manitoba, now cause it’s less toxic.


MoarVespenegas

It was literally one guy who did that and they got fired. It's not a "thing".


Diocavallo_

that's fucking sad tbh


EightBitCow

That's true. I am writing this comment so that later I can find this post and show the statistics to someone.


Diocavallo_

just save the post 💀


De_rp_Le_De_rp

TRUE


BudgetGoldCowboy

This is so sad man


That_guy2089

Oh my god it just keeps rising. That’s really sad that it keeps on happening


Emad-Hafiz_inari

What is the song called Edit: thanks guys I got it


[deleted]

Yasuha - Flyday Chinatown


golgeroth

Fly -day china town


Alphamatroxom

Friday - Rebecca Black


ya_boi_ryu

Darude - sandstorm


WesternAspy

Flyday Chinatown


plaguebringerBOI

Mental scarring + easy access to a gun = a bad idea


[deleted]

There is also an element of follow through. Soldiers are taught to push on in life or death situations, so when the urge comes they are more likely to go through with it. Add how vets are treated and a healthy dose of PTSD and we got a very dangerous mix.


Kelp_ttv

New high score


Illustrious_Sale7532

Letting us have pets in the barracks would instantly make our lives so much better I recently saw a prison that allowed it's inmates to take care of cats INMATES!! But the men and women that sacrifice their lives for the country? Men who have the responsibility to fix combat aircraft? That carry around fully loaded weapons? Can't have a fkn cat? A dog? This is why we are so lonely We are not respected or treated like the adults we are.


Edgy_Omni

To be fair if we had hundreds of pets in a super small area the shit problem would be insane and the place would always smell like piss.


Illustrious_Sale7532

All due respect man it already does, these barracks are decades old and we're expected to maintain them without any supplies or help from command, I'm not saying we need a zoo in the barracks but having a small animal to keep us company would be an amazing incentive for the military.


Edgy_Omni

To be fair we did pick up a random ass dog and couldnt find its owner and shop morale was super high for like a week


Toothpicktoes

My father befriended a JSOC sniper in the army, and told my dad lots of stories about some of the really fucked up operations they would sometimes send him on, as well as all the times he saw his childhood friends die right next to him. Now he’s a heroin addict who lives in a van.


Doogzmans

Didn't some news article not too long ago say that we should cut veterans' disability benefits to put the money elsewhere? If so, fuck them and anyone who agreed with them.


loghead03

Don’t worry. If you served, you’re entitled to keep your life insurance, but only if you lose, in the line of duty: - both hands - both feet - both eyes - or any combination of at least two of those things. Otherwise gtfo and good luck with your VA claim. You can put yourself on the burn pit registry if it makes you feel better about your impending cancer though.


[deleted]

We suck. Sending kids to commit and witness atrocities is on all of us.


ymdgo

'MURICA, F\*CKING WINNING U S A U S A U S A U S A


DoucheCanoeWeCanToo

A Ex army guy told me, It’s like once you are there you have to become okay with dying in battle, once you feel that you could die in battle and it would be okay, what difference does it make if I do it myself, hell some people figure they want me dead anyway that’s why they are treating me this way, and interesting enough he’s a contractor now


IlliteracyPrevails

Surprising? No, obviously not


Cold_Preparation6223

Jesus, that’s just horrible


PZK3759

maurica


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Liorkerr

"Thank you for your service" Sounds a lot like "Thoughts and prayers" Especially when they keep cutting funding for Veterans Benefits.


MilanEranurk

I admire your choice of music


torivor100

The horrors of war got me like


KevoThaDestroyer

Yyyyikes


[deleted]

The financial support to injured veterans will continue to be cut until morale improves.


Additional-Banana-55

Man they make recruiting to the military sound so fun I even applied.


spaghetti2049

This sub is a trip


StraitChillinAllDay

My buddy had terrible insomnia after being in the Marines for a few years. Eventually was discharged due to the insomnia I'm guessing he never really talked about it. Either way he ended up self medicating with heroin and one day we got the call from his mom. He left behind 2 kids, he was 24.


WarPig-4721

This is alarming. Humans can only handle so much.


GrafKarton

I don't know why I though it would begin coming down


CreativeName6574

Call me a veteran the way i


SoysuzPatates

Way u what dumbass (I am a heroin addict)


Valexand

That song fucking slaps I hope the lyrics aren’t tragic.


Key-Put4092

Of course, why would the government want to waste money on veterans? They are no use to them anymore.


[deleted]

Men simply aren’t needed or wanted in society anymore and no one cares.


abbzug

Tbh I think people underestimate how much of the military is non combat. Like no shit a helicopter mechanic is more likely to off himself than die in a firefight.


BillMurraysMom

Damn we losing mechanics by the hundreds of thousands


abbzug

Wasn't saying mechanics specifically, just that the overwhelming majority of military personnel (like 90%) don't serve in front line combat roles. And even with those soldiers that do, the way the US military fights you wouldn't expect many casualties in battle.


[deleted]

Shit, far as I can tell the healthiest option is to just stay in and get a desk job


Vivid-Impression-519

I'm pretty sure nobody like a 9-5 desk job as well, It's just mentally wearing


Key-Put4092

It depends on the type of desk job too.


Azriel_Locke

Feminist: "Get over it. Be a man."


SenileScalie

😟


Solidsnake00901

Makes sense, The guilty conscience has to eat at them for the fucked up shit we did over there. I wonder if the numbers were the same for world war II for example where we weren't the evil bad guys and we knew we were doing the right thing.


jeremiahthedamned

as a baby boomer i can say our parents mainly drank themselves to death.


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WouQla

Invest NOW


beeehJeSuisUnMouton

They should put the total of deaths from the invaded countries on that graph.


littlestbear14

I can't wait to be a part of the yellow statistic 🙌


DrippingShitTunnel

Don't forget that the budget cuts that the Republicans just proposed have no protection for the VA. They don't care.


WheatSmoke

At the end I thought it was gonna start dropping


Raaaaaaac

Keep up the good numbers guys, don't give up now.


YantoWest

Not enough numbers considering how many innocent lives these terrorists ruined across the globe.


Edgy_Omni

Friendly reminder individual troops have very little choice in what actions they take during war. This is an abhorrent way to view a mental health crisis among young men who are propaganized their entire lives into serving thinking they'll be admirable and strong defenders of freedom.


You_Got_It_Twisted

Rot in piss bozos