• Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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    24 days ago

    I remember in the very early 2000s online when people were talking about the superiority of the west and how the west had problems, but due to the west’s unique ability to debate and have introspection (no joke, some believed that no other culture does that) they solved those issues forever.

    And those were not just wrong. They were wrong in the most embarrassing ways imaginable, and also probably Trump voters now.

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      23 days ago

      The 1990s were so heavily propagandized, it’s a wonder every single millennial didn’t sign for the armed forces after 9/11

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          23 days ago

          That’s uh… No. Campaign/War Service Medals mean you were serving at the time of a campaign. It does not mean you signed up after the war started. Although anyone who signed up afterwards did get it. They also got the National Defense Service Ribbon and the Army Service Ribbon. But literally everyone in the Army on or after 9/11 got the GWOT Service Medal. Soldiers also think this is ridiculous but the brass is addicted to shiny shit.