• tygerprints
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    01 year ago

    Pardon my ignorance, but what is a “hemi” and why should I care if I got passed by it? I believe all veterans deserve respect, but also they should still respect others. I know guys who were in the army that, if they hadn’t enlisted, would probably have ended up in prison instead. Meaning, that just because someone has served in the army as a soldier, it doesn’t necessarily mean they deserve the highest of all possible praise.

    I have family in the military and they’re all good people, so I’m not putting down anyone in the military - but I believe there are many other professions that should be getting lots of thanks for their service to the public also.

    • Jo Miran
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      81 year ago

      what is a “hemi”

      V8 engines from Chrysler.

      why should I care if I got passed by it?

      Nobody cares, really.

      all veterans deserve respect

      They don’t but even so, odds are this guy didn’t serve in active conflict thus not a war veteran. Joining the arms forces does not make you a war veteran and thus deserving of your respect.

        • Alto
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          21 year ago

          Not necessarily stupid. There’s a reason military recruitment primarily comes from the poorest parts of the nation with the least opportunities

          • Billiam
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            21 year ago

            Maybe if my neighbors stopped voting for the party that wants them to stay poor, they would have more opportunities besides being tools of American Imperialism?

            • Alto
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              31 year ago

              I mean yeah I’d love for that to happen. Doesn’t change the fact that there are plenty of people who have/continue to see it as the only realistic path out of whatever situation they’re in. We’re not in disagreement that the root cause of it is bad.

    • @Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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      81 year ago

      service to the public

      Dear fucking god, service? What fucking service? 😂😂

      Wasting trillions of dollars to destabilise the entire fucking planet? 😂😂😂

      • tygerprints
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        11 year ago

        Well I don’t know what “service” goes around destabilizing the fucking planet, but whatever it is, I want to buy shares in it. I know a good thing when I see it. Also - what about doctors, surgeons who repair bones and heal people, EMTs and first responders and fire fighters? Or are all those people unworthy of praise for their service in your opinion?

    • @RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Hope I’m not the only one trying to put these words to Smooth Criminal.

      You just got passed by, you just got hit by, a soldier in a hemi!

  • @Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    261 year ago

    What’s hilarious is they know it annoys you. This kind of driver lives to take up space in your life. They’d build a giant statue belching fire and yelling “REMEMBER ME” in your backyard if they could.

  • @CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
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    271 year ago

    These kinda folks look the best when they crawl away unharmed from the twisted pile of useless scrap that used to be that truck

  • @tonyn@lemmy.ml
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    361 year ago

    I’m speeding, I kill people for the government, and my engine has hemispherical combustion chambers!

    • @seathru@lemm.ee
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      11 year ago

      and my engine has hemispherical combustion chambers!

      Not even that anymore. HEMI is just a marketing term.

  • @Hylactor@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    “you just waited patiently at a traffic signal behind a soldier driving a Hemi !!!”

    “You just merged onto the freeway behind a soldier driving a Hemi !!!”

    “You just momentarily shared a roundabout with a soldier driving a hemi !!!”

    “You just got served coffee at a drive through after a soldier driving a Hemi !!!”

    “If you happen to be a soldier driving a hemi, that means a soldier driving a hemi is driving behind a soldier driving a hemi !!!”