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05-07-2020 | 09:05 PM

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AllOva736

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Originally Posted by Stryker172

I did do two deployments to Iraq as an infantryman. So theres that.

that’s a hard earned accomplishment but it still doesn’t mean you’re the only one in your age group who has any work ethic.

05-08-2020 | 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Stryker172

I did do two deployments to Iraq as an infantryman. So theres that.

Not too often you hear someone using their Army infantry creds as proof of being above average

. I guess you could be a Marine...but you chose Stryker for your name.

05-08-2020 | 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by AllOva736

that’s a hard earned accomplishment but it still doesn’t mean you’re the only one in your age group who has any work ethic.

I never made that claim. I said most of my peers are worthless pushovers. Not all. Peers being other millennials.

05-08-2020 | 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by AxlF16

Not too often you hear someone using their Army infantry creds as proof of being above average

. I guess you could be a Marine...but you chose Stryker for your name.

You don't have to be a vet to be an above average millennial. The bar has been set pretty low.

05-08-2020 | 10:18 AM

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Generalizing an entire group of people age 39-24 and judging their character by the years they were born

05-08-2020 | 01:02 PM

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Generalizing an entire group of people age 39-24 and judging their character by the years they were born

If the shoe fits.

05-09-2020 | 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by BKbigfish

I have no doubt that in the mid 1930’s there were a bunch of middle aged guys sitting around talking about how worthless the younger generation was. If there’s one thing that’s certain in this life, it’s old people calling young people a bunch of useless softies.

Afghanistan and Iraq were fought by 20 somethings, by and large, as was Vietnam, Korea, and the Big One, you find quotes by ancient Roman sages decrying the state of their younger generation’s, this generation is no different than any other.