The life of a hero sucks...badly

[Imp]

I've also met many people in general who know how to get about the internet, but have no idea what specific part is the hard drive. Many still call the desktop tower the "hard drive" or "CPU".

I worked for a large IT department as a student during the summer two years in a row... Made me do inventory for one of them and the tower was called the "CPU" in all the databases.

 

[zinfamous]

you're the guy who sought advice here about how to kill a roommate's girlfriend, right?

 

[zinfamous]

So out of one side of your mouth your saying that a soldier's life is destroyed and on the other side you are saying who gives a rat's ass how Obozo salutes these men and woman? Really?


Believe me. The mafia doesn't know shit about computers let along get on the Internet, find a forum, join and let along it being a computer forum like this one. I met a Mafioso who said, "WTF is a hard drive?" LMAO! They know drugs, cars, loan sharking, gun trafficking, extortion and all that shit. Computers? Not a chance. Although I hear that the stock market may be the new mafia husel to get into. This thing of ours isn't exactly too bright.

 

[John Connor]

Are you 16? Using a mental deficiency to mock me? Classy.

I bet you would actually walk up to a retarded kid and say, "are you retarded or something?"

 

[zinfamous]

I bet you would actually walk up to a retarded kid and say, "are you retarded or something?"

No, I wouldn't. Hard to tell through the internet, though. But some people, fortunately, make it obvious for the rest of us.

 

[amdhunter]

Bullshit. I have a TON of Police in my family, and one good friend of mine works with Homeland Security cases for the FBI.

They are all well rounded professionals and live pretty damned good lives. Two of them I went skydiving with this past summer and they go on vacations more than I do (and I've been on 5 this year.) All of them have either one house paid off, or have 2 houses, and have, in general, great lives.

I can't speak for military veterans, but here in NYC, law enforcement has it great. It makes me wonder why they'd jeopardize their careers for something as trivial as putting a bullet in some scumbags head, no matter how much the POS deserves it.

The funny thing is, the FBI person makes way less than the NYPD officer, but still makes a decent penny.

 

[John Connor]

No, I wouldn't. Hard to tell through the internet, though. But some people, fortunately, make it obvious for the rest of us.

Yeah, your just "racist."

 

[squarecut1]

Bullshit. I have a TON of Police in my family, and one good friend of mine works with Homeland Security cases for the FBI.

They are all well rounded professionals and live pretty damned good lives. Two of them I went skydiving with this past summer and they go on vacations more than I do (and I've been on 5 this year.) All of them have either one house paid off, or have 2 houses, and have, in general, great lives.

I can't speak for military veterans, but here in NYC, law enforcement has it great. It makes me wonder why they'd jeopardize their careers for something as trivial as putting a bullet in some scumbags head, no matter how much the POS deserves it.

The funny thing is, the FBI person makes way less than the NYPD officer, but still makes a decent penny.

Yeah, but our teachers are treated like janitors. That shows what our national priorities are. To be an authoratian state, filled with ignorant people. Doing well on that front, we are

 

[pcgeek11]

Most people on these forums do not consider cops as heroes,.. or even human.

Can you show how you arrived at that conclusion? We all know there are good ones and bad ones. Just like every other profession.

 

[John Connor]

Yeah, but our teachers are treated like janitors. That shows what our national priorities are. To be an authoratian state, filled with ignorant people. Doing well on that front, we are

Teachers have what to do with heroes again?

 

[squarecut1]

Teachers have what to do with heroes again?

Teachers are hereos. One of the most important people in the society. If only they were treated as at least half hereoes in our oh so macho society.

 

[zinfamous]

Teachers have what to do with heroes again?

more than you do. that's for fucking sure.

more than some enlisted deskman that stubbed his toe walking to the copier. that's for fucking sure.

etc.

 

[zinfamous]

Teachers are hereos. One of the most important people in the society. If only they were treated as at least half hereoes in our oh so macho society.

johnny hates teachers because, you know, he was clearly "too good for them" in highschool--which is why he didn't finish.

maybe if he wasn't such a self-important D-bag at that age and actually listened for a spell, he might be able to put together more than a few "LOL'S" every once in a while.

had he gotten over that self-important ignorance at that age, maybe it wouldn't have stuck with him into whatever pathetic age he claims now.

 

[John Connor]

Coming from someone who can't even capitalize the first letter of a sentence. You go hero!

Teachers are not heroes. They are union thugs that can't teach for shit. Why is it that students in high school write and read at a 6th grade level in Chicago? Yet these unionized fucks take trips to Vegas and want even more money.

I had one, just one teacher that gave a damn and that was in third grade.

 

[John Connor]

too good for them" in highschool--which is why he didn't finish.

You have ZERO reading compression once so ever! I have a high school diploma and a GED! And high school is two words, jack ass!

 

[zanejohnson]

lol, if your thinking about organized crime, for a living.

and you dont know the ins and outs (could do it in your sleep) of computer hardware/IT, and internal combustions engines, both.


your barking up the wrong mofugging tree.

 

[rockyct]

If your gonna give a half ass salute don't do it at all.

No shit, but it's not like Obama intentionally did a salute with a coffee cup in his hand. It's like the trick where if someone's holding coffee in their watch hand and you ask them for the time, quite often they'll spill coffee a little bit. The reflex when checking the time can outweigh the knowledge that you have a cup of coffee in your hand.

 

[lxskllr]

"Hero" inflation pisses me off. If you're doing what you're paid to do, you're not a hero, you're doing your job. It's gotten to the point people don't know what a hero is anymore. It's become a participation ribbon kids get for coming in last in a race :^S

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

"Hero" inflation pisses me off. If you're doing what you're paid to do, you're not a hero, you're doing your job. It's gotten to the point people don't know what a hero is anymore. It's become a participation ribbon kids get for coming in last in a race :^S

What about the seal team that took down Bin Laden? Yes they got paid but I'd say it was heroic and in the name of 'Merica. Or the officer that goes down trying to take down the bad guy? The officer could have half assed and likely lived in most of those situations. Yes I'd agree just because you're in uniform you aren't a hero but sometimes indeed they do heroic acts.

 

[Crono]

The definition of hero is self-sacrifice.

That doesn't necessarily mean dying, but it does mean giving up your life to one degree or another. I don't think we truly can or do appreciate all the heroes out there now or the ones who sacrificed themselves for us in the past, but it should humble us all at least a little. It's not just those who protect us who are heroes, but also all who serve the public or their/our communities regardless of recognition or reward.

 

[John Connor]

I consider Sully Sullenberger a hero. He glided that plane on the Hudson like nothing.

 

[Crono]

"Hero" inflation pisses me off. If you're doing what you're paid to do, you're not a hero, you're doing your job. It's gotten to the point people don't know what a hero is anymore. It's become a participation ribbon kids get for coming in last in a race :^S

I consider Sully Sullenberger a hero. He glided that plane on the Hudson like nothing.

I think sometimes when doing your job well intersects with or entails saving lives, you can be considered a hero. In his case I doubt he considered himself a hero, and of course his own life was at stake, too. That said, I don't think it diminishes the true appreciation those on the plane have for him, or the amount of skill it took to land that aircraft on the Hudson. That really was impressive. Plus I'm sure that knowing lives could be at stake motivates you to take education and training seriously for jobs like being a pilot or a doctor, so that's part of being a hero, sacrificing the time you could be spending on other things.

 

[lxskllr]

What about the seal team that took down Bin Laden? Yes they got paid but I'd say it was heroic and in the name of 'Merica. Or the officer that goes down trying to take down the bad guy? The officer could have half assed and likely lived in most of those situations. Yes I'd agree just because you're in uniform you aren't a hero but sometimes indeed they do heroic acts.

I agree with your point, but disagree with both of your examples. In both cases, not doing the task required would be dereliction of duty. They wouldn't even be doing their job, much less be heroes.

 

[zinfamous]

Coming from someone who can't even capitalize the first letter of a sentence. You go hero!

Teachers are not heroes. They are union thugs that can't teach for shit. Why is it that students in high school write and read at a 6th grade level in Chicago? Yet these unionized fucks take trips to Vegas and want even more money.

I had one, just one teacher that gave a damn and that was in third grade.

I think dedicating one's life to educating and tolerating useless little shits like yourself is hero-worthy. Thankfully, teachers get through to some. Unfortunately, some fall through the cracks. As we see here.

 

[Sonikku]

I think we're all overlooking the big point here.
War = contracts = jobs. What do all of you have against job creation? Sure it isn't without some cost, but to make an omelette you need to break a few eggs.

I'm going to say something as a veteran that is unpopular and even dangerous to say, but I'm going to say it now anyway.

There are A LOT of veterans who have filed false claims for disability benefits that otherwise clog up the VA system with bullshit.

I know a "veteran" who served his contract time in the Army and as he was separating from service claimed he got asthma from the Army. He was an IT guy in uniform. That led to a follow-on claim for back injury as service connected, but he wasn't airborne, wasn't infantry, etc. He was a communications guy. Today this same guy is at minimum 100+ pounds overweight, smokes like a chimney, and YOU and I are paying for mounds of services and medication for this guy in addition to his LIFELONG disability check from the VA.

I know another guy who served his 5-year contract with a congential defect of his foot (club foot). Somehow he managed to make it into the Army that way and when he left was able to claim it as a service connected disability. From talking to people he served with he was unable to perform his full range of duties from the beginning and ended up being assigned to desk jobs for his entire 5-year enlistment. Yep, we pay him close to $1,700/month in disability for something he was born with. He had the audacity to tell me one day "Dude, you gotta get some of this VA benefit! There's gotta be something wrong with you?"

I know another guy who served a garrison tour for 3-4 years in Korea and then got out. Some 20+ years later he filed a compensation claim for bad knees, the VA awarded the claim and the VA just replaced his knee. He too is overweight, but has NOTHING to reflect any high optempo, highly physical periods of service that would have damaged his knees when he was in his early 20's over 20 years ago. BUT, you and I are paying for the medical bills and the disability check he gets now.

I can go on and on. I've watched at VA reps brief Soldiers returning home on all the ways they can in effect submit fraudulent claims and how they are ENTITLED to disability compensation and medical benefits simply from serving. It's bullshit and it's part of the problem. They tried to tell my Soldiers after we did police work here in the states that we absolutely should file a disability claim for lower back issues because we had to sit in a patrol car for 8+ hours a day with our police equipment belt and body armor on and that although we didn't know it now, our backs were irreparably damaged. WTF?!?!

Just more examples of what happens when you have members of the 56% making a living solely off the government teat and our tax dollars.

The only way to stamp out the abuse is to stamp out the socialism for good.