Something from thelizman (not that I agree with it all, but I like it):
"In general, people ask my why I wanted to join the Army, I tell them because I have a deepseated and overriding need to break shit and blow people up - and that the military is the only profession that respects that. The reactions are always interesting. Most people laugh, some nervously. Some genuinely chuckle - these are my kind of sick-o's. I never really tell any of them the real reason."
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"I go to work, so I can earn money, so I can pay for a car, so I can get to work, so I can earn money, so I can pay for an apartment, so I have a place to shower, so I don't stink at work, so I can make money, so I can afford to go out at least once a week, so I can meet a chick, and tell her all about my job, so she'll dig me, and we'll have sex, so I'll have something to talk about at work...."
"The most dangerous thing I ever did was realize that career is worthless. We are not "the job". We are not the things we own, or the money we have in the bank. We don't live our lives, we buy them. It's sold to us by MTV, Coca Cola, and the nightly news. Good Morning America wants our trust, because they care about us. Bullshit. "
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"Why did I join the military? It may seem simplistic, but I want to be a hero. If the most heroic thing I do in a given day is mop a floor, or turn a wrench, it'll still mean more than an entire day of hacking code for a yankee capitalist swine."
"In general, people ask my why I wanted to join the Army, I tell them because I have a deepseated and overriding need to break shit and blow people up - and that the military is the only profession that respects that. The reactions are always interesting. Most people laugh, some nervously. Some genuinely chuckle - these are my kind of sick-o's. I never really tell any of them the real reason."
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"I go to work, so I can earn money, so I can pay for a car, so I can get to work, so I can earn money, so I can pay for an apartment, so I have a place to shower, so I don't stink at work, so I can make money, so I can afford to go out at least once a week, so I can meet a chick, and tell her all about my job, so she'll dig me, and we'll have sex, so I'll have something to talk about at work...."
"The most dangerous thing I ever did was realize that career is worthless. We are not "the job". We are not the things we own, or the money we have in the bank. We don't live our lives, we buy them. It's sold to us by MTV, Coca Cola, and the nightly news. Good Morning America wants our trust, because they care about us. Bullshit. "
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"Why did I join the military? It may seem simplistic, but I want to be a hero. If the most heroic thing I do in a given day is mop a floor, or turn a wrench, it'll still mean more than an entire day of hacking code for a yankee capitalist swine."
