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> I've never served in the military, but from the people I know that have, they pretty much learn to take the same attitude. The phrase used in the US military

by chiph 10y ago

> I've never served in the military, but from the people I know that have, they pretty much learn to take the same attitude. The phrase used in the US military for this is "Embrace the suck". Which means "The situation is bad, but deal with it."

secfirstmd 10y ago
In Ireland we mostly called it "Improvise, adapt, overcome."
stvswn 10y ago
As an Eagle Scout and former Army officer, one of my enduring life lessons has been "false motivation is better than no motivation." When you're cold, wet, and tired it helps to pretend you love it. It's infectious, too. It is actually a good feeling when you realize you're not as fragile as you thought you were. "I would have thought that I'd be miserable in this situation, but I'm actually OK" is a good thought to have.
- istorical 10y ago
  The same mechanism is probably why studies show that forcing a smile even when you don't feel happy can lead you to slowly become happier. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smile-it-could-make-you-happier/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smile-it-could-ma...
  - capnrefsmmat 10y ago
    This result has been cast into doubt by a recent replication attempt, which failed to find any such forced-smile effect. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/pdf/StrackRRR_manuscript_accepted.pdf https://www.psychologicalscience.org/pdf/StrackRRR_manuscrip...
  - hueving 10y ago
    Similar to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie
kafkaesq 10y ago
Which means "The situation is bad, but deal with it." The problem with this phrase is that the U.S. military takes it extremes, telling soldiers to suppress inborn capacities for empathy, particularly in regard to civilians and "military-age males" routinely maimed and butchered in the course of its day-to-day operations. Inevitably resulting not only in mental health issues for the soldiers when they return home, but ultimately, failure of the overall mission itself.

by chiph 10y ago

secfirstmd 10y ago

In Ireland we mostly called it "Improvise, adapt, overcome."

stvswn 10y ago

As an Eagle Scout and former Army officer, one of my enduring life lessons has been "false motivation is better than no motivation." When you're cold, wet, and tired it helps to pretend you love it. It's infectious, too. It is actually a good feeling when you realize you're not as fragile as you thought you were. "I would have thought that I'd be miserable in this situation, but I'm actually OK" is a good thought to have.

istorical 10y ago
The same mechanism is probably why studies show that forcing a smile even when you don't feel happy can lead you to slowly become happier. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smile-it-could-make-you-happier/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smile-it-could-ma...
- capnrefsmmat 10y ago
  This result has been cast into doubt by a recent replication attempt, which failed to find any such forced-smile effect. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/pdf/StrackRRR_manuscript_accepted.pdf https://www.psychologicalscience.org/pdf/StrackRRR_manuscrip...
- hueving 10y ago
  Similar to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie

kafkaesq 10y ago

Which means "The situation is bad, but deal with it." The problem with this phrase is that the U.S. military takes it extremes, telling soldiers to suppress inborn capacities for empathy, particularly in regard to civilians and "military-age males" routinely maimed and butchered in the course of its day-to-day operations. Inevitably resulting not only in mental health issues for the soldiers when they return home, but ultimately, failure of the overall mission itself.