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> -> combat outpost: holy shit this sucks! How am I gonna do 7 months of this?! > I did. Got used to it. Was actually kind of fun after awhile. Huge yikes. I
by eyelidlessness 4y ago
> -> combat outpost: holy shit this sucks! How am I gonna do 7 months of this?!
> I did. Got used to it. Was actually kind of fun after awhile.
Huge yikes. I can understand adapting to the circumstances, but the concept of combat deployment becoming fun is highly alarming to me. My most charitable interpretation—that your sense of fun was derived from camaraderie during downtime under difficult circumstances, not from actual combat action or from thrill-seeking in a defensive position—the most minimal yikes I can muster is “I would never wish to watch MASH on fast forward this way”.
- eyelidlessness 4y agoI’m not surprised this is being downvoted, but I’d appreciate someone actually leaving a comment in case there’s something I’m not understanding about how seven months of combat deployment can be fun that isn’t some combination of monstrous/traumatic.
- rramadass 4y agoYour mistake was to take the word "fun" literally. What he meant was some "possibly enjoyable" state which was different from the "bored comfortable tedium" into which he had settled in. We all have had similar experiences. When you have too much of the same routine however comfortable, your mind craves some "new" stimulus which will break the tedium.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago> your sense of fun was derived from camaraderie during downtime under difficult circumstances, not from actual combat action Correct. I saw none. :)