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It's probably pretty typical for "The Register" but the caption, "Gravy SEALs maybe, but they made a swatting call impossible" on the picture seems inappropriat
by hk1337 3y ago
It's probably pretty typical for "The Register" but the caption, "Gravy SEALs maybe, but they made a swatting call impossible" on the picture seems inappropriate for a journalism post.
- bdcravens 3y agoLooking at the photo, it seems an appropriate use of that meme, and The Register's schtick has long been disregarding journalistic appropriateness (as a matter of fact, they are way tamer these days than they used to be)
- extraduder_ire 3y ago>The Register's schtick has long been disregarding journalistic appropriateness AFAIK, they're writing in the style of UK "red-top" tabloids. It's a decent gimmick. I wonder if they ever considered adding glamour model photos on whatever counts as page 3.
- monocasa 3y agoApparently the con-goers were calling them gravy seals.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoit seems appropriate for heavily armed and armored mall-cops (i.e., normal private citizens with no police powers) cosplaying in gravy-colored military gear
- sokoloff 3y agoI always assumed that "US Gravy Seals" was a shot at the BMI of the people engaged in the activity rather than at the color of their uniforms. "US Gravy Seals, Meal Team Six" (not in this article, but elsewhere on the 'net) suggests the same.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoit's more a function of them thinking that they are special forces while being anything but, almost a stolen valor thing if they just wore a normal uniform like any other normal private store employee, you'd never hear the term applied to them, regardless of weight the fact that they chose gravy color for their cosplay is just icing on the cake :)
- fortyseven 3y agoUnder the caption, the paragraph mentions they were being nicknamed that by attendees. It's not The Register being funny. (Well, they didn't start it anyway.)