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Safety guys always ruin the fun. I was in the Marine Corps and every time we got to test some new piece of gear the safety officer was like "No, you can't live

Safety guys always ruin the fun. I was in the Marine Corps and every time we got to test some new piece of gear the safety officer was like "No, you can't live fire it off the flight deck of the ship" or "No, not here, that village is down wind of the dust you will kick up when it goes off." No, that has a kill distance of 6 miles, you have to fire it into a hill." Blah, blah, blah. So after I got out I joined the National Guard.

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talldayo 2y ago
It's all fun and games until you walk in front of a live AESA radar and sterilize yourself.
- khorne 2y ago
  Save $300 on a vasectomy.
  - peepee1982 2y ago
    They're about twice as much where I live!
    - shaftway 2y ago
      Most US insurance will cover this at 100% even if you haven't met your deductible. Something about how babies cost more than a 3 digit outpatient procedure....
  - ryneandal 2y ago
    Mine was $750 :(
    - takinola 2y ago
      I guess if you only do one testicle, you may get half off.
- onemoresoop 2y ago
  I'm guessing there are other adverse effects beside sterilizing.
- SXX 2y ago
  Is it scientifically proven though? If it that powerful wouldn't it cook your brain as well?
  - talldayo 2y ago
    If the radar is located on the ground, the chances are it's consuming enough energy to cook a turkey from the inside-out.
    - SXX 2y ago
      Yeah, but one that immediately make you sterile will likely burn out your eyes and cook the brain. In any case I was just pointing out this is urban legend of sorts.
      - dotancohen 2y ago
        I always thought "make you sterile" was meant to be pronounced "burn your dick off".
archgoon 2y ago
> that village is down wind of the dust you will kick up when it goes off. I'm always happy to hear that there are people saying these sorts of things in the military. I'm sorry it wasn't fun at the time, but the Safety Officer really was looking out for you. You really don't want to be the unexpected cautionary tale, like Bob.
RandomThoughts3 2y ago
I may or may not be aware of hull damage being caused or not caused by a rifle being fired from the flight deck of a ship. My point being, your safety officer had a point.
- trelane 2y ago
  I think they know that. I read their comment as sarcastic.
  - jprete 2y ago
    It's really, really close though. The kill distance of six miles is what tips me over the edge of reading it as sarcasm.
    - trelane 2y ago
      Really? To me, it is a very clear instance. Amongst my cohort, saying "The safety officer won't let us do anything fun" is going to generally always be sarcastic, unless the point is that some rules seem excessively and obviously pointless, which these aren't. It's more a backhanded way of saying "thank goodness the safety office stopped us / those boneheads from doing something that would have been incredibly stupid."
      - nocman 2y ago
        It depends totally on how you read it. In this case, my first thought after reading that was "play stupid games, win stupid prizes". There are plenty of people (especially on the internet) who actually do think that way -- by which I mean people that are serious when they respond with "you guys ruin all the fun" to others who bring up genuine concerns that will most likely have wide-sweeping ramifications.
        trelane 2y ago
        > There are plenty of people (especially on the internet) who actually do think that way Sure. That's why these safety officers exist. I think some other funranium posts state.that (paraphrased) "safety rules are written in blood." That said, I suspect folks like that would tend to phrase the rule in a way to diminish the implied impact/likelihood, rather than enhance it or state as-is, as (afaict) the original did.
ooterness 2y ago
I am reminded of the "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space" speech from Mass Effect 2. https://youtu.be/hLpgxry542M?feature=shared https://youtu.be/hLpgxry542M?feature=shared
- elzbardico 2y ago
  Compton is a bitch for astronauts too.
gumby 2y ago
> I was in the Marine Corps and every time we got to test some new piece of gear the safety officer was like "No, you can't live fire... I thought the whole point of the Marines was to cause maximal amounts of damage. Are you implying there is a constraint on that? But now I understand why the marines hate the navy: I had a buddy who'd been in the navy and he said they kept the kids busy by cleaning and painting everything but frequently they'd let 'em blow off steam by tossing cardboard boxes and stuff off the end the flight deck and shooting at them with the 50 cal machine guns. We were good friends, attended MIT together, but if I thought the Navy would take many people like him I'd doubt their ability to fight a war. He was only in the navy because it would pay for school and AFAIK he managed to avoid getting any rank advancement at all. MIT requires, or used to, a lot of all nighters and he once said "I'm probably only sane with these all nighters because I did so much extra sleeping in the navy"
- afterburner 2y ago
  > I thought the whole point of the Marines was to cause maximal amounts of damage. I thought their point was to expose themselves to maximal amounts of damage.
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago
    > I thought their point was to expose themselves to maximal amounts of damage. I hate to be pedantic, but technically the whole point is to expose the enemy to maximal amounts of damage. Whoever that is. Anything else is incidental.
    - afterburner 2y ago
      I'm referring to them being the tip of the spear, but yes, you are not wrong.
- robertlagrant 2y ago
  > But now I understand why the marines hate the navy: I had a buddy who'd been in the navy and he said they kept the kids busy by cleaning and painting everything but frequently they'd let 'em blow off steam by tossing cardboard boxes and stuff off the end the flight deck and shooting at them with the 50 cal machine guns. If anything this should be why the taxpayer doesn't like the navy.
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talldayo 2y ago

It's all fun and games until you walk in front of a live AESA radar and sterilize yourself.

khorne 2y ago
Save $300 on a vasectomy.
- peepee1982 2y ago
  They're about twice as much where I live!
  - shaftway 2y ago
    Most US insurance will cover this at 100% even if you haven't met your deductible. Something about how babies cost more than a 3 digit outpatient procedure....
- ryneandal 2y ago
  Mine was $750 :(
  - takinola 2y ago
    I guess if you only do one testicle, you may get half off.
onemoresoop 2y ago
I'm guessing there are other adverse effects beside sterilizing.
SXX 2y ago
Is it scientifically proven though? If it that powerful wouldn't it cook your brain as well?
- talldayo 2y ago
  If the radar is located on the ground, the chances are it's consuming enough energy to cook a turkey from the inside-out.
  - SXX 2y ago
    Yeah, but one that immediately make you sterile will likely burn out your eyes and cook the brain. In any case I was just pointing out this is urban legend of sorts.
    - dotancohen 2y ago
      I always thought "make you sterile" was meant to be pronounced "burn your dick off".

archgoon 2y ago

> that village is down wind of the dust you will kick up when it goes off. I'm always happy to hear that there are people saying these sorts of things in the military. I'm sorry it wasn't fun at the time, but the Safety Officer really was looking out for you. You really don't want to be the unexpected cautionary tale, like Bob.

RandomThoughts3 2y ago

I may or may not be aware of hull damage being caused or not caused by a rifle being fired from the flight deck of a ship. My point being, your safety officer had a point.

trelane 2y ago
I think they know that. I read their comment as sarcastic.
- jprete 2y ago
  It's really, really close though. The kill distance of six miles is what tips me over the edge of reading it as sarcasm.
  - trelane 2y ago
    Really? To me, it is a very clear instance. Amongst my cohort, saying "The safety officer won't let us do anything fun" is going to generally always be sarcastic, unless the point is that some rules seem excessively and obviously pointless, which these aren't. It's more a backhanded way of saying "thank goodness the safety office stopped us / those boneheads from doing something that would have been incredibly stupid."
    - nocman 2y ago
      It depends totally on how you read it. In this case, my first thought after reading that was "play stupid games, win stupid prizes". There are plenty of people (especially on the internet) who actually do think that way -- by which I mean people that are serious when they respond with "you guys ruin all the fun" to others who bring up genuine concerns that will most likely have wide-sweeping ramifications.
      - trelane 2y ago
        > There are plenty of people (especially on the internet) who actually do think that way Sure. That's why these safety officers exist. I think some other funranium posts state.that (paraphrased) "safety rules are written in blood." That said, I suspect folks like that would tend to phrase the rule in a way to diminish the implied impact/likelihood, rather than enhance it or state as-is, as (afaict) the original did.

ooterness 2y ago

I am reminded of the "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space" speech from Mass Effect 2. https://youtu.be/hLpgxry542M?feature=shared https://youtu.be/hLpgxry542M?feature=shared

elzbardico 2y ago
Compton is a bitch for astronauts too.

gumby 2y ago

> I was in the Marine Corps and every time we got to test some new piece of gear the safety officer was like "No, you can't live fire... I thought the whole point of the Marines was to cause maximal amounts of damage. Are you implying there is a constraint on that? But now I understand why the marines hate the navy: I had a buddy who'd been in the navy and he said they kept the kids busy by cleaning and painting everything but frequently they'd let 'em blow off steam by tossing cardboard boxes and stuff off the end the flight deck and shooting at them with the 50 cal machine guns. We were good friends, attended MIT together, but if I thought the Navy would take many people like him I'd doubt their ability to fight a war. He was only in the navy because it would pay for school and AFAIK he managed to avoid getting any rank advancement at all. MIT requires, or used to, a lot of all nighters and he once said "I'm probably only sane with these all nighters because I did so much extra sleeping in the navy"

afterburner 2y ago
> I thought the whole point of the Marines was to cause maximal amounts of damage. I thought their point was to expose themselves to maximal amounts of damage.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago
  > I thought their point was to expose themselves to maximal amounts of damage. I hate to be pedantic, but technically the whole point is to expose the enemy to maximal amounts of damage. Whoever that is. Anything else is incidental.
  - afterburner 2y ago
    I'm referring to them being the tip of the spear, but yes, you are not wrong.
robertlagrant 2y ago
> But now I understand why the marines hate the navy: I had a buddy who'd been in the navy and he said they kept the kids busy by cleaning and painting everything but frequently they'd let 'em blow off steam by tossing cardboard boxes and stuff off the end the flight deck and shooting at them with the 50 cal machine guns. If anything this should be why the taxpayer doesn't like the navy.

mandibeet 2y ago

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