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Remembering my mom's hippy friend when the Vietnam "conflict" was in full swing. He had tattooed "Fuck the USA" on the "saluting edge" of his right hand. It app
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
Remembering my mom's hippy friend when the Vietnam "conflict" was in full swing. He had tattooed "Fuck the USA" on the "saluting edge" of his right hand. It apparently worked as a deterrent to being drafted. (I understand it was costly to remove after the draft was over.)
If someone wanted to make a statement or make a point about the free U.S., one wonders what creative things one could assign as their phone wallpaper before going through customs.
- ty6853 2y agoI would only do this if you want to get strip searched, shackled, chained, driven around in a prisoner van, examined by doctors at your expense then released a day later without apology. Make sure your affairs are in order to be disappeared, before crossing. I'm still in 4 figure debt from the last made up reason a CBPO used to fuck with me.
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- SauciestGNU 2y agoI've gotten the enhanced screenings but I still am amused by the notion of a "this prostate is an IED" tattoo.
- alfiedotwtf 2y ago$2000 and flying 11 hours to get to LAX only to be turned around is a pretty expensive statement to make unless you did it as some sort of political stunt
- JKCalhoun 2y agoYou say "stunt" like it's a useless gesture. Pretty sure there are YouTubers that could swing the $2K for the clicks.
- alfiedotwtf 2y agoYou’re not allowed to film immigration borders at airports, so good luck to the YouTuber who wants fat fines