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"a reflexive offering" I was never under fire when I was in the reserves, or overseas, but it angers me anyway when people thank me for my service because it f
by VLM 12y ago
"a reflexive offering"
I was never under fire when I was in the reserves, or overseas, but it angers me anyway when people thank me for my service because it feels like "my bad".
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=My+bad http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=My+bad
"A way of admitting a mistake, and apologizing for that mistake, without actually apologizing."
aka something like "sorry for sending you there to die for nothing, but F you I said thanks so that makes us even" Its especially biting when someone I know to be a neocon tries to thank me. No, more like F you.
- sigzero 12y agoGive me a break really? How about just saying "Thank you" and moving on. The article gives legitimate substance to why but yours just seems petty.
- pekk 12y agoHonestly it isn't my fault at all that you signed up, and I didn't agree with the policies that sent you there anyway, and nothing makes us even because we've had no transactions, but if I said this it is out of respect to what you gave anyway, like offering a seat to an old lady on the bus, and to make it clear that I'm not muttering under my breath that you are a baby-killer. So maybe your life would be better if you didn't read this as somehow malicious