Post Your Face!

[Absinthresher]

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Just a Protip for all y'all: If you post a picture to facebook, right click "Vie Image" and then post it using that URL, you don't need to use something like Photobucket or whatever.

 

[Dogged]

Very nice! Oooh glasses, beard and curls- , and !

 

[Trygon]

Just a Protip for all y'all: If you post a picture to facebook, right click "Vie Image" and then post it using that URL, you don't need to use something like Photobucket or whatever.

Protip for the protip - I can use the URL of your facebook picture to find your profile, Mr. P. It's an extremely bad habit if you like privacy.

 

[Temptationist]

Just a Protip for all y'all: If you post a picture to facebook, right click "Vie Image" and then post it using that URL, you don't need to use something like Photobucket or whatever.

Protip for the protip - I can use the URL of your facebook picture to find your profile, Mr. P. It's an extremely bad habit if you like privacy.

Exactly why I load everything onto an image hosting site rather than sublinking it straight to my Facebook identity.

 

[Absinthresher]

Just a Protip for all y'all: If you post a picture to facebook, right click "Vie Image" and then post it using that URL, you don't need to use something like Photobucket or whatever.

Protip for the protip - I can use the URL of your facebook picture to find your profile, Mr. P. It's an extremely bad habit if you like privacy.

Exactly why I load everything onto an image hosting site rather than sublinking it straight to my Facebook identity.

Fair enough on both points!

 

[Rotten]

-cries-

Remember I am always available for rps ;3 -puts a paper bag over my head and lays on the ground-​

 

[Zeth]

I regret shaving my mustache. I also got a wicked case of bed head.

 

[Rotten]

I regret shaving my mustache. I also got a wicked case of bed head.

ZETH SENPAI YOU ARE SO ADORABLE
Mustaches are usually gross anyways lol.

 

[Vulgrim]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

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[Temptationist]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

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Nice picture! But also, I'm somewhat surprised that you're unable to access a writing forum? Is it because it contains possible pornographic content?

I'm Canadian, though, so we're very lenient. I don't know much about the US system.

 

[Vulgrim]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

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Nice picture! But also, I'm somewhat surprised that you're unable to access a writing forum? Is it because it contains possible pornographic content?

I'm Canadian, though, so we're very lenient. I don't know much about the US system.

More or less, yeah. It's not so much as we aren't allowed as it is I'd probably get in trouble for 'making the military look bad' or something similarly stupid, lol.

And nice, I have some friends in the Canadian Forces, we worked on an operation together involving jets.

 

[Chai]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

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Much respect!
Also you have pretty handwriting. ♡

 

[Vulgrim]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

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Much respect!
Also you have pretty handwriting. ♡

Haha, my handwriting is utter shit, but thanks for humoring me. ;P

 

[Trygon]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

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Just in case anyone missed the entire thread you made about it~

 

[Vulgrim]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

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Just in case anyone missed the entire thread you made about it~

Yeah, I was really hoping I wouldn't be the only one on the site. I think I may be.

 

[Temptationist]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

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Nice picture! But also, I'm somewhat surprised that you're unable to access a writing forum? Is it because it contains possible pornographic content?

I'm Canadian, though, so we're very lenient. I don't know much about the US system.

More or less, yeah. It's not so much as we aren't allowed as it is I'd probably get in trouble for 'making the military look bad' or something similarly stupid, lol.

And nice, I have some friends in the Canadian Forces, we worked on an operation together involving jets.

I'm not part of the Canadian Forces but I know a lot of people who are and were. My step-brother and good friends of mine have gone through Basic training and then some. They've never had much of an issue with what they do on their own time on the internet (from what I know). Unless it's illegal. Then, of course, there are legal reprimands and an immediate dishonorable expulsion from the military.

 

[Trygon]

Not posting my face because in my line of work I can actually get in trouble for being here, but you can all have this:

Picture

Just in case anyone missed the entire thread you made about it~

Yeah, I was really hoping I wouldn't be the only one on the site. I think I may be.

I know we have a few veterans, I don't know about active duty. However, they probably didn't reply to your thread as advertising one's service like that is usually considered quite tasteless.

 

[Vulgrim]

Just in case anyone missed the entire thread you made about it~

Yeah, I was really hoping I wouldn't be the only one on the site. I think I may be.

I know we have a few veterans, I don't know about active duty. However, they probably didn't reply to your thread as advertising one's service like that is usually considered quite tasteless.

I was really just hoping to find someone military to RP with, lol.

 

[Temptationist]

Just in case anyone missed the entire thread you made about it~

Yeah, I was really hoping I wouldn't be the only one on the site. I think I may be.

I know we have a few veterans, I don't know about active duty. However, they probably didn't reply to your thread as advertising one's service like that is usually considered quite tasteless.

Explain to me why advertising one's service is usually considered quite tasteless?
I'm genuinely confused by this statement.

 

[Vulgrim]

Yeah, I was really hoping I wouldn't be the only one on the site. I think I may be.

I know we have a few veterans, I don't know about active duty. However, they probably didn't reply to your thread as advertising one's service like that is usually considered quite tasteless.

Explain to me why advertising one's service is usually considered quite tasteless?
I'm genuinely confused by this statement.

In the US, at least, a lot of people see it as bragging, I guess?

Nothing to brag about, I was too stupid and lazy to put up with college.

 

[Temptationist]

I know we have a few veterans, I don't know about active duty. However, they probably didn't reply to your thread as advertising one's service like that is usually considered quite tasteless.

Explain to me why advertising one's service is usually considered quite tasteless?
I'm genuinely confused by this statement.

In the US, at least, a lot of people see it as bragging, I guess?

Nothing to brag about, I was too stupid and lazy to put up with college.

Mentioning that you're part of the Armed Forces and asking if anyone else is serving is not bragging - that's reaching out and trying to build connections and a community with other individuals who are part of that same lifestyle.

I think it's totally understandable that you would want to connect with other army/navy/air force, etc. members, since it gives you a lot to relate to and talk about. You live a unique lifestyle, after all. Very different from my day-to-day, that's for sure!

 

[Xeno]

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[Trygon]

Yeah, I was really hoping I wouldn't be the only one on the site. I think I may be.

I know we have a few veterans, I don't know about active duty. However, they probably didn't reply to your thread as advertising one's service like that is usually considered quite tasteless.

Explain to me why advertising one's service is usually considered quite tasteless?
I'm genuinely confused by this statement.

My experience is likely modified by the fact that I live in a base town, but even walking around in uniform here is enough to get you the cold shoulder unless you're in a military hangout.

It's mostly because we have a lot of newbies that come through expecting the same salutes and pats on the back that they got wherever they went in Podunk, Kansas, and sometimes (surprisingly often) they react VERY badly when they aren't treated as the Second Coming. Someone who's opening introduction is 'I'm military!' and nothing else, and then followed up with 'See? Uniform!' puts me in mind of those podunkers.

You are more than one of the government's indentured servants, yes, Vulgrim? Tell us about that. Anyone can sign up to get shot at. What is actually interesting about you? That's what I want to hear about.

I differ substantially from Temptationist in that they call your job a lifestyle, and I can't think of anything less healthy than to make your entire identity rotate around being a disposable asset for a human construct like a government. By all means, get in, get paid, get your benefits. There's plenty of admirable reasons to sign up for the military. None of them are better than any other job, and there hasn't been any of those 'better' reasons in over 70 years.

I mean, if I made a thread that said 'Any fast food workers here? I'm a fast food worker!' and then popped over to this thread to post a picture of my Wendy's apron, people would wonder what was wrong with me. Not everyone applies the same scrutiny to military members, but enough do that it's worth being mindful of.

 

[Temptationist]

I wish I could get a tan

Stunning just as you are!

 

[Temptationist]

I know we have a few veterans, I don't know about active duty. However, they probably didn't reply to your thread as advertising one's service like that is usually considered quite tasteless.

Explain to me why advertising one's service is usually considered quite tasteless?
I'm genuinely confused by this statement.

My experience is likely modified by the fact that I live in a base town, but even walking around in uniform here is enough to get you the cold shoulder unless you're in a military hangout.

It's mostly because we have a lot of newbies that come through expecting the same salutes and pats on the back that they got wherever they went in Podunk, Kansas, and sometimes (surprisingly often) they react VERY badly when they aren't treated as the Second Coming. Someone who's opening introduction is 'I'm military!' and nothing else, and then followed up with 'See? Uniform!' puts me in mind of those podunkers.

You are more than one of the government's indentured servants, yes, Vulgrim? Tell us about that. Anyone can sign up to get shot at. What is actually interesting about you? That's what I want to hear about.

I differ substantially from Temptationist in that they call your job a lifestyle, and I can't think of anything less healthy than to make your entire identity rotate around being a disposable asset for a human construct like a government. By all means, get in, get paid, get your benefits. There's plenty of admirable reasons to sign up for the military. None of them are better than any other job, and there hasn't been any of those 'better' reasons in over 70 years.

I mean, if I made a thread that said 'Any fast food workers here? I'm a fast food worker!' and then popped over to this thread to post a picture of my Wendy's apron, people would wonder what was wrong with me. Not everyone applies the same scrutiny to military members, but enough do that it's worth being mindful of.

When you are living on base, you're doing just that, you are literally living, breathing, completely surrounded by military. That is a lifestyle. Not to say that it will remain his lifestyle for all of his life, even when he's out of the military, but if he's currently enlisted and active, he is very much immersed in a military lifestyle. It's part of the job - it's how it works. Your devotion is entirely to the military when you are enrolled. Whether it's healthy or not is subjective. You obviously have a very negative opinion of the military both in general and in specifics, and that's totally understandable, too.

That's just my two cents.

Ps. I would not judge you at all if you made a fast food thread and then posted a picture of your Wendy's apron. I would think that shows nothing more than passion for what you do, and whether that's working at Wendy's or enrolled in the military, doesn't make a difference as you said. In the end, a job's a job. The difference here is whether a person will pass quick judgement or not. I personally don't dwell on a thread and a picture of a uniform. I don't label people based on two interactions.

Pss. I work in Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention, and I absolutely adore what I do, and if I COULD, I would be more public about it and my work. Unfortunately, the line of work I do delves heavily into confidentiality, so despite my passion, I can never talk to anybody in detail about my job/career. Doesn't mean I wouldn't, though. It's a big part of my life and contributes to who I am as a person.