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RampantParanoia2365 , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

Sounds like Jack O’Neill. With 2 Ls 👌.

LazerDickMcCheese , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

As a dude that served, fuck yes

simplejack ,
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As a dude that’s been served, fuck yes.

Texas_Hangover , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

That dude was a G. His whole fucking life.

Bonesince1997 , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

Not guided by policy is a very nice thing to say about the man.

DannyBoy , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

Looks a lot like someone else who got discharged from Army

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/875ce060-b0dc-4a62-9034-e71555e02533.jpeg

macarthur_park ,

I’ve gotta hand it to you, that’s a good comparison

DannyBoy ,

I thought that’s who was in the picture before I read the caption.

Cadeillac ,
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I’m rewatching this now. Still getting plenty of laughs out of me

Jakeroxs ,

There’s dozens of us! Dozens! (just started a series rewatch too lmao)

delirious_owl , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."
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How is that not dishonorable?

Dkarma ,

It’s army speak for “spc4 was smarter than most first Lt.”

wjrii ,

Honorable and dishonorable are official designations for the US military, and a dishonorable discharge is tantamount to a criminal conviction for many professional purposes and veterans benefits.

My brother was a huge fuckup in the Marines, but they waited until he sprained his knee and then gave him a medical discharge, which doesn’t carry the same stigma as a dishonorable.

delirious_owl ,
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Dunno, dishonoring the US military seems like a badge of honor

BigPotato ,

Honestly, you gotta be a real piece of shit to get a DD normally, think rape or murder… Well, enough rape and murder they don’t cover it up.

That or smoke some weed.

Either way, “less than honorable” is the ‘easiest’ way to get rid of a complete fuck up.

The real monsters have an honorable though.

setsneedtofeed ,
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Drug use on its own usually doesn’t result in a court martial, which means it normally isn’t a DD.

Drug use would be a less severe separation like an OTH or general discharge.

delirious_owl ,
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So either you’re a bad, bad person or a totally normal person who did nothing wrong. Sounds like a useless label, then. Like a felony.

setsneedtofeed ,
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The commander must have liked HST at least a little bit to have gone through the trouble of an administrative discharge, but not even downgrade from “honorable” to “general”.

Usually if somebody is a minor pain, everybody just waits it out until their contract ends and denies them the ability to sign a new one. If they are pain enough to discharge early through a pure admin discharge (as opposed to medical), there is usually enough hard feeling for a downgrade.

sanguinepar , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."
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His books of letters from that time are well worth reading if you’re interested in that time in his life, very interesting.

mine OP ,
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I will have to find them, thanks.

fartsparkles ,

Please share where you found them, if you do.

grimsolem ,

annas-archive.org/search?index=&page=1&q=The+prou…

Use slow option #3 (the first 2 normally work but wait list is long atm)

sanguinepar ,
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The book is called The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, I should have mentioned that before!

And it’s followed by Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

walter_wiggles , to amateur_radio in Happy Birthday James Clerk Maxwell!

Ah yes, prolific creator of equations.

vk6flab OP ,
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Well, that and radio waves:

With the publication of “A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field” in 1865, Maxwell demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space as waves moving at the speed of light. He proposed that light is an undulation in the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena. The unification of light and electrical phenomena led to his prediction of the existence of radio waves. Maxwell is also regarded as a founder of the modern field of electrical engineering.

ChaosCoati , to til in TIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.)
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And more penguin species live outside the Antarctic region than in it

NegativeLookBehind , to til in TIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.)
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https://i.imgur.com/p26rT3j.jpeg

I went there and saw them!

Catoblepas , to til in TIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.)

Watch some older documentaries and you can hear them being called jackass penguins, because their calls are very reminiscent of donkeys braying.

niktemadur , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?

I’ve seen Shadows, Faces and The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie.
The man nearly single-handedly invented independent highbrow cinema in the United States, a gritty and bare urban realism that is as artistically important as the French Nouvelle Vague.

To put it in an oversimplified way, without Cassavettes there is no Scorsese as we know him.

Flummoxed OP ,

Yes, thank you!

demesisx , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?
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He was a brilliant filmmaker. I once got to talk with Frederick Elmes about shooting “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. He said, “I’d shoot it very differently today. I was so young then that I hadn’t yet developed a style.”

kandykarter , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?

Genius. When paired with his wife Gena Rowlands, responsible for some of the greatest films of the era. Check out Love Streams, A Woman Under The Influence, and Opening Night, among others.

dessalines ,

These movies are heavy, rich like red wine, but very good.

Carighan , (edited ) to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?
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Never heard of the name. Or I guess I might have read it in credits, but never associated brain space to it and also never noticed a commonality between movies based on him. 🤷

So to quote from Futurama: I have no strong opinion one way or the other.

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