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minus-squareMostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·4 days agoIf the handful of veterans that I know are anything to go by, military nicknames are often directly related to the dumbest mistake they made during their enlistment.
minus-squarej4yc33@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·4 days agoIt Runs the gamut. Some people get nicknames for skills, some for mistakes, and Others for the Most obscure reasons. Not a Veteran myself, but a civilian who used to Work in defense. The Nickname Stories are Always fascinating though.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoDid you spill soda on your shift key?
minus-squareNoForwadSlashS@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoTheir new nickname is “7up”
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoprobably just helpful spell check. it capitalizes inappropriate words for me all the fucking time. don’t know why I haven’t bothered to turn it off
minus-squareWildmimic@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoMight be a non-english main language on the spellchecker. The german keyboard on my phone also wants to capitalize everything that might be a noun.
minus-squarej4yc33@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoGerman Phone XD. You win the thread! I would habe answered sooner but DB WiFi…
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoA guy I knew said there was a guy he knew in the service who got the name “Stitch.” Oh cool, like, a medic or something? Nah, he slipped and banged his dome on a bathroom sink so bad he needed stitches. 😂
If the handful of veterans that I know are anything to go by, military nicknames are often directly related to the dumbest mistake they made during their enlistment.
It Runs the gamut. Some people get nicknames for skills, some for mistakes, and Others for the Most obscure reasons.
Not a Veteran myself, but a civilian who used to Work in defense. The Nickname Stories are Always fascinating though.
Did you spill soda on your shift key?
Their new nickname is “7up”
probably just helpful spell check. it capitalizes inappropriate words for me all the fucking time. don’t know why I haven’t bothered to turn it off
Might be a non-english main language on the spellchecker. The german keyboard on my phone also wants to capitalize everything that might be a noun.
German Phone XD.
You win the thread! I would habe answered sooner but DB WiFi…
A guy I knew said there was a guy he knew in the service who got the name “Stitch.”
Oh cool, like, a medic or something?
Nah, he slipped and banged his dome on a bathroom sink so bad he needed stitches. 😂