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[–] TechnoUnionTypeBeat@hexbear.net 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)

John Wick was a marine

American media's obsession with portraying Marines as some kind of elite soldier is fucking hilarious to me after reading Generation Kill and learning they're just drunk frat boys given guns and told to kill

They're possibly the least glamorous soldiers anywhere

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago

You’d think the myth would’ve been shattered after seeing a mentally disturbed trainee becoming the Perfect Marine and shooting his drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket