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Your a college kid and you run into a group of Veterans making jokes that fall far outside of the accepted Safe Space zone.
Feb 17, 2017 1:21 AM
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RapCatTheRappingestCat
I went to a fairly liberal arts college. I still don't understand where these stereotypes come from. Cal Arts or something?
MarineOnaMission
It's funny because he's making fun of college kids but doesn't know the difference between your and you're.
ParaBellum96
In in a Corps of Cadets. We have safe zones set up in the barracks...
funnystoryaboutthat
What school do you go to?
ParaBellum96
Virginia Tech
skelitor120
Sounds like someone called you an asshole for your tasteless sense of 'humor' and you got triggered. Do you need a safe space?
MyDumpsAreTheFreshest
So... are we just not going to say anything? YOU'RE*
usrid004
Pussy
TheAllPowerfulCthulhu
You're* sorry
RedWingsofSteel
DoctorDelta
Looks like @OP is another snowflake that can't even tell their own jokes on Imgur...
Ihavewaytoomanyfavoritestosort
As an actual college student: Bitch where?
IveBeenSlackingMyWholeLife
I hope you guys find a place to get away from these PC ppl that bother you so much. You know, some zone where you feel safe.
krapmyself
Op is getting called out hard with these replies...
lizlemmler
YOU'RE clearly not a college kid
PropainAndPropainAccesories
I was for 5 years. I would have to say this is highly accurate.
youratbastardstookallthegoodusernames
you're (another vet getting all up in your safe zone)
Frogasmol
Thank you for your service.
TacoMunny
HsuDoNihm
Indeed... clearly @OP is not a college kid.
Kabe59
Exactly. Or maybe he attends Ohio State
HsuDoNihm
LOL
houtaku
DavidBrooker
Having worked or studied at 6 universities over the last 12 years, I've honestly never encountered the 'college students' Imgur talks about.
Foxafillion
It tends to be the big city campuses and there aren't as many of them as the media implies
DavidBrooker
I suppose, but four of those six were in cities over a million people, and a couple were 50k+ student campuses.
cogs
I'm a higher ed consultant, regularly visit campuses throughout NA ranging from Oberlin to Liberty and haven't encountered any yet.
DavidBrooker
Typical liberal establishment shill!
Ullala
I see that most of the comments are about grammar. That's always some weak sauce.
Frogapus
To clarify, safe spaces in general are sanctuaries. Ex: In an LGBT+ safe place , LGBT people don't have to worry about getting beaten up.
thatsbadmmkay
Vets are like vegans. Youll always know when you've met one, because they'll always tell you.
feeltheice
My SO had no idea until we had been dating for like 6 months.
THEThadJarvis
That's very far from the truth. A lot of people tout it. A lot of people do not.
nipplepanties
Not the ones that saw war.
Cryolith
Have a colleague who was a warehouse clerk in the Navy for 4 years, never left Chicago. She is all about her "veteran" status.
thatsbadmmkay
True. Its not something that wants to be relived.
OF37
You're**
supersomatic
Picture this: an edgy college kid making some PTSD and war jokes around some veterans. Whose safe space are you gonna upvote then?
Angaram
3edgy5me
DrWhoTheHellAreYou
I've seen more grown-ass conservative adults cry over disagreement or words they don't like than any group of college kids. Shit's stupid.
ButterfaceTaintClown
Pepperidge farm remembers when the word gay used to mean happy.
wadatahmydamie
Bet @OP mocks the usage of the word "triggered," even though it started with veterans
IVIcGurky0
*yer
BubbaRunski
Folks, get over yourselves with the safe space complaints. It's 19 year-olds making those decisions. They'll learn better in the real world.
kiddub
Ha, they have to be veterans to give the story balls.
emkev
"When your a college kid" you know when to use your and you're. God damn it you fuckin twat.
ninjabutt
*fucking
TheBentPianist
Bahaha it's disgusting isn't it?
gulplove
Not really...
hkim1326
No one deserves to be accepted to a university with that level of grammar
Fauxcused
He made a mistake. You responded like the fucking twat here. Fuck all the way off.
NevermindThatShitHereComesMongo
You clearly have no fucking idea what you're talking about
emkev
shesaidwellanyway
You get 162 points for calling someonw a fucking twat for using the wrong your/you're. But I get downvoted.
MortimerMous3
I've met lots of college kids who don't know the difference. Certain individuals struggle with language while others excellerate your breath
SexualPeanut
Jesus, you're just as ignorant as the person you're defending.
51CorgisInABar
...accelerate?
RandyKnapp
Wat
Insideanus
Excel gum jingle for those who are confused
MortimerMous3
Lol at least someone got it. I was gonna end with "while others excel." But it always makes me think of the gum commercial!
shesaidwellanyway
You get 162 points for calling someone a fucking twat for using the wrong your/you're. But I get downvoted.
emkev
Don't worry, Comrade. I, too, support the equal distribution of fake Internet points. As you can see, I am only a poor comment farmer.
shesaidwellanyway
The struggle is real. I was only joking with you! Have a good day, sir/mam/apache.
shesaidwellanyway
then where is your perfect punctuation?
emkev
Let me check my pocket:
51CorgisInABar
You did not capitalize your sentence.
shesaidwellanyway
TimeFoDat
Go to college, work at a college, still don't know what the hell "Safe Space" is. AFAIK Internet Bullshit. Maybe just not a U.S. thing?
BushelOfLabeouf
I thought it was exclusively a(n extremely blown out of proportion) US thing?
TimeFoDat
I thought it was some phenomena that started in the U.K., I thought I remembered Richard Dawkins talking about it. See, nobody knows.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Something blown out of proportion to make a more tolerant society sound awful.
SepiaSkies
AA is a safe space. A book club is a safe space. You don't know what safe spaces are, and yet your ass is so sensitive you can't abide them?
SepiaSkies
Sounds to me like @op is triggered at the thought of safe spaces. What a snowflake.
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
Curious as to how a book club is a safe space.
SepiaSkies
It's a group with a consensus discussion norms. e.g. Talking about politics instead of the book would be out of bounds and is discouraged.
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
That's not a "safe space", though, that's just a group with a specified purpose. Within those bounds people are still able to voice (1)
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
opinions and ideas more or less freely. Not to mention that the rules of such discussion will depend on the group.
SepiaSkies
That IS all a safe space is. It's been misrepresented to malign college kids & now You're rejecting anything but the straw-man definition.
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
I don't think I'm able to just accept that at face value. Not when I'm seeing descriptions like "where no one is made to feel (1)
PekkaKarhunen
yes, that literally is a "safe space." this is the kind of stuff people are talking about when they call for "safe spaces."
PekkaKarhunen
AA is a "safe space" in that they wouldn't tolerate someone coming in and going "pfft, you guys are fine, alcoholism isn't really a thing."
Ekibwurm
such as?
AverageSizedDudeButSmallBoots
A machine gunners joke: I have a bullet with your name on it. I'm going to keep firing till I find it.
RockerFoxes
This post doesn't have a leg to stand on, much like many veterans i run into.
TiredOfTheBS
I'm very pc and I have a hard time imagining anyone would get up in arms about these jokes. They're all fine
ThrowawayHBS
In my class the other day, a girl got "triggered" by a war story that a fellow vet shared. This stuff really happens.
HsuDoNihm
"You're telling that just hearing about a war I actually survived has hurt you worse than that war hurt me? Honey, you should enlist."
inb4thewar
Them saying something hurts them doesn't mean anything close to claiming it hurt them "worse" than the vet.
HsuDoNihm
Right, but if she's triggered by the story he lived through, and he's not, even though *he's* telling the story, that's what she's implying.
inb4thewar
Well, then by definition, the story is hurting her more than the vet telling it. Just because one person's more resilient than another 1/?
ItWasMeIWasTheTurkeyAllAlong
I would also like to hear these jokes.
TheDivineUsersub
What brushes your teeth without bristles...? Fat fucking cocks. (I'm not quitting my day job)
asmallcat
Makes me wish I had a "no unfunny jokes" safe zone.
LiterallyWorseThanHitler
What's the difference between a school and a Daesh training camp? Don't ask me, I just fly the drone.
eudor16
That's a pretty tame joke, mate.
TiredOfTheBS
You failed to live up to your username, sir
Rule22
You dont want to know. The humor can get too dark for your little heart.
UrKungFuNoGood
You fucking POG
krapmyself
Haha, I doubt it.
RedWingsofSteel
bloatedplutocrat
Look guys! The boot who never deployed is using his GI Bill and is telling stories from basic to impressionable 18 year olds. What a badass.
TheDuke0fHazzard
Scuse you, he's got his Nation Defense Medal. He's a goddamn war hero!
ItWasMeIWasTheTurkeyAllAlong
OK, I'll start. Who's the opposite of Christopher Reeves?
ItWasMeIWasTheTurkeyAllAlong
Christopher Walkin.
Krzyjoe
What's the only thing harder than nailing a dead baby to a tree?
Krzyjoe
Me while I'm doing it.
LimerickGoblin
I wonder what happens when a country's populace openly mocks those who pursue higher education and stereotypes them as snowflakes...
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NotFarEnough
America: We're About to Find Out
Insideanus
It's apparently a valid argument to just stereotype. Campuses aren't homogenous. Plus, obnoxiousness & entitlement are found everywhere.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Working in customer service, i can say that white boomers are often either super nice or extremely entitled and sensitive.
Soulwindow
I work retail at a home "improvement" store, and I gotta say…old white people are the worst. I hope I die before I turn.
ZachCutler
As someone who attends college, there is way too much sensitivity going around.
Foxafillion
It's not a good sign when professors start recommending trade school. What happens when higher education silences people?
cogs
The same thing when every other group is stereotyped. Stupid happens sometimes, but mostly nothing.
RussianMathNinja
I'm in the middle of applying to post-docs right now. I am rather concerned.
Christx30
Some places want fines for using the wrong gender pronoun. That kind of crap pisses people off, and they will vote as un-PC as they can.
Foxafillion
I didn't believe it at first either it seemed so ridiculous but politicians in a few places are writing this crap into law and that's scary
Foxafillion
www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37875695
djethex
Source?
Foxafillion
www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37875695
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Bullshit. Provide a legit source.
Christx30
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/18/de-blasio-fine-businesses-wrong-gender-pronouns/ for New York
Foxafillion
www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37875695
NevermindThatShitHereComesMongo
Higher education has nothing to do with being so easily shaken by social interactions that you can't function in normal everyday life.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Which isn't really a significant problem. Just a bullshit excuse pushed by people upset they can't be assholes anymore.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Which isn't really a significant problem. Just a bullshit excuse pushed by people upset they can't be assholes anymore.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Which isn't really a significant problem. Just a bullshit excuse pushed by people upset they can't be assholes anymore.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Which isn't really a significant problem. Just a bullshit excuse pushed by people upset they can't be assholes anymore.
ResetButton
There seems to be a surging intersection between uh... snowflakes and the social sciences and department administration in higher education
gnarphza
It's not people who pursue higher education that draw people's ire, it is rather those who think that that education makes them superior.
gnarphza
Don't forget EMT's, Nurses, Teachers etc. have a tertiary qualification as well.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Is that a significant occurrence? Seems those people are just shitty people and exist in all groups.
gnarphza
I would like to think that the ratio of shitty people to non-shitty people is the same in any demographic - except the shitty people group.
gnarphza
I think the press is prone to give the most extreme personalities more attention hence groups with a genuine issue get branded.
gnarphza
We see the SJW who gets triggered because "Manager" starts with "Man" instead of the waitress who has her ass grabbed every 5 minutes.
gnarphza
We see the guy in the trailer park who got hit by a tornado instead of the local business man who's store was destroyed by the same tornado
Xalaqia
Also, those that think NOT having higher education makes them superior.
gnarphza
I agree with you: the problem is people trying to make their opinion more relevant than others based on x trait.
doctorklaus
Feeling superior at all really is the problem. Rick Sanchez can prove everyone's a piece of shit mathematically though.
amadgirl
EMTs, nurses, public safety folks, military... Dark humor is a necessity for anyone confronted with the worst of what's Real.
Justindr0107
Fuck yess. I mean I'm a hairstylist, but my mom was murdered.. so not just jobs but anyone who seen shit!
VajrapaniP
HenryandFriends
And accountants!
severice
Not a necessity, some get uptight and anal about it and actively not finding it funny.
falloutmonk
I don't feel like college kids are offended by dark humor, speaking from experience. Racist and sexist humor, yes.
SatansLittleButtPlug
After i started working as an IT Tech/consultant. Man have i learned and said the most fucked up jokes.
nesurame
One time i got to hang out aith the people piloting drones, they ate popcorn and cracked jokes while flying rocket-powered rocks thru people
Equreuil
Fuck, as a mom, I need it to offset the overwhelming wholesome cheeriness of toddler TV programming
CelestialDancerChick
You forgot retail.
FullCrimsonic
Butchers, chefs...
buttcrackula
Paramedic here. I want to go out for drinks and war stories with everyone in this thread.
theiceisgone
Don't forget the veterinary profession. We've seen shit, literally so much.
Jellieyz
Student nurse here: we were having a ball doing CPR training, I find that it is always good to see humour in your workplace
RearAdmiralObvious
Night shift retail... We got quite a few vets too lol
WilliamGrey
Also social workers
Maddiedidntpoo
Right there with you.
Nolfelix115
My dad is an EMT and with everything he has seen I'm pretty sure he has some mild ptsd and depression, it's really sad so I do my best 1/2
Nolfelix115
To make him happy and smile because being an EMT is probably one of the most least respected jobs.
fuckkkkkkkkkk
Bartenders. O God. I've seen things.
MostDopeRN
My humor is pretty fucked.
itspatattack
Tow truck drivers!
underthegaydar
Is picking on faggots a necessity? What do you think a "safe space" is?
CanadaEhBuddy
Social workers too!
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Stormskythe
I wouldn't say I'm better than -everyone-, just better than most. Don't worry though, definitely have a grip, makes the circle jerk better.
ITradeNewds
theres some projection going on here isnt there.
Squanch
I dont think it really matters where you work, people just have different senses of humour.
stabbedintheface
It's either that or clean slate after each shift
Gabeisonfire
Infantryman here. Talking about gruesome shit/ just enjoying being in shitty conditions (embrace the suck) I get looks and they don't get it
otakucode
Them, and adults.
wolfpreist
Agreed, i was a Correctional Officer about 13 years back, to this day my friends tell me my humor is a bit... off.
Equreuil
Fuck, as a mom, I need it to offset the overwhelming wholesome cheeriness of toddler TV programming
bigbear23
Thanks for understanding
eastithoughtyousaidweest
True for forensic scientists as well
HitlersArtCritic
Racist jokes don't make you racist, sexist jokes don't make you sexist, and dark jokes don't make you dark. It all just helps with reality.
TheEponge
Mom is a nurse, can confirm that nurses have really fucked up humor. I think that's why i'm the way i am and everyone think i'm a psycho
hadtochangemyusernamesomyhusbandwouldntfigureitout
Can confirm. My 4 kids (ages 13, 12, 10, 6) all have a pretty twisted sense of humor. And I have to remind them that not everyone
hadtochangemyusernamesomyhusbandwouldntfigureitout
talks about poop, death, and the body as easily or as often as our family. And that most people don't want to hear about it while they eat.
CelebrityCharityDragonBoatRace
Premed student on a safe zone campus. I can agree with this.
raevynwings
Civilians don't appreciate our humor.
Ghost0fDawn
I appreciate your humor
LiterallyWorseThanHitler
I've not been any of those, and appreciate that humour. What does that make me?
TheHza
Worse than hitler you piece of shit
settlerswouldridethesebabysformiles
Traumatized?
mallouweber
Restaurant....15 years me-self!
Aussieausti
A fucking freak.. welcome to the club!
raevynwings
Appreciated
NitroHeist
you should hear some of the awesome jokes they say over the dispatch radio. They have to sound professional too, so it makes it even better.
NitroHeist
Break in at a proctologist office, dispatch says "suspect seen in the back, so check the rear for forced entry," i just about lost it ha ha
MarineOnaMission
I've been 3/4 of those and I can confirm.
bigbear23
Thanks for understanding
WilliamGrey
Also social workers
Aardvarksneedlove
And teachers, don't forget kindergarten teachers
hoopinghannah
Not to start a war, but.... Pretty sure us nurses and medical workers see worse (and say worse).
bizon1829
I don't think they're saying it's worse, just that your sense of humor gets twisted quickly as a teacher too.
bizon1829
You fuckin beat me to it. Middle school math teacher here. I challenge anyone who says teaching is easy to do my job for a week.
cliojayne
I temporarily subbed in for a Sunday school class and everyone though I should be a teacher. I laughed and laughed. I'm good.
cornpopwasabaddude
Institutional edu. If you didn't laugh about it you'd have a mental breakdown. I've worked with some messed up kids.
imhoots
They've seen shit. Literally, they've seen shit.
DogsandPandas
I subbed for a kinder teacher for the first time this week. Omg, you can't pay me to do that full time.
ExecutorHideo
They're not. They're paying you to do that part time...
CynicalClinicalWalrus
EMT/ED tech. I still chuckle when nurses ask out each other during CPR.
IREALLYLIKEREDHEADEDWOMEN
Oh man, I had a professor telling us about the time he kept his hands warm over this shotgun wound in the middle of this guys chest 1/2
IREALLYLIKEREDHEADEDWOMEN
He said the EMT's had a giggle something fierce.
911ismyothernumber
We used to sing "another one bites the dust" during compressions I'm my ED.
CynicalClinicalWalrus
Until someone complained right lol?
911ismyothernumber
Oh ya, lots of trouble.
Archangel135
I'm a PCT in an ED, and I've got to say that's a new one to me. I mean I've been doing CPR, and have been talking about my day, but damn.
Hammsammiches
What? Like, on dates?
buttcrackula
Yep.
DontTrustMyProfessionalOpinion
Shouldn't they be focusing on something a little bit more important?
DontTrustMyProfessionalOpinion
like where they would go on their date
MoonlitEmbrace
As a nurse... People outside of the above careers don't enjoy my humor...or dinner conversations...
GODDAMNlT
to be fair, people in the medical field also don't enjoy those conversations during dinner. Comparing food to anything medical related 1/2
hoopinghannah
As a fellow nurse, I couldn't relate more!
hoopinghannah
By that I mean "me too!" Lol
MoonlitEmbrace
It's even worse when a few of us nurses get together and really get to talking about the day. hah! I need more nurse friends d/t this.
mastshin
As a 911 operator and EMD i love how people will ask me about work and calls. idk what they lose interest after a little story time.
5A5Wolf
Thank you, for doing what I can't.
TheWanderingPoet
I'm pharmacy school I studied with a classmate during lunch with the book open no matter how graphic.
MoonlitEmbrace
I studied in the middle of starbucks. Fun times, great conversation starter.
TheWanderingPoet
I'm sure. Though I'm sure most were grossed out. Any positive reactions?
MoonlitEmbrace
I've had some good conversation about it. And naturally medical people always struck up convos, and baristas liked asking about it. 1/
GODDAMNlT
is just gonna make me sad about my food. 2/2
MoonlitEmbrace
I don't compare it to food, it's more so "What'd you do today?" "Cleaned out some stage 4 ulcer the size of my fist." "...ew"
AGronau
Seriously. I'm an xray tech, and most of my friends are nurses. The majority of our dinner talks steer towards enemas and whatnot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
MoonlitEmbrace
It definitely comes with the territory. Lol It's normal to talk about your day! Our day just happens to be filled with that stuff. lol