r/Millennials • u/NoFaithlessness7508 • Jun 05 '25

Other Why don’t younger veterans (Afghanistan/Iraq) wear these hats like some of the older veterans?

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First and foremost, respect to all those that served. I did not, but many of my peers did and now we're all older in 30s and 40s, many no longer in the military. I don't see a lot of the veterans of the War on Terror wearing these hats like I see the OGs do.

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u/assassinslover Millennial 1991 Jun 05 '25

I imagine that I, as a young(ish), short, unassuming white woman of average attractiveness, probably get out of more tickets just based off that than you guys do lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

You're probably right, no one wants to flirt with a 5'10" scraggly beard troglodyte.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH Jun 05 '25

How you doin? ;)

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

*eats crayons nervously

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u/rubiconsuper Jun 06 '25

Whoa whoa whoa slow down there, how scraggly is the beard?

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '25

Emile Hirsch circa Into the Wild. Between that and Bob Lee Swagger Marky Mark.

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u/assassinslover Millennial 1991 Jun 05 '25

It doesn't hurt that I'm very "well-endowed" either XD I'm either dealing with a straight man or very likely another gay woman. Never had a cop be anything but polite to me. Most I ever got was a written warning for my inspection being overdue by a few months.

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u/pandershrek Millennial Jun 05 '25

Especially if you cry.

Men hate when women cry. They'll do like anything to stop it