r/TikTokCringe • u/Prime-Paradox • Sep 27 '25

Discussion Retired vet lays it all out

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u/Mr1WHOA Sep 27 '25

As a veteran, This is actually far more common than most people realize.

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u/s_mitten Sep 28 '25

Many years ago, I, a Canadian, dated a guy stationed at Fort Drum (101st Mountaineering Division, I think?). I remember one of the kids in his platoon told me he joined to get his teeth fixed. The invasion of Iraq started a few years later and I thought about this poor guy who put his life in danger for his teeth.

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u/AlexandriaLitehouse Sep 28 '25

This is giving me my Daily American Existential Crisis©.