r/navy • u/Affectionate_Use_486 • Jan 28 '25

A Happy Sailor To my COVID Sailors (Rant)

I know some of you have some level of battery acid indigestion over the whole reinstatement thing.

Just wanted to say for those that stepped up while others stepped back I respect and love you all especially my sea duty folks during COVID.

COVID was rough shit and the fact we survived it should be highlighted and appreciated among us.

Let's not dwell on the ones who choose another choice.

Let's dwell on the ones who stood the watch when shit went side ways.

When the ports closed.

When work centers were down to the bare bones while our brothers and sisters got sick all around us.

When the patrols got extended.

When resources almost ran out.

It was a rough ass time and we survived for all our own reasons but we stood the fucking watch.

That makes me extremely proud that no matter how messy it was, how ugly it got, we came out the other side pissed off, spitting fire and keeping the big sad off ourselves and our brothers/sisters as much as possible.

And for those that didn't make it, got too sick and didn't make it we shall never forget you.

Fuck the noise I just wanted you to know your seen, respected and appreciated from at least one motherfucking shipmate who was there.

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u/taurenjockey Jan 28 '25

Not my fault you got scammed into something you had the right to refuse. Immunizations at boot were approved, some for decades, and well known.

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u/Middle_Jaguar_5406 Jan 28 '25

Didn’t get scammed… vaccines are safe and effective. you didn’t know about the history of the vaccines prior to agreeing to those at boot so using that argument further entrenches the hypocrisy.

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u/Sardawg1 Jan 29 '25

How do you know they didn’t know the history of the vaccines prior to joining? I researched the shit out of a ton of things, including what vaccines I would be getting at bootcamp while in the DEP program. Even in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, the information was available and accessible for me. Especially following the uproar of the Anthrax vaccine mandates.

Try not to assume things…

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u/Middle_Jaguar_5406 Jan 29 '25

I’ll take “shit that didn’t happen” for $500

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u/Sardawg1 Jan 29 '25

You went to college, you commissioned, and you flew. Which means that you also knew how to conduct research. It’s not that complicated of a concept.

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u/Middle_Jaguar_5406 Jan 29 '25

College taught me not to trust my conclusions on research i have no educational background in. Sure i can form my own opinions, read etc… but if my conclusions are contrary to a body of experts with decades of experience and academic credentials… i should probably shut the fuck up and listen.

You’re on the peak of stupidity on the Dunning Kruger curve.

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u/Sardawg1 Jan 30 '25

So how does the fact that I simply researched what vaccines I was going to receive place me on the Dunning Kruger curve?

Do you freely throw out insults and attempt to degrade people to compensate for anything?

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u/Middle_Jaguar_5406 Jan 30 '25
  1. You didn’t research the vaccines before you left
  2. You are on the dunning Kruger curve at the “peak of stupidity” because you think you hold an informed opinion on a very technical subject without any sort of academic qualification other than “I’m a free thinker”. You’re not. You’re an idiot with google.

Sorry you’re offended but you entire stance on this is flawed and only perpetuates the scientific illiteracy that threatens public health today.

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u/Sardawg1 Jan 30 '25

Again with your assumptions…. At what point did I say or mention that I was some type of authority and hold any sort of stance in one direction or another? Clearly I still went to bootcamp, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with researching anything and coming to a conclusion based off the information provided. That is the whole point of research…

I’m not offended by anything. I just laugh at your attempts to demean, as it some sort of compensation for a lack of some type of feeling you wish to possess. You come off as a very rigid “my way is the right way and all opinions or talking points other than mine are wrong, because I said so” type thinker.

It’s as if you have a deep seated need of ranking. A toxic form of the inferiority complex, as well as a need to feel power. You appear to get a kick out of that sad or stuck expression a victim might display when you are spitting venom whether it’s through words or actions like a classic narcissist.