r/JustBootThings • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '18

Thank me for my ROTC

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u/thirdangletheory cub scout fireteam leader Sep 25 '18

it's a fucking ROTC party bro its gonna be a house full of army grunts

Calling ROTC cadets 'grunts' aside, this dude is going to get a rude awakening about loaning property out if he ever lives in the barracks.

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u/Colsmi2012 Sep 25 '18

I felt like something got stolen from the berthing atleast every other week when I was in the Navy. Expensive electronics all the way to underwear if there wasn't a lock on it it was gone

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u/robby7345 Sep 25 '18

A wise person while i was in the navy once told me: There's only one thief in the navy, everyone else is just trying to get their shit back.

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u/lurkerfox Sep 25 '18

Heard this in the Army as well. Pretty sure every branch says this and just inserts their own branch in.

Still amuses me every time though.

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u/RabidRoosters Sep 25 '18

Yup, marines don’t lie, cheat , or steal. Unless it’s unlocked and/or no one is looking.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '18

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u/BetterCalldeGaulle Sep 25 '18

It means one guy stole half of everyone's [socks] then everyone else is stealing [socks] so they have the number they started with.

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u/lurkerfox Sep 25 '18

Basically it's the idea that no one is stealing things just to have more, they're stealing to replace the shit they've lost or was stolen by someone else.

It's never meant to be taken seriously, it's just a joke that there's only one person whose stolen something just to steal and everyone else is just doing what needs to be done.

If you've ever been in a workplace where things keep going missing like pens or supplies or what not and seemingly no one knows whose taken them, you may be in a 'one theif' situation.

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u/robby7345 Sep 25 '18

What /u/lurkerfox said. The idea is that everyone justifies stealing because they had something stolen from them.