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Title: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Bodhi on July 18, 2012, 10:07:10 AM
http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/07/air-force-mq-9-reaper-diagnosed-with-ptsd-refuses-to-fly/

After several deployments, an MQ-9 Reaper refuses to fly anymore combat sorties.  Marvin 79 seems to have sunken into a very deep depression. 

LOL
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: CAP1 on July 18, 2012, 11:43:39 AM
 :rofl
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: ink on July 18, 2012, 12:34:42 PM
didn't find it funny at all :headscratch:


kind of insulting actually and I am not a vet.


to each his own though
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: tmetal on July 18, 2012, 12:40:51 PM
didn't find it funny at all :headscratch:


kind of insulting actually and I am not a vet.


to each his own though

agreed
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: F22RaptorDude on July 18, 2012, 12:59:24 PM
 :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: WYOKIDIII on July 18, 2012, 01:31:31 PM
You can't possibly believe this is real . Lighten up forchrissake .
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: ink on July 18, 2012, 01:39:38 PM
You can't possibly believe this is real . Lighten up forchrissake .

obviously it is a joke :rolleyes:

just an offensive one.

some things are not joking matters.....I could tell ya the joke about what the people in the south tower said as they saw the plane hit the north tower......

would that be just as funny?




Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: MrMeanie on July 18, 2012, 01:41:20 PM
How is this funny? More like a website to insult vet's with PTSD.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: ink on July 18, 2012, 01:46:03 PM
How is this funny? More like a website to insult vet's with PTSD.

exactly

Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Maverick on July 18, 2012, 01:52:01 PM
I found it to be pretty funny.  :lol :aok
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Bodhi on July 18, 2012, 02:53:51 PM
To the whiners, a combat vet shared this website in a different format with myself and others.  He and many other combat vets have found it funny.

I'd suggest you take your thin skin and perhaps go here: http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic (http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic)


To the rest of you, go to this link: http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/06/navy-submarine-avoids-tragedy-whale-rape-off-virginia-coast/

for some more laughs.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Butcher on July 18, 2012, 02:59:35 PM
hahahahahahah.

Sorry PTSD isn't a laughing matter, but don't tell comedians anything - they find the most brutal things to rip on.

Right Daniel Tosh? Rape isn't funny!
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: CAP1 on July 18, 2012, 03:05:06 PM
To the whiners, a combat vet shared this website in a different format with myself and others.  He and many other combat vets have found it funny.

I'd suggest you take your thin skin and perhaps go here: http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic (http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic)


To the rest of you, go to this link: http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/06/navy-submarine-avoids-tragedy-whale-rape-off-virginia-coast/

for some more laughs.

 i sent this to about a half dozen of my active military friends.........not a single one of them failed to laugh their arses off about it.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: GScholz on July 18, 2012, 03:17:50 PM
These are Onion News worthy "news"!  :rofl

Nothing is so serious that it can't be joked about. Nothing.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: ink on July 18, 2012, 04:02:24 PM
These are Onion News worthy "news"!  :rofl

Nothing is so serious that it can't be joked about. Nothing.

I completely disagree

have your daughter get raped and tell me its a laughing matter...or better yet.... you yourself get it...then tell me everything is a laughing matter...have your family die in a fire, yup lets joke about it....oh hey your son was born with MS hahahaha wow how funny would that be.....


as far as you guys that think its funny and your Military buddies..... I don't give 2 craps if your in the military...obviously YOU do not have PTSD.... so its OK to laugh at others, that do....

straight up pathetic if you ask me....



Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: bj229r on July 18, 2012, 04:07:51 PM
These are Onion News worthy "news"!  :rofl

Nothing is so serious that it can't be joked about. Nothing.
yup, being offended is a 24/7 job, but somebody has to do it. Imus used to kill me....Chuck would be reading the news about some village in some little crap country got wiped out by a landslide...and right in the middle of it Imus would start complaining about how his boots are the wrong color...
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Bodhi on July 18, 2012, 04:13:19 PM
Settle down Francis.  You are getting butt hurt over nothing.  It is not meant to poke fun at people with PTSD.  It is simply a joke about a flipping drone getting PTSD.  Last I checked, drones aren't human.  Perhaps you should lobby your Congressman for a law to stop us from laughing about a drone....? 

As for the Whale trying to hump a submarine, that's just funny.  That you attach a stigma to it is your own issue, not mine.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: guncrasher on July 18, 2012, 04:35:39 PM
the drone thing is making fun of the fact that some people are refusing to deploy due to ptsd and the fact that the armed forces are actually acknowledging now that ptsd is actually a problem that affects soldiers.  it is just a joke at the expense of those who have served and have ptsd.

it isnt funny.


semp
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: bj229r on July 18, 2012, 04:47:24 PM
There are 300 million people in this country. Outside of knock-knock jokes, SOMEone will be offended by every joke
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: GScholz on July 18, 2012, 05:05:59 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02dXAkxbyQg
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: CAP1 on July 18, 2012, 05:28:52 PM
EVERYBODY is going to be offended by something/someone making jokes. does jeff dunham offend you guys too?

 sorry if i'm sounding bad...........
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 18, 2012, 05:31:19 PM
There are some very sensitive people in this thread that are bursting with an overdose of estrogen.

(http://ratpackleague.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/sgthulka1.jpg?w=245&h=300)



ack-ack
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: MarineUS on July 18, 2012, 05:37:33 PM
http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/07/starcraft-game-added-to-officer-training-curriculum-offers-realistic-leadership-simulation/
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: GScholz on July 18, 2012, 05:38:56 PM
Jokes and humor aren't inappropriate in even the gravest of situations...

Like in this weird Swedish short: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYw8HjN21bk
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Butcher on July 18, 2012, 05:39:19 PM
http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/07/starcraft-game-added-to-officer-training-curriculum-offers-realistic-leadership-simulation/

Wonder if the Army is going to hire FPS Doug to become a drill instructor, (http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc96/katrinasrevenge/BOOM.jpg)
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Mr No Name on July 18, 2012, 05:56:35 PM
funny stuff!!!  I can't see people getting offended over a MACHINE supposedly getting PTSD.  I got almost as big of a laugh out of that.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: scot12b on July 18, 2012, 06:25:54 PM
LMAO funny stuff, Whats with all the hate :O
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Skilless on July 18, 2012, 06:26:39 PM
It must be tough going through life looking for the next thing to get offended by.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Carrel on July 18, 2012, 07:21:15 PM
There are 300 million people in this country. Outside of knock-knock jokes, SOMEone will be offended by every joke

I have no hands and find knock knock jokes extremely offensive.  :mad:
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: bj229r on July 18, 2012, 07:29:20 PM
LMAO funny stuff, Whats with all the hate :O
Scott! How's my second-favorite Yankee?
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 18, 2012, 07:30:47 PM
I have no hands and find knock knock jokes extremely offensive.  :mad:

I find them funny, so let's just shake hands and agree to disagree.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: CAP1 on July 18, 2012, 07:36:52 PM
I have no hands and find knock knock jokes extremely offensive.  :mad:

 ya know?

 many many moons ago when we used to take the camaro to the track, it was between rounds. it was the first night i'd managed to get past the 2nd round, and we had the car parked, with a battery charger hooked up. to do this, we had to remove the trunk lid. it was held on with pins.
 whelp, when it's getting close to time to get into the staging lanes, we can't find the pins. alex looks at me, and asks how the #%$% i lost em. my reply?
 "it wasn't me!! it was the one armed man!!"

 his jaw would've like to have bounced off the ground a half dozen times. i noticed he was looking past me, so i turned around. to see the one armed man walking behind me on the way to his car.  :bhead
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Carrel on July 18, 2012, 07:43:12 PM
I find them funny, so let's just shake hands and agree to disagree.

ack-ack

OK, that's it! I have Skuzzy on speed dial and am calling him right now!


Arg...ugh...crap....


Uh...Ack Ack? Could you please press "3" on my cell phone for me? Thanks.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: MarineUS on July 18, 2012, 07:47:38 PM
I find them funny, so let's just shake hands and agree to disagree.

ack-ack

OK, that's it! I have Skuzzy on speed dial and am calling him right now!


Arg...ugh...crap....


Uh...Ack Ack? Could you please press "3" on my cell phone for me? Thanks.

 :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: bj229r on July 18, 2012, 07:48:55 PM
OK, that's it! I have Skuzzy on speed dial and am calling him right now!


Arg...ugh...crap....


Uh...Ack Ack? Could you please press "3" on my cell phone for me? Thanks.
heeh, time for Rockford http://consumerist.com/2007/07/lawsuits-armless-woman-refused-service-at-mcdonalds.html
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: WYOKIDIII on July 18, 2012, 08:26:00 PM
In reality this is a demonstration not of taking offense , but rather a subtle little ploy called Building a moral high ground , and the pretending I was standing on it the whole time . It involves a bit of sneaky self deception rendering the user completely isolated from the fact he was purposefully missing the point, but also feeling good about his self at the same time.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 18, 2012, 08:37:15 PM
OK, that's it! I have Skuzzy on speed dial and am calling him right now!


Arg...ugh...crap....


Uh...Ack Ack? Could you please press "3" on my cell phone for me? Thanks.

Who do I hand it to afterwards?

ack-ack
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Elfie on July 18, 2012, 08:45:39 PM
I completely disagree

have your daughter get raped and tell me its a laughing matter...or better yet.... you yourself get it...then tell me everything is a laughing matter...have your family die in a fire, yup lets joke about it....oh hey your son was born with MS hahahaha wow how funny would that be.....


as far as you guys that think its funny and your Military buddies..... I don't give 2 craps if your in the military...obviously YOU do not have PTSD.... so its OK to laugh at others, that do....

straight up pathetic if you ask me....





One of my brothers committed suicide by hanging himself from a light fixture 21 years ago. Another brother and I still crack jokes about hanging his box of ashes from a tree outside...../shrug
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Elfie on July 18, 2012, 08:46:54 PM
These are Onion News worthy "news"!  :rofl

Nothing is so serious that it can't be joked about. Nothing.

Wow, I agree with Gscholz? Is the world ending?   :D
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: titanic3 on July 18, 2012, 10:32:01 PM
I find them funny, so let's just shake hands and agree to disagree.

ack-ack

I have no hands and find knock knock jokes extremely offensive.  :mad:

OK, that's it! I have Skuzzy on speed dial and am calling him right now!


Arg...ugh...crap....


Uh...Ack Ack? Could you please press "3" on my cell phone for me? Thanks.

Who do I hand it to afterwards?

ack-ack

 :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Reaper90 on July 18, 2012, 10:33:52 PM
Fluffin stunninghunks, I thought this was some knobwasher talking junk to me, saying I hadn't logged in to AH in days cause I had a case of the shakes and was skeered of running into him in the MA's. DAMMIT I was working!  :furious
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: eagl on July 18, 2012, 10:45:28 PM
I think like lots of jokes, it depends on how close to home it hits you.  On the one hand, the joke seems funny to me as long as I don't think about it too much.  But I know a bunch of people in that particular business, and suddenly it's really not funny at all.  I guess talking to co-workers who need to talk about the things they've done and seen, but can't because it would either end their career or get them thrown in jail, gives a different perspective on the subject.  PTSD and the RPA (UAV, whatever) business is a really dark corner of the world right now.  So there is a small but growing population that probably would have thought it was pretty funny a short time ago, who now probably wouldn't complain about the joke but who also don't think there is anything funny about it because they're living the reality behind the joke.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Rob52240 on July 18, 2012, 11:40:10 PM
We also have an unmanned spokesdrone for giving press conferences it seems.

http://www.theonion.com/video/pentagons-unmanned-spokesdrone-completes-first-pre,14256/

Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: GScholz on July 19, 2012, 10:13:22 AM
Wow, I agree with Gscholz? Is the world ending?   :D

That would be my guess  ;)
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Bodhi on July 19, 2012, 02:44:10 PM
That would be my guess  ;)

From all the whining and emo lately, one would think it was.
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: Selino631 on July 19, 2012, 03:32:29 PM
hahah
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: VonMessa on July 19, 2012, 03:49:28 PM
It is a bit funnier if the significance of the name of the robot kicks in.

With all the nerds on this BBS (myself included), I am surprised that nobody has made the connection...

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/tymekeepyr/dontpanic_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: GScholz on July 19, 2012, 04:16:51 PM
"Marvin" lol!

"Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God, I'm so depressed. Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors. Life! Don't talk to me about life."
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: VonMessa on July 19, 2012, 07:16:02 PM
"Marvin" lol!

"Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God, I'm so depressed. Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors. Life! Don't talk to me about life."

Thank God!
Title: Re: Reaper with PTSD refuses to fly.
Post by: FYB on July 20, 2012, 10:38:44 PM
Who do I hand it to afterwards?

ack-ack
:rofl :rofl