Fired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee.
  • Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    If the handful of veterans that I know are anything to go by, military nicknames are often directly related to the dumbest mistake they made during their enlistment.

    • j4yc33@piefed.socialEnglish
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      8 days ago

      It Runs the gamut. Some people get nicknames for skills, some for mistakes, and Others for the Most obscure reasons.

      Not a Veteran myself, but a civilian who used to Work in defense. The Nickname Stories are Always fascinating though.

        • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
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          7 days ago

          probably just helpful spell check. it capitalizes inappropriate words for me all the fucking time. don’t know why I haven’t bothered to turn it off

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      7 days ago

      A guy I knew said there was a guy he knew in the service who got the name “Stitch.”

      Oh cool, like, a medic or something?

      Nah, he slipped and banged his dome on a bathroom sink so bad he needed stitches. 😂