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TeHCrAzY on July 10, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: When software offends, the pantyshot package contr...

I don't see the connection to being sent to war: It seems like you are trying to say "because this (war) is more unpleasant, you have nothing to complain about", which makes no sense.

dlss on July 10, 2011 [–]

I think he was trying to say that experiencing high magnitude discomfort puts low magnitude discomfort in perspective.

Also, knowing several Iraq veterans before and after, it seems to get you very comfortable with offensive language :p

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