Re:Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:14AM
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> your sense of fun was derived from camaraderie during downtime under difficult circumstances, not from actual combat action
Correct. I saw none. :)
Re:Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?
by eyelidlessness on Monday July 11, 2022 @11:40PM
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I’m not surprised this is being downvoted, but I’d appreciate someone actually leaving a comment in case there’s something I’m not understanding about how seven months of combat deployment can be fun that isn’t some combination of monstrous/traumatic.
Re:Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?
by rramadass on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:18AM
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Your mistake was to take the word "fun" literally.
What he meant was some "possibly enjoyable" state which was different from the "bored comfortable tedium" into which he had settled in.
We all have had similar experiences. When you have too much of the same routine however comfortable, your mind craves some "new" stimulus which will break the tedium.
> I did. Got used to it. Was actually kind of fun after awhile.
Huge yikes. I can understand adapting to the circumstances, but the concept of combat deployment becoming fun is highly alarming to me. My most charitable interpretation—that your sense of fun was derived from camaraderie during downtime under difficult circumstances, not from actual combat action or from thrill-seeking in a defensive position—the most minimal yikes I can muster is “I would never wish to watch MASH on fast forward this way”.