“I’ll have none of that in this house! We’re good honest Christians and that’s that.”

Just talk absolute shit, like I do.

We have those stores in my country too. But we only use them for quick, cheap, “it’ll get the job done” stuff. Everything else we take outdoors is lighter, tougher, higher performing, has more practical use.

Only the general infantry gets general basics, else we’d see it sort after by the civilian sector a lot more.

Honestly, it’s training that gets the job done. The gear is always complained about. Army surplus is like access to a government’s Wish.com. Plenty of people think they’ve found the best for a bargain.

This sort of thing is really only exclusive to the US markets. Elsewhere in the world, it is rare to see components of tactical gear outside of the specific situations they are for. However, military gear is the nastiest for the job, so you tend to only get it if strapped for cash. Obviously this means there is no military themed stuff like in the US, beer coolers, baby carriers, slippers, etc. For the insecure man.

You know he can’t wait to get home and try that shit out.

So often,

“Pssh. As I thought.”

Sometimes,

“Oh, wow.”

There was an old Canadian show called Reaper or something. Funny scene where an employee spends their 15 min break watching her boss losing it as he paces around his car in the distance.

“What’s his problem?”

“I put a note on his windshield saying ‘Sorry I hit you car’ and I’ve just been watching.”

I just imagine them also woob-woob-woobing off to freedom Zoidberg-style.

Things aren’t so bad if you avoid doom scrolling and comparing yourself to others. Almost any other time was worse to be alive in.

“ball of fire”

Haha, no no. You threw down with a gigantic source of cell destroying radiation. The fire did no harm.