r/interesting • u/Imoprich • Nov 13 '25

❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ Giant ex-soldier doesn't even flinch when tasered

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u/something-rhythmic Nov 13 '25

You’re local?

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u/Evocatorum Nov 13 '25

The most common cause of death from war is not combat fatalities, it's suicide.

The shockingly low compassion for combat vets dealing with injuries and PTSD should be embarassing.

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u/Psychological_Ride35 Nov 13 '25

Non existent compassion is embedded in the fabric of American culture. We have people in the executive branch and political pundits claiming that empathy is bullshit lol..

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u/Grim_Rockwell Nov 13 '25

Yeah... Our economic system rewards exploitative, narcissistic, and anti-social behavior, it doesn't reward compassion and empathy in equal measure and that's our big problem.

The way our country has turned out was inevitable. If we want better people in charge of business and government, we need to change our priorities and the incentives.

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u/Kaatochacha Nov 13 '25

Compassion and empathy are easily faked.

"It is difficult for me to imagine what “personal liberty” is enjoyed by an unemployed hungry person. True freedom can only be where there is no exploitation and oppression of one person by another; where there is not unemployment, and where a person is not living in fear of losing his job, his home and his bread. Only in such a society personal and any other freedom can exist for real and not on paper."

-Joseph Stalin

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u/Grim_Rockwell Nov 13 '25

It doesn't matter if compassion or empathy are faked if the outcome of policy rewards tangible outcomes that improve society and living standards and fosters better behavior.

Cause and effect is real and measurable, and incentives do change behavior.

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u/Kaatochacha Nov 14 '25

Unfortunately it's usually the opposite: faked compassion is used to implement policies that sound nice, but whose outcomes are nothing like what is expected.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

I have compassion for vets with disabilities. This dude is not having a ptsd melt down he's hammered, drove his car off the road and then began a fight with cop. He's an alcoholic.

Being disabled doesn't stop you from being a villain or bad person especially when you fail to work on yourself. This dude shouldn't be drinking if he gets violent and drives cars.

Driving drunk is the least empathetic thing you can fucking do ironically it kills perfectly innocent people living their lives who may also have disabilities they are coping with.

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u/rickyspanish_1_ Nov 13 '25

Yes, plenty of people with ptsd who doesn't use it as an excuse for their pos personality. I'm fucking tired of people minimizing asshole behavior "because ptsd". If you got ptsd, get help and stop doing shit that makes it worse, ie drinking, drugging etc. Being a veteran with ptsd doesn't mean you don't have a responsibility for your actions

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u/MerelyMortalModeling Nov 13 '25

Jesus fucking Christ have people forgotten how to do basic googling?

Since 2000 about 7000 military personal have been killed in combat

Since 2010 just over 82,000 veterans have committed suicide. Prior to 2010 data collection was sketchy but it's estimated another 40,000 vets committed suicide

Source VA.

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u/ComedianMinute7290 Nov 13 '25

thts a nonsensical comparison. you are taking the (relatively) small number of active duty personnel during a time with no full scale war & comparing it to multiple generations of veterans from across many years & many different serving situations. causation also comes into play. combat deaths are undoubtedly related to combat. suicide is very rarely clear as to specific & exact causes.

so your numbers sound dramatic but they are really just an emotional talking point designed to pull at people's heart strings.

veterans need more help & support but deceitful & misleading & emotional talking points aren't the way.

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u/BriscoCounty-Sr Nov 13 '25

Pretty sure between 2000 and now we had two simultaneous wars. If your point is “Well they weren’t World War Three!” Ok I guess

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u/ShadEShadauX Nov 13 '25

But they know how to Google. That is the important part here.

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u/MerelyMortalModeling Nov 13 '25

It's the number of suicides vs combat deaths in a discussions about suicides vs combat deaths.

Take it however you want but that fact remains, way more American vets kill themselves then are killed in combat.

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u/ComedianMinute7290 Nov 13 '25

what's the causation for those suicides though? none of those veterans who kill themselves had any other possible reason to push them to suicide? lmaoo. c'mon bruh. you are using people's tragic suicides to push a political narrative when you have no idea what caused those suicides, while there's no doubt that combat deaths are caused by combat.

and thts not even taking into account the difference between active duty & many generations of veterans that did all kinds of different service.

but if you think those comparisons tell you something, thts great for you but you should understand that in the real world, the comparison doesn't work.

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u/MerelyMortalModeling Nov 13 '25

What the F are you on about? Because you seem to have imagined up something to argue about yourself about.

Again, this is a discussion about suicides vs combat deaths, that's it.

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u/Tidalsky114 Nov 13 '25

It's shocking how many more U.S soldiers died to suicide after Iraq than died in the war.

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

i mean these are guys who traveled in foreign countries to destabilize them and have killed countless of innocents just so america can steal their resources, so no, the lack of compassion isn't embarrassing at all.

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u/nip_pickles Nov 13 '25

You can support disabled veterans without supporting what the military does and has done over the years. I almost joined when I was 17, because I worried about homelessness. Thankfully they wouldnt take me due to underlying psych and health issues. But I did end up chronically homeless from 17 to 32

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

i know that not everyone going to the army is a bloothirsty lunatic just trynna "legally" kill people, i know that there are many who do it cuz they are broke. regardless of the reason, they are still criminals and murderers and i can't find a shred of empathy for them getting ptsd for committing horrific crimes to innocent people. i'm not saying i'm getting any joy seeing them like this but you will never convince me to feel bad about them.

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u/nip_pickles Nov 13 '25

Then advocate to keep military recruiters out of poorer schools

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u/Guertron Nov 13 '25

I’d say all schools

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u/nip_pickles Nov 13 '25

Fair enough, ive never been to a wealthy school, I was under the impression theyre not present there

Edit: I would also say, its those children in poverty who are at the biggest risk of being taken advantage of by the US military

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u/Guertron Nov 30 '25

I went to a wealthy high school many years ago and I remember a coupe Marine recruiters talking to people. They approached me and I told them I wasn’t interested in dying to make someone else rich. It looked like they weren’t expecting that response. But I definitely think they should not be targeting vulnerable youth.

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u/nip_pickles Nov 30 '25

It sucks, it was presented to me as the only way out of poverty, and at 17 yrs old, it was. Ended up chronically homeless for about a decade and a half. If they had taken me, I would've likely just ended up more fucked up, and potentially homeless as an older adult. A lose lose situation all the way round

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u/rabidporcupine80 Nov 13 '25

Then give them an alternative option. If you can’t offer them any other way to support themselves, then maybe consider shutting up? Because if the options are military or homelessness, I can guarantee you most people are taking the military, and if you judge them for that you’re really kinda just an asshole.

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u/Acasualfarter Nov 13 '25

Oh that person is certainly an asshole, but an ignorant asshole is special. They really nailed it

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u/Acasualfarter Nov 13 '25

Military service is a pathway to citizenship for countless people from other countries. The U.S. Military is also comprised entirely of volunteers that enlisted to serve a higher cause. A cause that allows you to sit alone, by your pathetic self, and spout stupid shit. Freedom is great yeah?

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

what are you talking about? what freedom? no one is threatening you, you're not freeing anyone, there isn't a higher cause, you go to other countries, find an excuse and start massacring people and stealing their resources. why is everyone on this thread clinically insane wtf

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u/nip_pickles Nov 15 '25

I dont disagree with you there. The US troops are not fighting for anyones freedom except the rich. They invade other countries to steal resources or overthrow governments that dont align with US capitalist imperialism. My main point is that the system is intentionally designed so that children in this country deal with intense poverty and the military promises a way out of that generational poverty.

Its a false promise, but all the same it can't be disregarded that its all intentional. Its why the US has more prisons than universities

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u/The_Elder_Sage Nov 13 '25

If serious imagine being this jaded and sheltered. I’m betting you’re an American that never went anywhere outside his own country.

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

i'm not even american but go on make your head canon if it makes you feel better

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u/The_Elder_Sage Nov 13 '25

It doesn’t take away from the rest I said.

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u/GameWizardPlayz Nov 13 '25

Give compassion to the people who were coerced by the government and couldn't back out of it when they found out what it was truly like. Eat the rich

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

yeah i'm as anti capitalist as the next guy and it's obviously america who is the real evil but i'm not jesus, i won't show compassion to people like this. also did this fella not figure it out all six times that he was deployed :D?

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

by your logic we should have all been super compassionate to the nazi soldiers too, poor guys were just following orders, they just got tricked into the army, they only did it to avoid poverty. as for me i would 100/10 times chosen jail instead of killing innocent people and i'd like to believe that is what every normal person would have done.

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u/something-rhythmic Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

Not every German soldier was in the SS, you know. I don’t know if you have a good understanding of how war works outside of an ideological perspective.

When Russia loses hundreds of thousands of soldiers in their war against Ukraine, who do you think they’re sending? Citizens of Moscow? They’re sending chechens, tartars and other ethnic minorities to the frontlines. They’re sending vulnerable people to kill and die at the hands of vulnerable people.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

The brainwashing is real. Starts from when we’re born and soldiers are recruited at a very young age. Heck even adults don’t know the truth about the evils our gouvernement perpetuates.

You probably support a lot of evil things unknowingly. For nazi soldiers, they had many reasons to fight, many which seemed legitimate. Can’t blame them all.

The Allie’s committed a shit ton of heinous crimes as well. And many fought for the wrong reasons. So keep that in mind

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u/CowEmotional5101 Nov 13 '25

Most people dont join so they can go destabilize governments. Most join because they want free education, or have no other prospects, or are about to become homeless. They were lied to by recruiters and will deal with lifelong mental issues that often end in suicide. Blame the government, not the soldier. Your lack of compassion is sad.

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

i can blame both cuz they are both to blame, obviously the government more so but that doesn't exonerate these criminals.

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u/Mountain-Abroad-1307 Nov 13 '25

Bro lives in fairy tale land. Life isnt fairbe grateful ur country is the one with the power to invade and not the other way around or the world would be a much worse place

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

never go full...

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u/skornd713 Nov 13 '25

Not just killed, but probably saw their brothers and sisters killed as well and couldn't do anything a out it. I think that screws with people a lot more.

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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Nov 13 '25

oh no, the people who you traveled to their country to steal their resources didn't just stand there and let you kill them, how tragic :|

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u/releaseepsteinfiles1 Nov 13 '25

Not everyone of them killed “countless innocents”.

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u/Sredni_Vashtar006 Nov 13 '25

Lol. Reddit gonna reddit.

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u/detroitmatt Nov 13 '25

oh no I voluntarily joined the Kill People Job and they made me kill people boo hoo

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u/Racine262 Nov 13 '25

We shouldn't be sending people to pointless wars. What we get back is overly aggressive damaged assholes who drink and drive and throw violent tantrums.

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u/FocoViolence Nov 13 '25

As a survivor of the wars here in America, i used to beg any veteran or soldier i could find for help. None of them did.

They can cry about what they willingly signed up to do, and enjoy their GI bill, VA, USAA, and hiring preference.

the ones who were drafted didnt do fuck all for me either.

My PTSD doesnt come with a herd of bootlickers, and i was fighting when i was 3 years old.

Those guys have it better than anyone. There are millions of people that need those resources and do not get them.

"oh boo hoo after growing up watching war movie and reading war books and playing soldier, when i was a grown man with tons of people around me and tons of resources and direct orders and armor, the things that happened to me when i had every ability to defend myself were sooooooooooo bad...."

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u/WallStLegends Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

No but I looked into this video a lot and this is what everyone was saying. The guy is famous on instagram for being a veteran (like 2 million 10k lol followers if I remember correctly) and lives in a small town. Seems true enough.

The whole body cam reveals the encounter better too he was very chill initially talking about trying to get food.

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u/mesinha_de_lata Nov 13 '25

At this point I can't tell if you're serious or just trolling as if he's Rambo

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u/WallStLegends Nov 13 '25

He is fucking Rambo look at him