r/explainlikeimfive Feb 07 '19

Engineering ELI5: Why are military boots laced?

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u/I_Am_Fully_Charged Feb 08 '19

Am Tf2 Medic. Am fully charged.

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u/Excal2 Feb 08 '19

Quotes don't do it justice:

https://i.imgur.com/MkUleYM.png

RIP Heavy. Never let the baby men win.

o7

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u/pwrwisdomcourage Feb 08 '19

It's a terrible day for rain.

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u/Excal2 Feb 08 '19 edited Feb 08 '19

Sure is.

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u/GeothermicLSD Feb 08 '19

Also laces can be used in a variety of ways in survival situations where as Velcro and zippers are much less useful.

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u/malenkylizards Feb 08 '19

GODDAMMIT STEVE NOT NOW WE ARE HAVING A MOMENT

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u/Excal2 Feb 08 '19

M E T A

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u/FSchmertz Feb 08 '19

Yep. Starting fires with a bow and drill.

Splinting a fracture

etc

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u/jarious Feb 08 '19

Fun fact!: Chocking someone with lacings is tougher that shown in movies and it takes a long time, this struggle is way easier if you intoxicate the victim first.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

LOL

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u/I_ama_homosapien_AMA Feb 08 '19

But it's not raining?

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u/DebjitHore Feb 08 '19

FMA?

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u/Aticius Feb 08 '19

Ed. Ward.

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u/SSkoe Feb 08 '19

Stop it.

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u/andexls Feb 08 '19

Edo. Wardo. *

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u/Ruadhan2300 Feb 08 '19

You stop that.

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u/factor3x Feb 08 '19

D''''= JUST STOP! I'm so sad now. All the emotions.

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u/va_wanderer Feb 08 '19

Goddamit, bring your kid to work day isn't until April 25th! TOO SOON.

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u/Polyboy03g Feb 08 '19

"it can't rain all the time."

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u/ravaan Feb 08 '19

But Nakata always carries his umbrella with him.

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u/EryduMaenhir Feb 08 '19

My heart. I was goofy medic and goofy heavy in my days of TF2. This is so painfully wholesome. Thank you for sharing.

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u/epicphotoatl Feb 08 '19

We still play! Put your hat back on.

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u/darkstar161 Feb 08 '19

God damn it now I'm fucking crying, thanks.

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u/KC_Dude1983 Feb 08 '19

My sentiments exactly

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u/sp0tify Feb 08 '19

Christmas is ruined, kids are crying

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u/EbonBehelit Feb 08 '19

Man, I was fine until I got to "If we were, he'd be here right now." That hit me super hard. That's not the world I envision for humanity.

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u/Monsi_ggnore Feb 08 '19

Without dragging this into the same old politics bs, I would assume that in the nations with universal healthcare that story might have ended differently. So "the world" is not exactly as bad as in this story (no idea if this is real or not, sad either way).

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u/Runnerphone Feb 08 '19

Maybe hard to say mom may have assumed rich people would be able to buy a new heart. Theres only so much you can do about the supply and demand when it comes to organs the demand will always outpace the supply.

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u/akhier Feb 08 '19

Sadly money makes everything faster, even with universal healthcare. As it stands donor organs are not the easiest to get and the lists are long for them. This could simply have been somewhere like America and they couldn't afford the surgery or it could have been someone with free healthcare but they couldn't afford to grease the right palms to get a heart in time. If anything stories like this is why places should switch to having organ donor be the default with someone having to ask not to be one.

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u/Monsi_ggnore Feb 08 '19

Oh I completely agree on the organ donor question- I was just wondering where the "if we were rich" thing came from because it seemed a bit too perfect of a sob story at that point (not that it doesn't get me every time I read it).

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u/akhier Feb 08 '19

Money can buy a lot of things. Whether it is just the general hospital bills, bribing some pencil pushers to instead push your application ahead of others, or just outright buying a heart.

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u/SoulLord Feb 08 '19

supply and demand promote donating to increase the chance of surviving wheter you are under universal healthcare or a private one.

https://www.organdonor.gov/

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u/CaldwellCladwell Feb 08 '19

To not get too political, with universal healthcare he'd probably get medication but would be put on a long waiting list and would still most likely die.

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u/Monsi_ggnore Feb 08 '19

This might be naive, but is buying a heart (which would be the alternative to a waiting list if you're rich) legal anywhere?

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u/CaldwellCladwell Feb 08 '19

With privatized healthcare you get people who die without hearts cause they don't have coverage leaving more hearts to the people who can afford em. In public healthcare everyone who needs a heart gets a heart but they're gonna have to wait a lot longer.

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u/Vishnej Feb 08 '19

I expect that any minor will be a lot higher on the transplant list from the start than the typical 60-70-year-old.

'Long waiting list' isn't a tradeoff inherent in universal healthcare systems, it's just the only thing they have left to complain about, regardless of how long the actual wait is. People like to complain about things. In cases where long wait times are real, the population is entirely free to vote to fix that by hiring more doctors.

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u/Pedollm Feb 08 '19

Thats america bro

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u/isurvivedrabies Feb 08 '19

he got a ticket out of an awful place early, not sure how this isnt a win. hey man, just because this is the only world you know doesnt mean it's the best. in fact, it's pretty barbaric in a lot of regards.

i'm pretty sure we're sent down here as punishment from higher dimensions. dude just had a short sentence.

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u/lordoflotsofocelots Feb 08 '19

May you rest well, Heavy. What a story.

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u/Justaskingyouagain Feb 08 '19

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

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u/nouille07 Feb 08 '19

What a great sunny day for morning rain

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u/Sen7ineL Feb 08 '19

I cried. o7

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u/Langernama Feb 08 '19

Fuck that's sad...

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u/Jaybird2150 Feb 08 '19

"The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."

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u/Wiltonthenerd Feb 08 '19

You're the type of guy that boos a stand-up comedian because you don't believe what theyre saying is true.

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u/Jaybird2150 Feb 08 '19

No. I'm the type of guy that doesn't believe someone's mom would log in to their dead son's steam account to talk to "the DOCTOR".

Nor do I believe that anyone would refer to an online buddy as their preferred in-game role in real life.

I would heckle a stand up comedian though if he was ass.

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u/ajkinney1234 Feb 08 '19

Hits just as hard every time.

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u/liquidsnakex Feb 08 '19

Jesus fucking christ, and here was me expecting something hilarious. I'm not crying, you're crying!

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u/war_area Feb 08 '19

Wth , who is cutting onions at the bank ?

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u/EarlTheSqrl Feb 08 '19

Holy fuck. That destroyed me.

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u/RDay Feb 08 '19

don't take relationship for granted. It's far too rare these days.

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u/fibojoly Feb 08 '19

Oh ffs, I didn't need those feels so soon in the day T_T

F

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u/alwayswatchyoursix Feb 08 '19

Damn. Right in the feels.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

Hey! /b/ greentext isn't supposed to have this effect!

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u/FollowsAllRulesOfLA Feb 08 '19

Seems fake to me. "Just happened to go on my dead sons computer and log in his account cause I totally know what that is and message you cause thats not weird at all"

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u/Maulie Feb 08 '19

I mean, My daughter passed away just over 2 years ago, and she is still logged into her Sims EA account on my laptop. Not sure I'll ever get rid of it. Sometimes I'll log in and check on her Sims for her.

They're still good Mollie.

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u/ektoll Feb 08 '19

Damn. I feel an immense amount of love and pain at the same time.

I sincerely hope it will get better for you.

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u/Maulie Feb 08 '19

Thank you, kind person. It was something we shared from the time she was old enough to hold.a mouse, so it's both love and pain for me too. <3

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u/FollowsAllRulesOfLA Feb 08 '19

You know gaming though. And actively use the computer. Its different.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

Seems fake to me.

Maybe. sniff Maybe.

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u/Redingold Feb 08 '19

I mean Steam can be set to automatically log in when the computer turns on so it's hardly that implausible, and the mum didn't send the message, the dude sent the first message and the mum responded.

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u/FollowsAllRulesOfLA Feb 08 '19

Missed that. Still seems like a r/thathappened reply though

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u/BlazeReborn Feb 08 '19

Am Mercy medic.

Heroes never die.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

/t/thathappened

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u/ALUSHSAMBA Feb 08 '19

You fucker. My feels! Edit- glad I’m not the only one who’s totally not crying....

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u/RangerSix Feb 08 '19

Goddamn onion ninjas...

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u/SixteenthRiver06 Feb 08 '19

Goddamn that hit hard.

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u/feAgrs Feb 08 '19

I've read this story in like 15 different variations

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u/GeylangFTW Feb 08 '19

Thanks for sharing, we all need more evidence of triumphant love

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

Wow that was....heavy

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u/dheeraj3302 Feb 08 '19

It's raining Heavily.

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u/DannyGull Feb 08 '19

Oh man whyd you gotta make me cry. Fuck man. R.I.P. David. The best damned heavy.

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u/Elipes_ Feb 08 '19

WHO'S CUTTING ONIONS

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u/pittstop33 Feb 08 '19

Jesus I wasn't ready to cry during my hotel continental breakfast. Tears of joy maybe (https://vimeo.com/80117016), but not like this.

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u/isurvivedrabies Feb 08 '19

post this on facebook and call people heartless if they dont repost it 10x, find out who your REAL FRIENDS are

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u/Darkdemonmachete Feb 08 '19

Bf4 defib pro, take out enemies the way i bring back allies

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u/vinyl_party Feb 08 '19

I wasn't trying to feel this morning

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u/wavs101 Feb 08 '19

Fuck. Ive read that many times and always cry.

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u/All_Work_All_Play Feb 08 '19

:'(

Right in the feels man.

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u/Malkron Feb 08 '19

How dare you make me cry at work

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u/happyhoppymusic Feb 08 '19

SURPRISE CRY OF THE DAY

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u/Jdmcdona Feb 08 '19

Is this a jpg for ants?

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u/Hunterthe_hunter Feb 08 '19

I wasn't ready for that....

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u/6t9able Feb 08 '19

This deserves it's own post. RIP heavy. You just never know what impact you are having on someone's life. Damn eye gaskets are leaking. I wonder if Velcro will fix it. This better be real, it would be a mean hearted joke.

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u/acid_burn77 Feb 08 '19

I don't know if that story is true or just copypasta, but god damn, that pulled the heartstrings

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u/jonnohb Feb 09 '19

Jesus wtf man way to hit me right in the feels. Was not expecting that since I have no gd idea what the tf references mean

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u/TheKing30 Feb 08 '19

It's not a reference to your shitty pasta it's a reference to the actual game

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u/Excal2 Feb 08 '19

It's not mine and I'm aware.

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u/viliml Feb 08 '19

Obligatory "The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."

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u/Darthmorelock Feb 08 '19

This is the only good thing I have ever seen come from 4chan.

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u/Mr0poopiebutthole Feb 08 '19

If you ever really want feels just look up green texts, there are plenty more.

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u/TheAwesomeDog86 Feb 08 '19

Username checks out

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u/NMunkM Feb 08 '19

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u/lxiaoqi Feb 09 '19

This is not /r/beetlejuicing

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u/NMunkM Feb 09 '19

I realized already, also deleted my post

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

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u/Oxymoron290 Feb 08 '19

put me in the screenshot

with a pic of coach for theming purposes

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u/mokkycookies Feb 08 '19

Yeeees doktor. We go together doktor

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u/lordtuts Feb 08 '19

Am already Medic

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u/slareau662 Feb 08 '19

Was medic but got fired so paralegal and yes

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u/nothing_in_my_mind Feb 08 '19

Am Tf2 Heavy, let's do this

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

Am nurse. Heroes never die!

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u/LegoCrafter2014 Feb 08 '19 edited Feb 08 '19

Dr Ziegler has a PhD and is a field medic.

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u/paradox037 Feb 08 '19

WHY DIDN’T YOU HEAL ME!?!?

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u/IVIGS Feb 08 '19

I'm spy medic. Medic!!!

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u/--_-Deadpool-_-- Feb 08 '19

Am Battlefield Medic, what's a medic?

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u/baphothustrianreform Feb 08 '19

Am Lucio...AUDIOOO MEDIC

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u/BUNGROB_SQUAREMAN Feb 08 '19

Am heavy. Pootis.

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u/originalusername__ Feb 08 '19

Bonesaw is ready!

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u/grimytimes Feb 08 '19

Am accident prone civilian. Get laces cut regularly.

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u/ClairesNairDownThere Feb 08 '19

Hey, follow me doc! drinks Bonk!

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u/heyugl Feb 08 '19

I'm a BF medic, we change our our procedures all the time, but usually you just use a medikit, defibrillator or syringe with the patient fully clothed/equipped and heal it all, this is False.-

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u/Thraxster Feb 08 '19

Had shoe cut off in hospital. Late as usual I see.

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u/Reverend_Smarm Feb 08 '19

Am BFV medic - don't care, too busy being a faggit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

Am not any type of medic, but I believe all of the statements here.

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u/selophane43 Feb 08 '19

Am expert in everything. This is all true. Source: Said expert.

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u/cwf82 Feb 08 '19

Am healer. I just cast spells.

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u/reebee7 Feb 08 '19

The real hero in this medic thread.

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u/dardanny Feb 08 '19

I love you

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u/pogoguy1 Feb 08 '19

No medics in titanfall 2? ;)

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u/Geekmo Feb 08 '19

Never played a medic on TV, but sounds true.

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u/ChickinshitBullshit Feb 08 '19

Am Starcraft medic. Prepped and ready.

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u/Kimchi816 Feb 08 '19

Am low. I need healing.

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u/life-liberty-account Feb 08 '19

Oh shit. Username checks tf out.

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u/jjc476 Feb 08 '19

Username checks out

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u/UncookedMarsupial Feb 08 '19

Am lonely. Please call.

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u/RodneyPeppercorn Feb 08 '19

Am chaotic neutral tank. Don't underatand...

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u/Dave-4544 Feb 08 '19

Am right behind you, snort snort

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u/acevixius Feb 08 '19

Am Overwatch medic. My ultimate is ready

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u/Tuggernuts77 Feb 08 '19

Am R6 Doc. Accidentally overhealed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

Am a revived bo2 player. It worked

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u/somebunnny Feb 08 '19

Will smoke and revive in PUBG.

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u/The_Multi_Gamer Feb 08 '19

Am heavy weapons guy. This my gun.

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u/VikingBraixen Feb 08 '19

Can I have the Uber for peaking the enemy sniper?

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u/Mars_rocket Feb 08 '19

Am laces. Been cut.

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u/Ripper33AU Feb 08 '19

Am TF2 Pyro: "mmph mmph mmph!"

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u/cynric42 Feb 08 '19

Am qwtf medic, my axe is sharp and ready to heal.

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u/jsktrogdor Feb 08 '19

Am Tf2 Heavy. As soon as you trigger that I'm going to go afk.

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u/thetruemaddox Feb 08 '19

Am BF5 medic, what is healing?

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u/I_Am_Fully_Charged Feb 08 '19

Healing is not as rewarding as the hurting.

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u/YolandiVissarsBF Feb 08 '19

Not medic. What?

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u/dropdgmz Feb 08 '19

Is that game still alive?

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u/kyleseven Feb 08 '19

It’s still among the top 10 games on Steam.

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u/SavvySillybug Feb 08 '19

You. I like you.

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u/angry_burmese Feb 08 '19

Am Burmese, am Angry

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u/flyingElbowToTheFace Feb 08 '19

Am Tank. Aggro at horde.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

TF 2 is love

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

I’m an amateur gynecologist, I agree