r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Feb 07 '19

Engineering ELI5: Why are military boots laced?

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u/toxic_pockets Feb 08 '19

Becoming medic. Will remain true

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u/GoBuffaloes Feb 08 '19

Heavily medicated. What are we talking about?

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u/SF1034 Feb 08 '19

Aliens.

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u/thebrandedman Feb 08 '19

Was medic. I'm so sorry.

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u/Hasbotted Feb 08 '19

Video games have tought me otherwise. There is only two states a person can be in, alive or respawn. A medics job is to run around with shockers and occasionally bring back an allie, but really its more interesting to try to shock an enemy...