Apparently this reminder is needed.

It is a meme.

    • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      What kind of “tHaNk yOu fOr yOuR sErViCe”-brain nonsense made you think anything but a sliver of people would look at “man with gun” and think Seal?

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          1 year ago

          For real. I’m Canadian. I had no idea that dude was a seal either by looking at the meme for the first time. I do, however, possess half a brain cell.

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        1 year ago

        Not military but it was easy, given the context. Literally basic critical thinking

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          1 year ago

          I don’t think you know what critical thinking means because it isn’t “aware of niche American military units”

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            1 year ago

            They’ve been reported on, popularized in western film/media for 30+ years but that isn’t critical thinking. They just aren’t very “niche”.

            You would use critical thinking to say " every other box is obviously a seal, so the first box, which I don’t know, is also a seal. I wonder how, because I don’t know much about military units, but am sure that’s the name “seal” goes with box 1 too". That’s critical thinking jimmy. Lemme know if you need help with your shoelaces or anything

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        1 year ago

        Well, literally every other one here can be explained by the word seal and the meme is about how the words are the same. So…

        That?