r/comics Finessed Impropriety 15h ago

25 years ago today

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u/Euqcor 14h ago

Right. I enlisted while I was still in high school. Figured I’d be the first in my family to get a college degree. Things took a bit of a turn.

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u/ZooAreYou 13h ago

Man, sep 11 was a major timeline skew.

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u/grimsaur 12h ago

Did you at least end up getting that degree?

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u/Euqcor 12h ago

Yup! Served 9 years then got out. Got myself edumacated after.

Going to college after getting out was a trip

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u/grimsaur 12h ago

Right on. My story was a little different that day, since I never enlisted. In the blackest of humor, I can say that was the day my childhood ended, because I turned 18 the next day; 43 tomorrow.

Still had a lot of thoughts about what it meant though, especially with that Selective Service card freshly added to my wallet.

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u/HaterMD 13h ago

Damn.