How is that unpopular? Who's out there simping for mercenaries?
this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2026
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Anyone who says,"Thank you for your service."
I think that is pretty much only used in the US and mostly directed as military service members, not mercenaries.
Yes on "no special gratitude for veterans of offensive wars".
No on calling them "mercenaries". Signing up to be paid by your country in their official uniformed military is considerably different than joining a corporation to do violence for whomever pays your employer.
(Also no on the USA's weird solider/sailor/marine/airman distinction.)
Unless they have been forced into the military at gunpoint, fuck the lot of them and let them rot. Just because they wear a costume to murder doesn’t mean they aren’t utter slurry.
I wish you could feel how cringe this is.
Agreed on "fuck them". But they aren't mercenaries.
They are paid to kill.
I think you might be confused about how words work