The standard for whether or not someone has been shot in the US military is whether flesh is broken by a bullet or bullet fragmentation - basically, there has to be blood, but it does not matter if it is a full on through & through shot that destroys a portion of your intestines and gives you all manner of health issues for the rest of your life, or if it is a fragment of a bullet that hits your ear.
I tend to think it is the latter.
Also probably very much a life changing experience for him - and a life ending experience for the shooter.
jonne@infosec.pub 4 days ago
His ear was hit? Although I guess we’ve never even seen a scar for that, he just walked around with toilet paper on his ear for like a week.
entwine413@lemm.ee 3 days ago
It wasn’t even a week. His ear was fine like a day or two later. Cartilage wounds, especially on a geriatric, take forever to heal.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Yeah, but if you nick the skin, it’s still a lot of blood. Not to mention the guy behind him was actually shot. They were real bullets.