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ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Its because in America most people’s only experience with it is when the movie says “meet here at 0700 hrs.” Really isn’t much deeper than that, we also call “ranger green” “ranger green” whether an army ranger is wearing it or not, despite it really being “just a shade of green.” Sometimes things are just called things.

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meekah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
If this was a case of things just being called things, it would be its own word. For example, a door is called a door because things are just called things. But military time is obviously a reference to something entirely different, that doesn’t actually have anything to do with time. So there’s more to it than just being called that.

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- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Ah but when is a door not a door?
  
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  - crackdroid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    When it’s ajar.
    
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    Strobelt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Where’s lemmy gold when we need it?
    
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    ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    +10pts
    
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  - BlackVenom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    When it’s a painting
    
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  - HamSwagwich@showeq.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    When it’s a window.
    
    There is no spoon.
    
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HamSwagwich@showeq.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
“Ranger Green” the hell is that?

I’m an army veteran and I’ve never heard that term. Army Green, yes, but that’s pretty rare, too.

What color even is “Ranger Green” other than OD?

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- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Do I look like a swatch to you?
  
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