Comment on Heh Heh Good Job Boys

TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  To me it’s the fact they all look like children trying to feel like big boys in their dad’s too-large clothes (which is fitting (pun intended) since at least those medals are inherited, not for things they themselves have done)

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  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There’s a culture of being expected to wear any medals your father or grandfather earned. When you think about the kind of basic medals even western militaries give out, such as good conduct, long service, etc, three generations of those adds up quickly.

    The DPRK also just really loves medals. It’s not just limited to the military, they have medals for distinguished service as a factory worker or construction worker. They will even give long service medals to inanimate objects like industrial machinery.

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    • CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They will even give long service medals to inanimate objects like industrial machinery.

      I’m going to give my Gameboy Advance SP a medal for resilience.

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    • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      We give out medals like that in the US too though. Maybe we do plaques more, but we used to put years in service stickers on some of our longest/best running machines for fun. I think people universally just like to be acknowledged, and to have an excuse for a party.

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• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think we should support men trying to be pretty. Otherwise we end up with nothing but boring grey clothes.

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• Rothe@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Also their oversized jackets. They look like children dressing up in grownups clothes.

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• Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Do the medals mean anything? I did the military thing and have some medals and ribbons, and they each have specific meaning. Anyone can look at a picture and go to a wikipedia article and basically see when I served, what I did, etc. Are these just decoration? The US military is pretty active (unfortunately). I don’t exactly see North Korea getting out there and fighting wars in the same fashion, so as to warrant such well decorated members.

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