And you never had that one guy in the group that hooked up with as many girls as the rest of the group combined ? <| sep |> THANK YOU ! it makes me happy to see deep thinking individuals who can see beyond price tags <| sep |> well , just looking at the numbers I ' ve googled , about . 4 % like 1 . 4 million of americans currently serve in active military including reservesnational guard . Retired and possibly still alive number in the multiples of millions . on a low number , that ' s like 23 % of America being ex military . which means , in America , the average person knows 1218 military veterans or active duty personnel assuming the average American knows 600 people , I grabbed that number a v e r a g e a mericanknowshowmanypeople . html . They may be your parents , your grandparents , friends , coworkers . It ' s a little easier to understand why we endear the military when you can put a face to it . These aren ' t random idiots who sign their lives away for four years to be resigned to the will of our idiotic self serving government , these are our loveable idiots who sign their lives away for four years to be resigned to the will of our idiotic self serving government . People have different experience with the patriotism , here in NE it ' s not crazy , we have lots of older folks who get praise , but you generally shouldn ' t thank a younger fellow because he may have not been deployed , and that ' s super awkward . General common courtesy and manners is a standard for them , though I hope people treat everyone that way .