It looks like, in general, the odds of surviving WWII were pretty good. 16 million US citizens served in some capacity during WWII, 400,000 died and 672,000 were wounded. I would’ve thought the death count would be much higher but it appears that ‘most’ of the men in that photo had a decent chance of making it back alive - assuming they weren’t in some high stakes battle. Search for ‘WWII by the numbers’ on this site for more stats: (http://www.wwiifoundation.org/students/wwii-facts-figures/)

Yup. Math and physics should be the same assuming they’re from our universe. But they may not use a base 10 number system depending on whether they have 10 fingers and toes - if they even have fingers and toes.

@spiderwoman We disagree on suicide but that doesn’t change that I will still continue to care about you. And I’m not a retaliatory jerk because you used the f-word with me. All I want is for you - or anyone else who feels like you - to find peace with whatever’s plaguing you. For me, you and I are still all good. I send you a hug, a hope that you know there are strangers out there who care about you, and a wish that you find peace.

@spiderwoman We’ve gone down this path before about who suicide hurts more. In my opinion, suicide has lifelong psychological impacts on the people who you leave behind. It isn’t just ‘a year of mourning and then we’re back to our merry selves’. Every Christmas that you’re not there, every summer vacation with one less person, every phone call that comes in hoping it’s you, every time we look into your room with all of your old things - that shit hurts. Nothing fills the void of a missing loved one. No amount of booze, or sex, or religion. You ache. And sometimes your heart doesn’t ever heal. So while taking yourself out might alleviate your pain, I stand by my conviction that you pass it on to others. Look, I’m just an ‘internet friend’. And I’m not your family. But you are not a ‘tool’ for others’ satisfaction. You - and anyone else who is depressed and/or suicidal - are much more than that. I can’t make you change your mind. But that is how I feel.

@xvarnah It was certainly a compliment. Hate to get all mushy on you but I kind of miss hearing your voice. Where have you been?

I’ve seen enough memes to think the elements would spell out something obscene. But, yeah, there’s this, too.

Some of us like having you around @spiderwoman. Myself included.

@xvarnah Then my spidey sense is telling me that you must be a very, VERY unhappy person.

@yimmye Ha! I love it.
@bethorien Stop cockblocking my fanboy poem, LOL. Keep this sort of thing up and I’ll write one for you, too!
@guest_ After these compelling arguments, I’ll use a hard g going forward (so I can move onto the next meme)!

My friend was telling me about her kid and married life today. Then we started on the ‘rememberries’ path. This meme was the first one that I opened up today. Saw your post. Overshare commented. Later overthought it and got embarrassed. Wrote this message trying to explain and made it worse. That usual regret your post kind of thing. FunSubstance really needs to have a direct messaging feature. That was the train of thought. All good now. I’ve since recovered.

Geographic, gist, geriatric, germane,
Saying gif with a hard ‘g’ is simply insane.
But different opinions are no need to complain,
Our FunSubstance bromance will always remain.
*man-crushes on @guest_ mildly enough to be complimentary but no so much as not to be offensive*

@guest_ I liked everything about you until now.

Random recollection - some years ago, I was helping a newly pregnant good girlfriend of mine make a short list of baby names and Aviva was among her choices for ‘up and coming’ girls names. In the end, she and her husband had a boy. She just called me after life and living on different coasts got in the way for both of us. So I guess that call and your post reminded me of our wine-and-ice cream fueled naming event where she almost gave her baby a neat palindrome for a name. EDIT: original comment did not come out right!