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[lush_rimbaud]

So, am back at everyone's favorite military academy, where the fun never stops. The year got off to a bang today when I discovered at a company weigh-in, in front of a bunch of guys, that I have gained approximately seven hundred million pounds over the summer. Apparently, that whole thing where I started eating again once I got away from my

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[lush_rimbaud]

Hee, thanks. Good luck with that!

And, yeah, kind of. The tac team doesn't do it -- it's some random firstie guy, and so other random firstie guys are milling around his room and hanging out in the hallway, and Random Weigh-In Dude also announces your weight really loudly so his buddy can write it down. It's a good time.

[sheldrake]

Back on civvy street, Doom and Badger could team up and be a firm of solicitors. It would be better if Badger was really a badger and Doom was hooded and cloaked like the grim reaper. You should suggest it to them.

[lush_rimbaud]

Hee! That would, indeed, be an awesome name for a law firm. Perhaps that could be an alternate career for them if supervillainy doesn't turn out to be as lucrative as one might expect.

[funwithrage]

Welcome back! And word--muscle *is* heavier than fat, and jeans shrink like a motherfucker. Also, you're in the damn *Army*. Odds are you're in way more shape than anyone else I know ever.

1. The fact that it is generally considered socially unacceptable for a man to hit a woman is not just some kind of inexplicable form of polite male chauvinism. The average man is a lot bigger than the average woman. Bigger people hitting smaller people = greater potential for harm than vice versa.

This is true. On the other hand, I still think it should be socially unacceptable for a woman to hit a man, as well. And, if an adult hits you, you should be able to hit them back, regardless of their comparative size. 'Cause if one of my weighs-less-than-I-do ex-boyfriends went up and punched Muscled Biker Guy, he'd totally have his subsequent trip through a wall coming, and it'd probably serve as a useful lesson.

ETA: I forgot to add one of the other exciting things that happened at Fort Stewart: I met a guy named Sergeant Doom. Seriously. Like

[lush_rimbaud]

Thanks! And I don't know -- you'd be surprised how out of shape some people in the Army are.

I still think it should be socially unacceptable for a woman to hit a man, as well.

Yes. Definitely. It's also particularly cowardly and childish to hit someone because you assume that he'll be too decent to hit you back, I think.

And, if an adult hits you, you should be able to hit them back, regardless of their comparative size.

I kind of disagree with you there. I can definitely understand the impulse to hit back in that situation, but I think if you're really that much bigger than the other person, you should just restrain him until you can call the police (or until he calms down, if you don't actually want to get him in trouble).

[funwithrage]

The disagreement is not terribly surprising, for lo, I am the most vengeful person in the universe. ;) For me, it's one of those things where...okay, he sees you, he knows you're bigger than him, he chooses to take a swing anyhow...well, he kind of deserves to get pounded. But, again, fairly vengeful here.

[ldmoonflower]

You are a luscious peach. :) Whatever that means.

Does Sgt. Doom have any nice heirs to his name, and can you marry one of them?

[lush_rimbaud]

Thank you. ^_^

And I don't know, but that would be awesome.

[msilverstar]

I don't think any reasonable person would think the crazy guy and his cohorts were representative of the military. It's like if some serial killer's from Seattle -- no one thinks all Seattlites are murderers.

Sergeant Doom and Major Badger!