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Deep breath. I apologize for the ankle-bracelet-stay away from kids snark, but I honestly thought you might have been an English Teacher who lost it over grammar and beat up a kid. Every teacher has probably been tempted at some point. You have an MOS of cryptolingiust, so SIGINT and HUMINT are your playgrounds. You probably spent a lot of time in Ft. Huachuca and Meade, I guess. Your reference to Ft. Ord makes you probably (spelled right here) retired at least 15 years.

As you know from your service. time in grade exists in all social structures. As a rookie cop, you don't sit in the back with the veterans, you sit up front, listen, take notes, and STFU unless asked directly. Your comment history shows 400, so you're a rookie here. That's OK, everybody starts there, but you shouldn't be criticizing veterans right off the bat. You're gonna get slapped down hard, as you are in violation of the Wonkette version of UCMJ 134.

Which brings us to the subject matter, use of slang. As a #98, you should have a better understanding of slang than an 11-B. Slang is used by members of a sub-group, and it functions as a "are you in or not?" filter. Mlitary, scientist, cop, lawyer, doctor, everybody does it. If you don't use it, don't get it, and insist that members already in the group change to make you happy, then guess what?

1. You're not in the group2. You will never be welcomed into the group

Something to chew on

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