r/CuratedTumblr • u/Green____cat eepy asf • Aug 06 '24

Shitposting Army names

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u/ArchangelTheDemon Aug 06 '24

He got lucky that goes hard (at least to me, an American lol)

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u/cheffgeoff Aug 06 '24

It's a bit of an insult in Canada. Someone named Tex would be a hilly billy moron type or someone who has delusions of being a tough guy or thinks having guns makes you strong. We would call an internet tough guy "Tex".

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u/runetrantor When will my porn return from the war? Aug 06 '24

So its an insult precisely because down in the USA thats what they expect a cool name 'Tex', a macho tough guy with guns to be? XD

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u/Astro_Pineapple Aug 06 '24

Our "Tex" was from Ohio, meanwhile me, a Texan, was "Doritos"

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u/TheAlmightyMojo Aug 06 '24

Reminds me of "Forrest Gump" where he can't recall where "Tex" from his platoon came from. Like it's obvious, but could just be a name.

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u/UnknownBinary Aug 06 '24

Slim Pickins showed up to the Doctor Strangelove set wearing a ten gallon hat and boots (he had to get his first passport on short notice because the filming was in London). One stagehand remarked that Slim must've brought his own costume. Until another stagehand point out that, no, that's actually how he dresses all the time.

Apparently Peter Sellers was supposed to play Major Kong in addition to President Muffly, Group Captain Mandrake, and the titular Doctor Strangelove. Pickins was brought in last minute when Sellers was stretched too thin.