Carl Marion

Just a regular guy asking questions; driven towards finding the answer to "WHY?"

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

There is a very fine line between
"Nothing matters, that means why bother”
and
"Nothing matters, that means the opportunities are endless, so why not"

What determines which side of the line you fall on is your own definition of "value"

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@Courtne91162652 My wife and I have been together for 13 years, I've never seen chocolate in the fridge.

Starting this past month: chocolate in the fridge.

She claims she's always done that - I'm so confused.

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@Asher_am6 "Your music bothers me so much, I'm going to get closer and closer to it!"

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@reddit_lies Ahhh, not today, Fed!

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@YMHstudios Amusingly, I think if you're in the military, your body count goes up....

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

I find it suspicious that the algorithm appears to be pushing gambling - streamers on Stake, casino slot jackpots, blackjack vlogs - to the point of TV show shorts of million dollar cash seizures and local news lottery winnings.

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@MoonDevOnYT What is this sorcery??!?

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@DataRepublican @data_republican that sure does sound like the origin story of the CyberDyne Group and SkyNet....

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

Life of the 136 IQ

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@TheBuddyCSM

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@jameswebb_nasa The scale of this is just unfathomable...

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@infantrydort Watching this ENTIRE back and forth all day has been an unexpected rollercoaster and fires me up.
I was in Baghdad the same time as you.
I remember those sandstorms. I remember Easter we got clobbered.
I remember things now that I thought I forgot.

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@SGTWipper1Each I can always tell who's a civilian by the looks I get when the night is winding down and I say it's time to "pop smoke"

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

20 years ago, I had no idea what I was doing, was making everything up as I go, and always felt behind.

20 years later, I still have no idea what's happening, I'm still making it up as I go, but now I realize everyone else is doing the same thing and I'm not behind.

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@SGTWipper1Each @peoples_unicorn I LOVED LandNav.
As soon as I realized reading a map was just like reading the mini-map from Command & Conquer Red Alert, it got even easier

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

In Basic/OSUT we had a guy who AWOL and came back about a month or 2 later. Because he was a flight risk, there were always 2 guards assigned to him.
When it was my turn, I asked why he came back he said he was always looking over his shoulder they were looking for him. We told him no one was looking for him and guys go AWOL all the time - he looked surprised.
Next day he was gone again.
Oops.

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@JayJosephVet There is a specific government form (DD Form 603-1) for War Trophy Registration (updated in 2024 as "War Souvenir") for troops to fill out and get approved by Company Commander to take things home that we not issued.

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

@infantrydort @InfanteriaComun

[Carl Marion @CMSchwarzy]

I grew up in a world of "pics or it didn't happen" and "video is proof".

That world is gone.