Ryan Joseph

🇺🇸 Writer | Veteran • History • Economics • Psychology • Philosophy • Profession of Arms • Posts do not represent any outside organization

[Ryan Joseph @RyanJoseph]

I spent 12 years of my 18-year career as an AF Combat Arms Instructor. Invested over 10,000 hours of podium/range time, 1,200+ courses.

Here are 5 concepts I learned that apply beyond the range.

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We just need to take it easy with these “celebrations”.

Did you know July is:

• National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
• Sarcoma Awareness Month
• UV Safety Month
• National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness Month
• National Fragile X Awareness Month
• Cord Blood Awareness Month
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• National Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
• Fibroids Awareness Month
• National Ice Cream Month
• National Blueberry Month
• National Grilling Month
• National Picnic Month
• National Hot Dog Month
• National Corn Month
• Plastic Free July
• Family Reunion Month
• National Anti-Boredom Month
• Good Care Month
• French-American Heritage Month
• Independent Retailer Month
• Accessible Outdoors Month
• Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
• Bioterrorism/Disaster Education Awareness Month
• National Bison Month

[FischerKing @FischerKing64]

Did you know July is ‘Disability Pride Month’?

Certainly people with genuine disabilities deserve compassion and accommodation. But no one is ‘proud’ of being disabled. Only a stupid and lazy society behaves like this.

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@nikitabier i’ve never watched a live stream in my life. asking earnestly, what’s the appeal?

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@JoshPhillipsPhD Why do we all know exactly what you’re talking about? It’s disconcerting.

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I learned a lot in college. The critical thinking and writing were the most valuable practices picked up. I chose International Studies because I thought it wouldn’t be boring at least. I was right. I had no idea I’d get immersed in Cold War dynamics, Economics, Latin American expansion in the New World and the associated CIA operations in the region, WWI, WWII and Vietnam War history, IR theory, Hayek, Keynes, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot. These are fascinating and enormous topics that give me multiple prisms to view the world through.

Not sure what happened to universities these days (other than ai) but academia used to be rigorous.

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@GiaMMacool @Nature_Nate1 People who fall short of ideals love to shame the ideal rather than celebrate it - an incorrect behavior btw. Attractive people are celebrated one way or another. Either overtly or secretly.

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@Divine_Sass Those look like some top tier shrimp.

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@BeardoTrader fk i forgot again.

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@dustinthedad good. i’ve been doing it right then 😂

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@BeardoTrader

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@Brian_onX Then be prepared to block low or high.

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@melissabz321 Fascinating

[Ryan Joseph @RyanJoseph]

Notice how many roots are depicted in the image that reach downward to hell.

For a tree’s branches to reach the heavens, it must plant a myriad of roots into hell.

You will take multiple trips into hell before earning your salvation into the heavens.

You must keep your armor ready - for a descent into hell could be around any given corner.

Just remember that trip - should you survive - is yet another opportunity to prove yourself worthy of another branch into the divine.

[Ryan Joseph @RyanJoseph]

Some people go through life blindly believing and following a script.

> School
> Career
> Chasing promotions
> Retirement

Others got hit hard enough the script stopped working.

Deployment(s). Divorce. Loss of a friend or loved one. A battle with substance abuse. A diagnosed (or undiagnosed) disorder or illness. Some failure or loss that didn’t fit the plan. Maybe it was a book or idea that split your life into “before” and “after.”

Once you’ve crossed a certain threshold or crucible, showing up and playing along feels different. You still do the job. You still carry your share. But something died in you that just left you different.

I’ve been taking a lot of time to think about who I’m writing for (besides myself). I’m invested in those who’ve been through it and somehow retained their resolve to stay “in the game” despite all they carry. I truly believe these people are the ones making a positive difference in the world. I invest in them - although they are rare.

I believe firmly in Jung’s aphorism:

“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”

I see a lot of this in the people I’ve connected with here.

It’s part of what makes 𝕏 worthwhile to me.

Suffering comes for all of us. I hope yours comes and goes swiftly and your deity grants you the strength to endure it and emerge from it stronger.

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@LoriRMiller I know the feeling. haha

[Ryan Joseph @RyanJoseph]

There’s nothing more infuriating and enticing to confront than a disrespectful male.

If you have a chip on your shoulder, you’d do well to hide it at all costs until you can manage to get rid of it.

Nobody cares how hard you’ve had things - save your mother and family (maybe).

Get on with it.

Being respectful and formidable must replace shallow apathy expressed by too many modern “men”.

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@BeardoTrader i’ll be sure to iron my underwear in preparation.

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@S0o4ia insane

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@BeardoTrader Heck yeah. Congrats on winning your own version of life Beardo. You’re a fun dude to follow 🤙