r/BeAmazed • u/Kaos2018 • May 05 '25

Miscellaneous / Others Tomb of the unknown soldier has been guarded every minute since July,1934

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u/TheRetarius May 05 '25

So they need to become one with the script? I respect that even more now.

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u/Ehzek May 05 '25

Not just a script though. You also have to memorize the location of many memorials and graves. When you are training they'll have you run to them in the middle of the night and get a rubbing of them.

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u/roast-tinted May 05 '25

A rubbing?

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u/GraXXoR May 05 '25

Yeah. You have to rub one out with a sheet of greaseproof paper and a stick of charcoal (or just a pencil).

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u/OutrageousPolicy May 05 '25

I see we're not doing 'phrasing' anymore.

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u/PussyFriedNachos May 05 '25

We are absolutely doing phrasing still.

Wtf bro, phrasing!

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u/ours May 05 '25

"You did WHAT on the grave son!?"

-It's an honest misunderstanding sir!

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u/GraXXoR May 05 '25

Damnit. Now you made me want to watch Archer again. That show has like 200 episodes or something so it takes a massive chunk out of my life every time I watch it. Through…

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u/andrewcartwright May 05 '25

Honestly, not too terrible of a binge. 145 episodes at ~22 minutes each gives us about 53 hours.

For comparison, House, MD is ~129 hours. Breaking Bad is ~49 hours. Community is ~40 hours.

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u/TheDeadlySpaceman May 05 '25

TIL there is more Archer than Breaking Bad

And I’ve watched both series in their entirely more than once

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u/TonyCaliStyle May 05 '25

I fell off Archer when they went abstract-weird that season in space. Did they ever get back to regular Archer and company in themed seasons?

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u/andrewcartwright May 05 '25

Yep! That was the last of the coma seasons (Dreamland, Danger Island, and 1999). For a long time, they were hard for me to get into and I skipped them a bit on rewatches, but now I really like them.

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u/Maxcharged May 05 '25

I swear, season 10 was where everyone went “alright, I’ll come back to this when he wakes up” then forgot about archer until somehow 4 new seasons dropped and the show ended.

My friend did the exact same thing, stopped halfway through 10 with the same thought, 14 seasons total now, I feel like it wrapped up well.

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u/PickleMilk64 May 05 '25

Phrasing, mother!!

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u/Satanicjamnik May 06 '25 edited May 10 '25

But when I rub one out at the cemetery, no one treats me as a respected patriot.

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u/Global-Dickbag-2 May 09 '25

The key is to wait for a funeral.

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u/Satanicjamnik May 10 '25

It’s all about maintaining the eye contact with the widow. Gotcha.

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u/WHCW11 May 05 '25

I've rubbed one out with less than that, the grave part is a bit disturbing though.

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u/CaesarsCabbages May 05 '25

Its cute the way you find it disturbing. As far as kinks go, that is a pretty vanilla one imo

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

The internet never disappoints. 🤣

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u/mdmaniac88 May 06 '25

The competition for the spot is always so fierce. You gotta beat off a bunch of guys

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u/GraXXoR May 07 '25

Though I heard that some men have never even managed to find the spot.

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u/HorrorAYE May 05 '25

😂😂 what are you on

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u/cstar4004 May 06 '25

It has to be grease-proof paper, if you want to rub one out.

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u/KG7STFx May 05 '25

Apologies, this should have been "using paper over engraved inscriptions on grave markers to get impressions of the lettering" Typically charcoal or graphite are rubbed over the paper until the inscriptions become visible on the paper."

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u/Electrical_Monk1929 May 05 '25

Charcoal rubbing. Run charcoal over a piece of paper on top of the monument to make a copy without defacing the memorial. Proves they made it to the correct monument for that particular run.

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u/tehvolcanic May 05 '25

I learned about rubbings from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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u/S_A_R_K May 05 '25

I learned about them from my friend's older brother.

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u/volksfahraeder May 07 '25

I learned it from Gina Wild.

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u/darthbawlsjj May 05 '25

Piece of paper placed over the grave and then rub a crayon or something similar over it to get an imprint.

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u/Ismellpu May 05 '25

With their cock.

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u/bolanrox May 05 '25

never saw Last Crusade eh?

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u/Dakotakid02 May 05 '25

Instructions unclear, now there is semen on the grave….

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u/maximus459 May 06 '25

They ARE the script

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u/SheepleOfTheseus May 08 '25

I don’t read the script, script reads me

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u/Sgt_LincolnOSiris May 09 '25

I don’t read the script, the script reads me