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Why do the British salute differently to the Americans? (2019)www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbg7_C7Xs_o

464 sats \ 31 comments \ @ek 8 Mar history

20 sats \ 7 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 8 Mar

The British like to have their own unique characteristics, you know they drive on the left side... it's scary to drive there, but I'll try it one day.

21 sats \ 6 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

The UK, Ireland and, up until recently, Iraq all drive on the left. Keeps your sword hand free for dealing with vagabonds and highwaymen.

20 sats \ 5 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 8 Mar

😂

32 sats \ 4 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

I wish I was joking…

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 8 Mar

Isn't it ? WTF !

32 sats \ 2 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

Yep. And they have roundabouts…. And then they have magic roundabouts. Bloody dangerous driving there…

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 8 Mar

Roundabouts are only dangerous for Americans 😂

16 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

Madness…. And you have to drive stick in the Uk. It’s practically medieval!

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31 sats \ 21 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

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20 sats \ 17 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 8 Mar

Yep. Best and worst time of my life.

21 sats \ 16 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

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30 sats \ 15 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 8 Mar

Information gets absorbed through the skin via the water molecules in the spittal that covered your face on the drill square... Obviously. Oh what fun times.

121 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

41 sats \ 13 replies \ @ek OP 8 Mar freebie

Is the saying "we salute the rank, not the man" as mentioned in BoB in this scene really a thing? I get that respect is demanded by subordinates but the saying itself, is it common or was it just invented by the show because it sounds cool?

All I can find when I search for "we salute the rank" are references to BoB, lol.

And why is Winter's ending of the salute so much quicker and to the side, special meaning? Textbook salute? Car salute? lol

131 sats \ 6 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 8 Mar

Oh yeah for sure. Id pop a salute to officers I didn't like at all. Infact more often than not I made sure I saluted the ones that were assholes over the ones that weren't, the ones that weren't didn't mind if you forgot or it was dark and you couldn't see their rank slide. The assholes would make it more difficult for you if you didn't, so it was in your best interest to just do it. So yeah absolutely. And also you're not saluting the rank per se. You're actually saluting the monarch, who commission is held by the officer. So you're not saluting the person, not really their rank, but more saluting the monarch via them, if that makes sense.

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

I’m glad we knew what we were doing… not so sure about the Rupert’s at times

30 sats \ 4 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 8 Mar

I kinda felt bad for some of them... Some of them recognised that they'd done their degree, some time at Sandhurst and now were responsible for the lives of a bunch of people. It can be pretty overwhelming I'd expect. But the good ones recognised that and treated that position with the care it demanded. Others went off on power trips and probably got people killed unnecessarily.

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121 sats \ 5 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

It’s an odd one in this context in that it justifies you having to do something you don’t consider the recipient worthy of. In the UK you salute the officer in recognition of them holding the Kings Commission (the bit of paper that says you are an officer) and because you swore to obey the Sovereign and the officers they place over you (and that’s why you salute the senior officer present rather than all the officers.) Politicians and retired officers either do not hold a Commission or have resigned their Commission meaning no salute for them! (Unlike the US)

50 sats \ 4 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 8 Mar

Yes. Saluting politicians is something I always thought was odd about the US.

But telling myself I was saluting the Queen (at the time) and not the knobhead with an entitlement issue, it definitely helped soften the blow of having to display that mark of respect to someone entirely unworthy of it.

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Mar

Maybe because their politicians (and President) are an embodiment of the flag and Constitution.

Completely failed to mention that UK soldiers salute flags, artillery pieces, pennants and members of the Royal Family. I think we should keep that to ourselves - makes UK soldiers look a bit daft without context.

Saluting the Duke of Paedo would make me sick..

And when I commissioned I was pretty chilled as I knew all the blokes and wasn’t in ‘one of those’ regiments :)