r/MurderedByWords • u/SkullLeader • 7h ago

Cadet Bonespurs

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u/cryptotope 6h ago

Given that the ribbons on the ribbon rack appear to be AI slop rather than real medals, and the shoulder boards don't match the usual U.S. pattern (with five stars in a pentagonal pattern, not a straight line)--yeah, this seems like a pretty accurate representation.

Trump is all about sloppy make-believe and stolen valor. Donald Trump would definitely be a five-star general...for Halloween.

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u/frontfrontdowndown 5h ago

These people can’t even do stolen valor right

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u/TheAsianTroll 4h ago

5 stars also dont exist outside of official wartime so theyre saying Trump is the guy who only exists for the US to be at war with someone.

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u/Warmbly85 4h ago

Omar Bradley was made one in 1950 so 5 star generals not only exist outside of wartime but they can be created outside of wartime as well. 

Bradley was promoted to 5 star general so that MacArthur who kept his five star rank since WW2 and was currently leading the UN forces in Korea wouldn’t outrank him. 

Korea wasn’t a war it was a UN backed police action so not official wartime as congress didn’t declare war. 

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u/ScientistEuphoric809 3h ago

We’ve been at war for 93% of the nations life, 229 out of 249 years engaged in active military conflict

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u/pchlster 4h ago

I mean, that's fair.

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u/pchlster 5h ago

I was wondering if someone could read the ribbons. Any of them real?

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u/cryptotope 4h ago

Broadly speaking, the closer you look at them, the worse they get, inasmuch as they often fail to even get the general style right.

Ribbons with asymmetric patterns of stripes are rare at best, as are non-vertical stripes, stripes that change color or width from top to bottom, stripes that disappear halfway down the ribbon, etc.

It is rare for a soldier to have 'devices' - little stars or other markers to denote multiple awards of the medal - on nearly every ribbon like we see in this picture here. You also would expect to see devices that aren't just stars; oak leaf clusters are at least as common, for instance.

I don't know ribbons nearly well enough to say that none of them match any real award, but I'm pretty comfortable saying that if any of them do match a real ribbon it is purely by dumb luck and coincidence.

Compare and contrast with the ribbon bars on the uniform of a real (4-star) U.S. Army general.

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u/wurmsrus 2h ago edited 1h ago

Nitpick but he's an Air Force general, not an Army General.

Here's a 4 star Army General with a similar amount of awards/decorations

breakdowns of what they're for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagvin_Anderson#Awards_and_decorations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_LaNeve#Awards_and_decorations

anyway the uniform color and gold buttons in the OP seem closer to a Navy uniform so here's a 4 star admiral

and a breakdown of what his awards/decorations mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Paparo#Awards_and_decorations

Edit:like you said the general style of awards is consistent across the branches,

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u/Hairy_Mycologist_945 5h ago

There would be something poetic about getting him a totally fake 5-sTaR gEnR'l shoulder board with some fake ass Temu marching band uniform and seeing him waddling around in it.

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u/PhysicsCentrism 3h ago

The lapel pins also look off to me. Looks like how it is for enlisted, not officers.