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[oldsoldiersneverdie]

On Earth - my Earth, anyway, though I'm sure it's true on other ones too - today is celebrated as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in much of Europe and North America. It marks the day World War One ended, and in remembrance of those who've served in the armed forces, particularly those who died on the battlefield in sacrifice of a cause.

I've been a soldier most of my life - at times an unconventional one, but it doesn't make the battles any less real. I've seen a lot of people die fighting.

And here we are, today, conscripts in the middle of another war. So take a moment and remember those you may have lost at home - people close to you, or people you never knew who were fighting for you all the same. And think about why you fight here. Or why you don't fight, if that's the case. Both are choices not to be made lightly.

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[blondtactician]

[stiffly:] It's not different than what anyone has gone through, at least where I'm from. Many others had it even worse.

[At least Armin didn't actually witness his family being eaten by the titans, after all.]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

It's easy to get drawn into 'who had it worse' but it's never productive. It doesn't mean things weren't bad for everyone.

[blondtactician]

Some have had it worse than others. There are plenty far enough away from what's happened to complain what we do is a waste of their money, when so many of us die anyway. Probably the same who complain about the refugees, like we asked for our homes to be destroyed.

But me. I survived my first mission. Shouldn't have, but I did.

How can I complain about what I've seen, what I've lost? I'm alive.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Sometimes that's all that matters - surviving the day. But humans can't live like that forever - something gives, eventually.