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Full metal jacket
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Thanks to cultural touchstones like the film Full Metal Jacket the term boot camp has kind of an magic effect on the minds of a certain type of American.
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Or if you watch uh stainley Kubrick's Masterpiece Full Metal Jacket which was based on books about Vietnam you can see these Dynamics in play very vividly.
You get that in like Full Metal Jacket the movie. You know, there's instances of the drill sergeant humiliating one of the private cuz he had a donut in his I I can't speak to I can't speak to what Basic was like in the '60s.
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Full metal jacket by Stanley Kubrick is a stark cinematic portrayal of the Vietnam War and the psychological pressures of military training. On Timcast IRL, Ian Crossland brought up the film while discussing humiliation rituals in basic training compared to hazing, noting scenes where a drill sergeant torments a private. Robert Evans referenced the movie on Behind the Bastards to illustrate cultural perceptions of military boot camps, explaining how the title has taken on a specific psychological weight in the American consciousness. David Sacks mentioned the film on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg, describing it as a masterpiece based on books about Vietnam that vividly displays wartime and training dynamics. Together, these podcast references highlight how the film endures as a powerful cultural touchstone for understanding military conditioning, institutional discipline, and the harrowing realities of combat, remaining relevant to discussions about authoritarian environments and the psychological molding of soldiers across generations.
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David Sachs or if you watch uh stainley Kubrick's Masterpiece Full Metal Jacket which was based on books about Vietnam… 1
“or if you watch uh stainley Kubrick's Masterpiece Full Metal Jacket which was based on books about Vietnam you can see these Dynamics in play very vividly”
Robert Evans thanks to cultural touchstones like the film Full Metal Jacket the term boot camp has kind of an magic effe… 1
“thanks to cultural touchstones like the film Full Metal Jacket the term boot camp has kind of an magic effect on the minds of a certain type of American”
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“You get that in like Full Metal Jacket the movie. You know, there's instances of the drill sergeant humiliating one of the private cuz he had a donut in his I I can't speak to I can't speak to what Basic was like in the '60s.”
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“It was straight up hazing. It was just like full metal jacket.”
“Full metal jacket. Yeah. It's like a It's a right of passage.”
“It was uh you know, I'd seen Full Metal Jacket and Navy Seals, but there was it was never going to be me.”
“Carlos Hathcock, like I said, full metal jacket. I can do that. It looks cool.”
“Metal Jacket before he goes to vote.”
“um it feels different um it sounds like a Full Metal Jacket quote”
“and it's this is we get the same thing with like boot camp right where people focus on like [ __ ] they saw in Full Metal jacket you know the the the drill sergeant screaming these creative insults at you all the like mental and physical abuse and they're like wow that's what makes soldiers”
“I'm watching full metal jacket and drinking this wine because you know we're in Wine Country so they're just giving us this [ __ ] wine and we're drinking it and I have the worst goddamn hangover”
“then you're going to be dealt with some full metal jacket [ __ ] that's what it sounds like”
“...after, you know, I saw Ben, and then I watched Full Metal Jacket, and I read Carlos Hathcock's book...”
“you watch Full Metal Jacket you know you choke yourself with my hand and you get told what to do and how to do it and how much time you have to do it people think that critical thinking has no place in the military”
“and then I remember he just [ __ ] looked up at the ceiling you know do you remember how like uh that dude in Full Metal Jacket when he's like I am in a world of [ __ ] private Joker”