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pineapple
Joined: Nov 11 2009
Location: Cajun Country
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www.letssaythanks.com
All it takes is 10 seconds of your time and you'll be able to send a card to a member of the armed services. I'm sure this would make plenty of them happy especially with Christmas lurking around.
Thanks!
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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What a wonderful idea, especially for our guys and gals who are away from home, or getting ready to leave to support the Afghanistan surge before Christmas.
Card sent!
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FNJ
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Joined: Jun 07 2006
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"hey, I have no idea who the hell you are, and you could care less who I am, but some guy on the internet said this was a good idea, and it only took ten seconds, so.. uh... here's a card?"
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Hacker
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Joined: Sep 13 2008
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apparently its supported by xerox
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Ash Burton
Title: AshRaiser
Joined: Nov 10 2008
Location: Florida
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I got these while overseas, kind of how you say? Strange. But hey, Im just me, other dudes may get perked up by it.
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Thorinair
Title: Sophisticated as Hell
Joined: Jul 02 2008
Location: Limbo, doing the limbo
Posts: 349
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I like this idea. Card Sent.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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I'm wracking my brain for something suitably crazy / hilarious / random before I send one.
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
Location: US and UK
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| I got these while overseas, kind of how you say? Strange. But hey, Im just me, other dudes may get perked up by it. |
I was thinking that would have been the typical reaction to anyone getting one of these as it would be mine as well. It would be kind of weird to get a random card from a random stranger. Do the soldiers know that these are just stock cards off some website? And what if the same guy gets the same card from two different people?
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pineapple
Joined: Nov 11 2009
Location: Cajun Country
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Am I missing something about xerox?
I'm sure they know that these are stock cards. They must tell them or something because there would be a lot of confusion if they didn't know.
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
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So?
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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Yeah, I mean it's a good gesture and all but it also basically says "I am way too busy to take more than 1 minute to send my own email or card so I'll let some automated service do it for me so in turn I feel better about myself".
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pineapple
Joined: Nov 11 2009
Location: Cajun Country
Posts: 1511
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Let's get some more guys!
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Thorton02
Joined: Mar 13 2009
Location: Arlington
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I sent in a couple with my own messages. Even if people don't really care when they get them, someone might. It's nice to let them know they're atleast on your mind and not taking a back seat to stupid Tiger Woods and crappy teenage vampire movies.
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pineapple
Joined: Nov 11 2009
Location: Cajun Country
Posts: 1511
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Yeah I think you're exactly right. Thanks!
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16135
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| "hey, I have no idea who the hell you are, and you could care less who I am, but some guy on the internet said this was a good idea, and it only took ten seconds, so.. uh... here's a card?" |
i'll just 'control v' this
cynicism ftw
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Kubo
Joined: Aug 24 2005
Location: Mount Holly, NJ
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| username wrote: |
| FNJ wrote: |
| "hey, I have no idea who the hell you are, and you could care less who I am, but some guy on the internet said this was a good idea, and it only took ten seconds, so.. uh... here's a card?" |
i'll just 'control v' this
cynicism ftw |
Yep, acting like a couple of snotty assholes is something to type "ftw" over. Who cares if the cards are stock- you can customize your own message. Who cares if it takes ten seconds- that's long enough to voice appreciation. Just because it's easy doesn't mean it won't be appreciated, and just because it's from a stranger doesn't mean it won't mean anything to the person that gets it.
Hell, if I were over there, I'd actually like getting messages like these from people with no real connection to me. It would make me think the appreciation is genuine.
For those interested, and if you have the time/resources, I'd also recommend getting involved with http://www.anysoldier.com and http://www.booksforsoldiers.com. I've sent a package through the former and just got approved for the latter, and they both seem like good organizations. Even so, I'd be willing to bet that simple gestures like sending an e-card in ten seconds are also good for giving a soldier a little relief.
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