# Pit thread for Martin\_Hyde {He has been BANNED}

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**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-for-martin-hyde-he-has-been-banned/965045 "2022-05-24T22:52:34Z")\
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Well that certainly explains things especially since ASL was the one who posted the allegations. Here are the first two posts. Can you read them? (Not sure how Discourse deals with this)

> [@ASL\_v2.0](#):
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> Yeah, sure. But remind us… did you go to West Point [straight out of high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-and-how-did-you-acquire-skills-for-1st-job/343712/9), or [did you enlist out of high school, and only go to college for your undergrad degree after your enlistment was up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-your-career-all-over-again/244525/2) and only then decide to [join the army again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-welfare-system-blessing-or-curse/262271/29)?
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> And if you graduated from West Point in 1977 (or 1978, or whatever—see below) how the fuck did you retire from the army \*as a [mere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-dopers-in-the-military/264070/19) [Captain\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-and-expendibility/259926/3) in the [early 2000s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ranking-officer-in-the-us-military-likely-to-be-in-front-line-combat/954548/40)?
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> I am apparently [not the first person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-hyde-youre-a-fucking-idiot/344078/261) to notice certainly “irregularities” in your stories about service.
> 
> Fuck you, you stolen valor lying piece of shit. I don’t care if one of your two stories is true, or neither of them: they certainly can’t _both_ be true.

> [@What was that one decision that completely changed your life around when you were young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-one-decision-that-completely-changed-your-life-around-when-you-were-young/947708/43):
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> Oh, hey, another obvious inconsistency:
> 
> > [@What was that one decision that completely changed your life around when you were young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-one-decision-that-completely-changed-your-life-around-when-you-were-young/947708/43):
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> > I graduated from the academy in the early 70s, from everything I’ve heard they actually have toned down plebe year a lot, which I think _probably_ is the right call in some ways.
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> Unless 1977 (or 1978?) counts as the early seventies to you?
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> > [@What was that one decision that completely changed your life around when you were young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-one-decision-that-completely-changed-your-life-around-when-you-were-young/947708/43):
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> > In many ways I was mentally weak.
> 
> That I can believe. And some things don’t change, as you obviously can’t keep your story straight.
> 
> > [@What was that one decision that completely changed your life around when you were young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-one-decision-that-completely-changed-your-life-around-when-you-were-young/947708/43):
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> > I literally had days where I’d cry in my bed like a bitch.
> 
> Your words, not mine. Have some freaking compassion at least for your fictional self, eh?

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