So, after browsing the forums this evening, I decided to post the most commonly used (read: "PLAYED OUT!") items, phrases in AA that need to be put to sleep. The list is as follows:
-FunMeters
-Any Morale patch, worn with 2 or more of the same size 2"x1" on one person. If you have a fun meter, a suck meter, and a BS meter all on one kit, not only are you confused but you are WRONG!
-Saying "+1" as a reply in a topic.
-MP5s of any kind that cost you more than $115
-Retroreflective tape squares
-embroidered flags
-Bloodtype nametapes
-Any eyewear that protrudes more than .75 inches from your face.
-Colored shooting glasses (tinted lenses are ok. I meanred, yellow, etc.)
-ill-fitting BDUs, or baseball caps. Wearing a ballcap does not make you look like SF, sorry. Wear it because it's cool, or because your dog chewed up your PC, not because you think you look better in it. Also, ballcaps worn with goggles.
-ProTec helmets in the field
-Fake MCCUUs (MARPAT uniforms)
-Flightsuits. Unless: 1)it's a downed-pilot scenario or 2) we're indoors
-Shemaghs that aren't used to wipe sweat, clean goggles, or wipe your ass. If you throw it around your neck to look cool, you don't. Also, OD and Tan shemaghs no matter the use.
The above items/phrases have been overused and are to be considered "uncool" from now on.
The following items were previously thought to be uncool, but are OK now:
-BLACKHAWK! gear, as long as you know it sucks.
-necroposting as long as you add something worth reading 6 months after the thread has died.
-MultiCam as long as you purchase it and hide in the bushes for half the day, thus utilizing it's potential. It's trendy, but it IS useful
-Fake ACUs. Real ones aren't easy to come by lately, so the TS are ok for now.
-Non-modular load bearing gear as long as you know that PALS-based kit is the sh*t, and your non-mod kit is newer than an ELBV
-Black gear, when necessary, in moderation. I'm talking like one or 2 pouches on a kit.
-T800 goggles. OG, but until something better comes out, they are GTG.
-HiCaps as long as you mostly use standards. We all are allowed to be lazy now and then.
-TAC vests as long as you bought it because it works not because it's "all you could afford".
-Civilian footwear
-Civilian clothing as long as you don't look like you just left church or the gym.
The above items are OK for use in AA.
More to come.
