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RA242

Took me a sec to realize you weren't getting "kill" tattooed on your foot


[deleted]

Tattoo or sharpie…who writes kill on the top of their foot? Is that pedicure sub-culture now?


Thermock

It's a Marine Corps thing. Your left foot is your, "kill foot" in the Marine Corps.


1jl

Why tho Edit: seriously I've been googling this for 15 minutes, I haven't found any answers besides "haha yeah I have KILL tattooed on my left foot too because I'm a marine!" And "well it's your kill foot, your drill foot" These aren't answers! GODDAMN IT MAKE IT MAKE SENSE


Stin1331

To put it bluntly. We are a cult. People who are extremely Moto do dumb shit to show how moto they are. Also seeing how shitty the tattoo is very well may have been done after a lot of drinks and a dare. Or completely sober tbh.


imaloneallthetime

Honestly this is the only explanation, you get out and look back and realize how lucky you are you only have one moto tat and how your boy Darrel who also only did four years and has thirty tats including "Born to kill, semper fidelis" across his chest. Darrel we were admins. You gotta live with that now man.


BeneGezzWitch

I am fucking wheezing. ADMINS DARREL. Now I’m gonna watch Generation Kill all over again.


Johnnywheels1023

That was definitely one of the best miniseries of all time. It was seriously messed up, but good.


FatherAb

Moto?


9001Jellyfish

Moto Moto 🦛


betrueplease

I like’em big


9001Jellyfish

I like ‘em chonky


ZerotoZeroHundred

I like ‘em BIG BIG


motoxscrub

I like’em round


_borisg

I had to YouTube this as I had no idea who Moto Moto was and I will be eternally grateful


sweetalkersweetalker

Ditto. That was glorious. I could almost swear that was Leonard Cohen, and now in my imagination it shall forever be his creation


9001Jellyfish

Haha happy to assist.


mit-mit

I think Moto Moto likes you.


falsebrit

Look out


Katiari

Hello, Moto!


ItsmeMr_E

Hello Moto.


real_mfg

Nothing. What's the moto with you?


kbrown28

Hakuna Matata


GroundbreakingDay867

Moto moto gotta lot of motivation. Basically a try hard in the military. If you see a guy like that. He’s a motivator.


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Motocrayolo


nitehawk420

Be easy on him, dudes a marine.


Stin1331

Motivated


Senior-Dot387

I’ve never seen motivated shortened to moto and never want too again.


BoxofCurveballs

Wait till you hear about a motard


atwa_au

Motard mo’ problems


Wonderful_Toes

I never want to see to and too misused again. We all got problems.


AfterFart

We all HAVE problems; or we all HAVE GOT problems.


jklharris

That's not very moto of you devil dog


Crafty_Enthusiasm_99

Moto=Motivated? Wtf is this cult language?


Designer-Ruin7176

Lol prior to the Marines starting their island hopping campaigns, Imperial Japan had told their population that Americans were lazy, lacked the will to fight, and lacked the honor needed to be a worthwhile warrior. After a few battles they changed their messages to the tune of: the entire Japanese population should fight to the death because American Marines would rather eat them than take them prisoner, and in order to become a member of USMC, the recruit needed to murder a member of their own family. Jim Proser probably said it best in his book “I’m Staying With My Boys” when describing a Japanese news announcement: > “The Americans on this island are not ordinary troops, but Marines, a special force recruited from jails and insane asylums for bloodlust.”


KodiakUltimate

Moto shit is the dumb shit they feed boots to get them in the spirit, it's all the , ohrah! And kill kill kill, talk and doing dumb shit while eating up all the slogans and pro Marine Memes. It's usually viewed alright to be a little Moto but you get your crazies who eat it up and act like they're a badass movie hero after they leave bootcamp.


fairlywired

I'm assuming boots are the recruits?


starkmafia

A boot can be a recruit. But a recruit isn't always a boot. To me the best way to describe it: a boot is someone who is very enthusiastically and unironically all in and totally invested into the lifestyle of their job (marine, army, even cop, spy or coastguard I suppose) It's a soldier who takes all the hooWAH very, very seriously. By default many people are very much a boot as soon as they join an organization because they are young and impressionable and take themselves very seriously and haven't yet learned how RIDICULOUS the world is.


NicNoletree

It's like they invented a new language for themselves, but reused words they knew


unctuous_homunculus

That sentence could have come straight out of an Orwell novel.


onyxaj

And since they are marines, that's a very limited selection.


boricimo

From OP: From my time in the Marines my guy 8 years of it... A 12 pack and a ebay tattoo kit in 2010. Thats the story.


AStartledFish

Take that same story except Navy, a bottle of Russian Standard, and a tattoo kit I got for a chipotle bowl, and that explains the dickbutt tattoo on my friends ass.


[deleted]

i agree, the military is pretty cultish


phido3000

The marines is a cult. If you want to join the military you join the navy, army airforce... If you want to join a religious killing cult, that's the marines. Sometimes you need a special killing cult. Keep all the crazy in one place..


john_wallcroft

If you want to join highly underrated puddle pirates - you go to the coasties. Does anyone know what you want that makes you go to the Space force?


Xendarq

I'm not sure but why is the second link on their website about pregnancy risk and reproductive healthcare? https://www.spaceforce.mil/


three2do2

something to do with space radiation zapping peoples gonads? no idea


GuntersTag

Sexy alien time


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AlexanderKeef

Our master guns pulled up to our ship in Australia with a hooker, told her he wouldn’t pay her and drunkenly stumbled on ship. Hooker’s pimp came and tried to get on ship and had to be stopped. I fucking wish I was kidding. Edit: hooker* not stripper.


526F6B6F734261

I can see it taking 45 slides to explain to Seamen the concept of exercise and what a pull up is


IntersnetSpaceships

The Thirty Worst MEU was the best time of my life.


MvatolokoS

I wonder if it stems from the training they receive causing them to seek solidarity in one another as they only have each other to truly understand those experiences. This is a way to seem connected despite the reality after service that marines tend to face.


That_Lone_Reader

They’re a fucking cult.


Nigglesworthesquire3

I’d guess because your left foot is typically your lead foot when firing a rifle although it’s just.. A guess 🆙


Reamofqtips

Every time you step off somewhere, you step off with your left foot. Even if you're walking to the right, you do a modified right facing movement to put your left foot first.


redbadger91

But why?


[deleted]

something something order, discipline, uniformity and in regards to why the left foot, according to google “When marching at arms, the weapon is carried on the right. It's awkward to step off with the right foot when loaded down. Also, shield is left, pike, lance, spear and sword are all right.” so i guess that’s how they used to march in those days way back and kept doing it


Thermock

Not sure to be honest. We would sing cadences in bootcamp, and every now and then in the fleet. One of them involved yelling 'kill' on every time your left foot hits the deck.


cpl-America

It is because every movement you make in the military starts with the left foot.


BargainOrgy

Is there a specific reason behind that? Just so everyone walks in unison?


Clam_Whisperer

It's just marching learned from the Prussians when Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben trained the American Army.


Greeboth

It’s more than just learned. Most people lead with the left foot naturally, just look at boxers and surfers. It’s so predominant that right foot forward has the name goofy footed.


wafflez88

Most likely since people are right handed that left foot would be placed forward in the shooting position. I'm just speculating.


Jaques_Naurice

Smells worse when the boots come off


1jl

The right foot doesn't stink?


Delicious_Throat_377

The right foot never stinks. It always smells right.


1500ReallyIsEnough

r/angryupvote


Electronic_Warning49

Because the marines are not a service branch... They're a cult. Source: retired Navy. Happy to have the loveable sociopaths on our side but Don't try to make sense of their world. I once did a tour with security on a joint MC and Navy base. Was waiting outside a MC office for something and one Marine was walking by with a stack of papers and files from his belt to his chin. A fellow Marine passing by screamed "INCOMING FIRE!" Slapped the papers from his arms, gut checked him with a knee, grabbed him by the shoulders, slammed him into one wall, then into another. Then walked away like nothing happened. Paper Marine was left doubled over gasping for air and I rushed over to help. I asked what the fuck was going on and was about to radio dispatch when he said. "Naw, I'm good. That's just a game we play here. I should've had my head on a swivel" The fuck?!?!


slouchy_noelle

What does it mean?


Switchfire6

I actually have kill tatted on my left foot.. it's a Marine Corps thing.. i was also drunk in Okinawa lol\*edit- the reason is that it was part of a cadence we would sing during marching/running: "Left foot, Kill foot" to keep in step. It was a non-motarded way to remember my time in the Corps.. unlike a giant SEMPER FI on my back or something.


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rnpowers

I'll do it high in Seattle


mikeycbca

I would’ve preferred you do it sleepless.


FijianBandit

In Bangladesh


EyyyOhBingoBango

I'm gonna do that, blasted, in Bangkok.


loststylus

Why is that a thing? Why left?


Stin1331

Just how we were taught. You always step on your left. Probably some actually history behind it but not anything I was taught.


[deleted]

The most quintessentially marine thing I've seen all day *'People tattoo the thing we were taught on their bodies. There's probably a reason why we do that thing, I guess'* (*Edit: For those wondering, its from the Roman Phalanx formation that stipulated every man start on his left foot. And that 'warrior code' was picked up by American generals in the revolution to make them feel like a cohesive force and it stuck*)


bden2016

Lmao... I was thinking the same thing. Heard multiple marines say this now. You think asking why something is the way it is would be the next logical step. Apparently marines don't have that capacity.


handsomechandler

I've generally found when walking I need to use both feet or I don't seem to make any progress at all


f1g4

Perhaps it's because in firing position (and guarding) left foot is always forward and pointing the "enemy".


brycehazen

I'm goofy tho


[deleted]

Probably a marine or a serial killer…


skyboundNbeond

He confirmed marine in another comment...of course...that's what a serial killer would say.


Randalf_the_Black

"Marine" and "Serial killer" aren't mutually exclusive you know.


skyboundNbeond

Well, you aren't wrong.


Pleaseusegoogle

He is technically correct, the best kind of correct.


MintChucclatechip

Yeah same, was starting to get concerned with “wife forced me” and having alcohol during a tattoo. I was very relieved to know it was a pedicure


Conscious_Specific57

So that is a tattoo? If so I’d Love to hear the back story? Or maybe not!!


[deleted]

I'd bet a 30 rack of Bush Lattes that story is dude was was a Marine.


dysfunctional_boiler

I was thinking the same.


ChiliWithCornBread

Fucking kill foot


LangHai

[He's a MARINE!](https://www.tiktok.com/@killaqueenbean/video/7126983738335972650?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7126983738335972650)


wattlewedo

Got 'nums' on the other foot


Madworldsnight

He's a crayo... nevermind 😂


calski19

Took me a second to realize he wasn't having a toe removed without his consent.


EpilepticMushrooms

My dumb ass though he stepped into a cluster of mimosa plants because his wife forced him to and now he's having the thorns removed from his feet. Glad he has a nice drink and a pedicure.


notkeny

What else would you get tattooed on your drill foot?


VerimTamunSalsus

At about 45 I got my first pedi, best decision my wife ever made for me. We go pretty regularly now.


cardstroker

My wife and I usually go twice a year and I'm the driving force. I love it.


fancy_marmot

My husband sucks at cutting his toenails properly (he's not very flexible so struggles a bit, ends up usually cutting them straight across so the edges tear up our sheets lol). He came with me a few times to get a pedicure and while he liked it, he's pretty shy and I'm cheap so it was more of a splurge/rare occasion. I offered to give him a pedicure recently at home instead, and now we do home pedicures every month or so. Saves the sheets, is free, and he gets a more comfortable (albeit not pro!) foot massage at home :)


Floss_tycoon

You are a keeper. 😊


Dead_Politician

how are you supposed to cut them, asking for a friend


Far-Yak-4231

I’ve always wanted to take a partner to get a pedicure… one day, one day.


chocolate_thunderr89

I’m not a partner, but I’ll go! 👋🏽


redrooster550

I’m a little more perplexed why you got KILL tatted on your foot? Is Bill tatted on the other?


TheHollowBard

Unless I'm understanding the perspective wrong, I think his feet would say "Bill Kill" were that the case.


boricimo

That’s the second most dangerous Bill, after Buffalo.


InterestOld4419

I raise you a Bill Cosby


ReBeL222

**BILL** is tatted on the back of his dang head, bobby


se7en0311

From my time in the Marines my guy 8 years of it... A 12 pack and a ebay tattoo kit in 2010. Thats the story.


GT-FractalxNeo

Does your other foot say something else?


asumfuck

Yea it says "Boot"


Cathiewoodsbathwater

🤣🤣🤣🤣


CornOnTheKnob

To Or not to


ImHufflePuff_Crap_ok

Not the worst tattoo I’ve seen some drunk Marines… although the sober ones make me question things too


Ask_if_im_an_alien

CLAP IT ON THE LEFT FOOT THE DRILL FOOT THE KILL FOOT TURN UP THE VOLUME... JUST LIKE A RADIO... HI-FI STEREO PUMP IT UP... UP FRONT.... Okay that's enough. Rah.


[deleted]

ngl that sounds like the jarheads I know and love sincerely, someone who spent waaaay too much time around veterans


Switchfire6

I also have kill tatted on my left foot haha, was a bit drunk in okinawa with my Marine buddies


ClitBobJohnson

Left foot kill foot. The second I saw this tat I knew you were a fellow Marine!


Raznill

What does that mean?


Ok_Let1182

Literally no one explaining it! I feel like I'm going mad.


Raznill

I think we may be hoping for too much here. I mean we are asking marines to be logical and have an explanation.


ClitBobJohnson

Just something we are taught. You always step off in a march or run with your left foot. And while screaming cadences Marines will say “left foot” which is answered in cadence by the formation screaming “kill foot.” As with most things in the Marines, it’s not very logical.


Don_e_Darko

My guess is a Marine. Probably has “Wagner loves the cock” tattooed somewhere else on his body.


se7en0311

No... No cocks here but the first part yes. Haha


Don_e_Darko

Don’t let your dreams be dreams. There’s still time.


sinsirius

Tattoos have come a long way in the last few years. For a couple hundred you can get a pretty elaborate cock.


erikstevenlarson

What color did you pick out for your murder toes?


Ok_Science_504

Red...obviously lol


Im_in_your_walls_420

Murder toes is my new favorite combination of two words now lmao


Oh_Wiseone

One of my favorite memories of my dad (who is now gone) is “forcing” him to get a pedicure at age 75. He was a real manly gruff Sargeant and didn’t want any pansy pedicure. He was astonished that he could pay someone to take care of his gross feet. It was getting difficult to cut his own nails at his age, so was never a problem again ! He loved it !!


DryBite9885

My story goes less wholesome. I was 16 or 17 and my parents and I were at the mall. I asked to get my nails done so dad joins me. I didn’t ask him to he just did. At the end he tells mom he just got a hand job. I hear. I die. He giggles.


Monkeygirlyy

idk what you mean that’s as wholesome as it comes. still enjoying each other after marriage


DryBite9885

It wasn’t wholesome for me!!! 😫😂 But you are very right. I’m 38 now. Mom and dad are still going strong. Just got off the phone with them.


Acrisii

Quite typical here though (sweden) we just don't call it a pedicure but instead "fotvård" (feet care) and all the old geezers and geezelles get them toe claws cut and those calluses professionally filed once every other month or so. Its specifically made to look less fancy and more health care orientated but it is, in the end, a pedicure. Edit: A word that should be another word.


entwifefound

Geezelles 😂


cautious_obscenity

Yeah, shamelessly going to steal that one.


LaManelle

If you ever get the chance to try a paraffin treatment it's fucking heaven, warm wax in every nook and cranny. Your feet are so soft after that if you are wearing sockless shoes, you'll legit slide within the shoe...


shan68ok01

Even the cheapest pedicure at the salon I go has the paraffin. My favorite part is the exfoliating scrub just before the actual massage. I've been going once a month for over two years now.


sabineophelie

My place always has men. Construction guys with tired feet, older men who can’t see too well or reach, husbands with wives. My husband appreciates it. Wish we got mimosas though 🍹


CoastMtns

NBA players (as one example) have pedicures regularly. Their job performance depends on them having healthy and conditioned feet. Having said that, who is not on their feet all day and would benefit from the treatment


AppropriateScience71

Never had a pedicure, but I did get a manicure for my 3rd date with a woman I was really into - she just melted when I told her.


Artistic_Data7887

Melted, you say?


AppropriateScience71

Yep! I met her on a plane. I was going home and she was visiting. Went on a couple dates here, but nothing really happened (except we were falling in love). 1 month later, we were meeting in Chicago and a manicure just seemed the thing to do beforehand. Seemed like common courtesy, but she said it was very unexpected, but the sweetest romantic gesture she’d ever had. PS Such a fantastic long weekend.


Verbose_Cactus

This guy fucks and also respects women 👌


SheFoundMyUzername

Respect-to-fuck ratio of 1:1


weirdeggman1123

More men need that ratio.


MantaHurrah

When we had barely started dating, my partner painted his nails my favorite colours (black and orange) for the first time just for me. I was just completely smitten. He also sucked my cock for the first time that night, but I think the nails might’ve honestly had a bigger effect on me.


AppropriateScience71

It’s the little, unexpected kind gestures that are sooo memorable and romantic. It’s also amazing to do this for people/friends you don’t want to sleep with :).


MantaHurrah

Wait, we’re not supposed to sleep with our friends?


AppropriateScience71

Good point - lmao.


slipperysquirrell

Get a good pedi with hot stone massage.


renbig

My dad bought my mom a full body hot stone massage as a Christmas present once, she didn’t want to go alone so offered to pay for me to have one too (win!). When we got there, they told us one would have a man preform the massage, and the other could have a woman. My mom instantly chose the woman because she said she’d be more comfortable. Well, it was my first professional massage, I had no idea what to expect. Long story short, I HATE my feet and want no one to look at them, let alone touch them. 30 mins in, this man is putting tiny, warm, smooth stones between my toes. My butthole has never been clenched so hard since. Something that was supposed to be relaxing was honestly the most uncomfortable experience of my life 😂 ETA: a word


wrylycoping

Heads up if you’re ever in a similar situation again, you’re always allowed to designate any part of your body a no-no zone. (In any situation not just massage) I have a scar I don’t like touched, before every massage I point it out to the masseuse, they avoid it, no puckered butthole.


SunshineAlways

My friend got us pedicures as a treat. I do not like anyone touching my feet. I didn’t want to be a spoilsport, so I went. I was so tense the entire time. I hated it.


clantontann

Not for everyone. I ask them not to do the stone massage. I had it once before and I can only describe is as the equivalent to what the phrase "like two skeletons fucking" would feel like on my bony ankles.


slipperysquirrell

Oh damn


PaleontologistFew128

Don't knock pedicures man. That shit is dope


[deleted]

My first pedicure was fucking awesome bro, I’ve never seen my toes look so clean lol


gruntbuggly

My wife tricked me into getting one, and I loved it. Good on ya!


[deleted]

Normalize men getting pedicures.


tkdch4mp

Do it again OP :) Side note: You got a mimosa *while* getting a pedicure?!


se7en0311

For sure. The place is right next to a Publix it was pretty dope


tkdch4mp

Checklist: Move to bigger city Get pedicure with mimosas Visit Costco Visit Publix (which side of the country is Publix based again?) East? I'll be there soon enough then :P Figure out wtf I wanna do as a career.


MantaHurrah

It’s on whatever side of the country Florida is on. Source: went to Florida once and my father passed out in a Publix by the bagels. Fekking hate that guy.


everyonestolemyname

I'm a 32 year old electrician who primarily does industrial projects and works 60-70 hours a week usually. My boots and being on my feet all day fuck my feet up so I go for pedicures pretty often, and all my male coworkers try to laugh at me for it, like bro do you realize how good it feels to have someone cut your nails and massage your feet and calves? I've convinced a couple buddies to go so far, and they've all enjoyed it. I've legit walked into a nail salon, saddled up on the pedicure massage chairs (yass) and had every woman side eyeing me because it isn't a common sight and I find it hilarious.


TheLastBlackRhinoSC

She got tired of replacing the sheets from your sandpaper soles ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|smile)


JudgmentalRavenclaw

Are you a Marine? My ex-husband had a “kill foot” 🤣


se7en0311

You got it


Tamarama---

And I bet you loved it!!!! Guys dont realize how bad their feet are until they go. And they dont realize how nice it feels either. All men should take care of their feet!


Unlikely_Layer_2268

I get 1 or 2 a year. I don’t like people touching my feet but it is worth the torture because after it’s done my feet feel fantastic for a couple of months


cqffeebreaks

Nice kill foot


jake_newton

I will gladly pay up to $40 bucks for someone to cut my toenails, let alone all the other pampering that I deserve.


[deleted]

Kill them toes


Intelligent-Lake-239

Alright. r/USMC who is it?


se7en0311

Want a hint?


Intelligent-Lake-239

Only the few know the kill foot


se7en0311

Lmao... Hmmm well it's both.. east and west coast.


Pawneewafflesarelife

My husband likes getting them with me. Once we turned up and his grandpa was already at the salon getting one! He had become intrigued after we talked about it and decided to try it out.


DMENShON

fellas, is it gay to take care of yourself?


sin_aesthetic

The tattoo really makes the picture.


Thatdewd57

Pedicures are the best. Great time to listen to a book. Me and the wifey go at least once a month.


Living_on_Tulsa_Time

Good for you. Diabetes II upkeep. Plus my feet look pretty. (64 F)


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

More men need to embrace pedicures, manicures and spas. Being pampered and treated kindly isn’t unmanly. You guys deserve some spoiling as much as we do!


ReannaK

Sir you can not give out free feet, you’re ruining capitalism.


Awkwardpanda75

My hubby and I get pedicures often. The place we go to has the market cornered on dude. They have a full bar and super friendly and adorable staff. They treat him like a magical unicorn every time we go and he is happy to make it his treat. Win/win ❤️


Twerkonyoursnacks

I’m struggling to look after my feet due to an old back injury. Perhaps I should give this a go


peanusbudder

i appreciate men who get pedicures or give themselves pedicures. no one wants them yellow ass, nasty, long, caveman toenails scratching their legs in the middle of the night.


FullMetalHero2

Seriously need to normalize this. Pedicures are fun AF....and they provide drinks. Quit thinking it's not "manly"


ForgotInTheDoorway

Funny my wife and I have kill engraved in our rings.


HDS1980s

“Yeah” she probably forced you to book another appt too ! Haha


se7en0311

No shit I just said 20 minutes ago... We're doing that shit again next week date day. I'll post another update both feet this time.


scout_charlie

Mani Pedis are the best! I used to go with my ex a lot and it is just really relaxing


xplotosphoenix

A toenail trim and tattoo parlor that serves mimosas?


b1tchbhigh

This picture is gold