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Owner Of Adult Store Stunned After Pentagon Demands She Stop Shipping Butt Plugs To Soldiers In Middle East (www.comicsands.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Apparently the US Department of DefenseWar thinks that they can order non-US citizens not resident in the USA to cease and desist from mailing things.

Uh…

Hilarity of the items involved aside, the gall of the US military postal service to give orders to civilians not under their command and not even of their nation is shocking.

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[–] 102 points 9 months ago (20 children)

This is squarely on the military personnel ordering buttplugs to their work address.

If you did that anywhere else you'd get in trouble.

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  • [–] 63 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    They practically only have a work address when they're overseas. In some cases it's literally the only way to get things sent to you. Why anyone knows or cares is another question entirely.

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  • [–] 32 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Because as a queer bisexual man, I can assure you republicans care more about the genitals of other people than we do.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago*

    I read a previous article about this: importing any sex toys (including butt plugs, but they get the headline because the Republicans in power being squeamish about the existence of gay soldiers) are illegal in the country where they are stationed, so they're getting seized by customs and it's awkward since their soldiers are violating local laws.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    My initial thought was that this is an attempt at a prank (not a very good one) between two military members.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Why do you think it isn't a good prank?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Why would I get in trouble for shipping myself something to my work address?

    Lots of cities have porch pirates, so shipping to work is done commonly.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    I'm self-employed, so the address isn't the problem, but I'd have some splainin to do to the wife.

    "I KNOW you didn't order that for ME, so you got something to tell me?"

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