Weird Guy: I knew this old guy in college… he’d been shot in the war so they were just paying for him to go to school as long as he wanted.
Weird Barista Guy, sounding alarmingly enthusiastic and not sarcastic: That’s what I should do. Go to some foreign country and get shot!
Guy who wasn’t paying attention: Why do you have to go to another country just to get shot at?
Weird Guy: Because that’s the only way they’ll pay you.

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