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Last night as I was coming home from picking up dinner, I hopped on the elevator in my apartment at the same time as a guy wearing a Space Force t-shirt. Being in the DC area, I'm used to all sorts of military people wearing casual armed forces shirts in the gym but I had never seen a Space Force shirt, ever. So, I turn to the guy and make a joke because I'm 100% that annoying person that likes to break awkward silences on elevators.
I say to him "sometimes I forget that the Space Force is a real military branch"
He looks at me, very seriously, and says "it's most definitely real, I used to be in charge of it."
That's right, my dumb ass unknowingly made a joke about Space Force to the former commanding officer of the United States Space Force who apparently lives in my building.
I recovered by saying that I work at Veterans Affairs (true) and that one of our long term efforts is getting all of the VA systems updated to include USSF (also true) which got me a smile from him but the damage was already done.
I did a little googling when I got to my apartment and not only was this guy the former commanding officer but he's known informally as "The Father of Space Force" and is a retired General.
TL;DR
Made a joke about Space Force to a former General known as "The Father of Space Force" and almost died of embarrassment.
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