content: Bob Ross was also a bit of a hardass before his painting career. While serving as a high ranking enlisted man in the Air Force, he gained a reputation for screaming at men for being late to work, forcing them to scrub the latrines and so on. Legend has it that Bob decided that after he left the military, he would never raise his voice again- this gave us the man we know and love. He went from hardcore, gung-ho "MAKE YOUR RACK BETTER, YOU FUCKING USELESS PUKE!" Airman to "chill dude, lets just draw some happy little mountains. There's no such thing as a mistake, friends."