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A simp who joins the army because of a psyop e-girl is probably better off, in the long run, having joined the army...

psKama 3y ago
I thought the same at first but then I remember all those teenagers out there just stepping into adulthood with noone to guide them in life. They can easily get tricked into this, wasting their potential.
- justrealist 3y ago
  Yeah... but if they can be tricked into joining the military, they're incredibly likely to waste their potential on other internet traps than divert it into something productive. This give them a couple years of (mostly) internet detox before getting sent back into it.
  - more_corn 3y ago
    Productive… not sure the military produces much. More on the blow things up side of the divide if ya ask me. But sure, if they don’t lose a limb, die or become traumatized and kill themselves it’s not a bad life course.
  - justizin 3y ago
    “Anyone who can be fooled by an internet scam should be sent to war” is faulty in two ways, given that it hinges on a young person making poorly informed decisions: - being sent to war should probably not be the result of being young and gullible - if we need to send anyone to war, should we send the dumbest people we can find?
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
  Joining the military was the best decision of my life but ymmv
  - sofixa 3y ago
    If it had no downsides, it could be an easy choice. But between the dubious morality, war crimes and PTSD, it's hard to compensate regardless of the positives (money, relatively, discipline, physical fitness?)
    - nradov 3y ago
      How many military avionics technicians or dental assistants or petroleum supply specialists end up committing war crimes or suffering from PTSD? Come on. We should be more judicious about using military forces as part of foreign policy, and provide better support to the combat troops who are deployed into impossible situations. But the majority of personnel are in low risk support jobs that aren't much different from typical civilian jobs. Lose the hyperbole.
      - amanaplanacanal 3y ago
        You don’t get to choose, once you signed up. They can send you wherever they want.
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        nradov 3y ago
        Bullshit. Most enlistment contracts specify a particular career field. The troops in combat arms are there because they chose that option. The Pentagon isn't going to take a dental assistant and reassign them to infantry unless they specifically request that change (and meet various eligibility criteria).
        amanaplanacanal 3y ago
        That doesn’t mean that you can’t be sent to a war zone. I’m sure they needed dental assistants in Iraq and Afghanistan too.
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HaroldBolt78 3y ago
Have you seen the US army lately? Lots more programming socks and yiffing, even in the upper ranks, and not so much of the high physical requirements any more. I understand it's a great honour for Americans to die advancing Israel's interests in the region though so I must be missing something.
Ekaros 3y ago
Hasn't the army failed to provide healthy distrust in people seeing how many times they have been exploited in various ways? Maybe they should include in training month of two of stories and example how previous members have been exploited by others...
scotty79 3y ago
"You are so dumb. Have a gun and here's how to kill people." I don't see how it could possibly backfire in the decades to come when those guys come out to start their actual lives. /s

I thought the same at first but then I remember all those teenagers out there just stepping into adulthood with noone to guide them in life. They can easily get tricked into this, wasting their potential.

justrealist 3y ago
Yeah... but if they can be tricked into joining the military, they're incredibly likely to waste their potential on other internet traps than divert it into something productive. This give them a couple years of (mostly) internet detox before getting sent back into it.
- more_corn 3y ago
  Productive… not sure the military produces much. More on the blow things up side of the divide if ya ask me. But sure, if they don’t lose a limb, die or become traumatized and kill themselves it’s not a bad life course.
- justizin 3y ago
  “Anyone who can be fooled by an internet scam should be sent to war” is faulty in two ways, given that it hinges on a young person making poorly informed decisions: - being sent to war should probably not be the result of being young and gullible - if we need to send anyone to war, should we send the dumbest people we can find?
2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
Joining the military was the best decision of my life but ymmv
- sofixa 3y ago
  If it had no downsides, it could be an easy choice. But between the dubious morality, war crimes and PTSD, it's hard to compensate regardless of the positives (money, relatively, discipline, physical fitness?)
  - nradov 3y ago
    How many military avionics technicians or dental assistants or petroleum supply specialists end up committing war crimes or suffering from PTSD? Come on. We should be more judicious about using military forces as part of foreign policy, and provide better support to the combat troops who are deployed into impossible situations. But the majority of personnel are in low risk support jobs that aren't much different from typical civilian jobs. Lose the hyperbole.
    - amanaplanacanal 3y ago
      You don’t get to choose, once you signed up. They can send you wherever they want.
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      - nradov 3y ago
        Bullshit. Most enlistment contracts specify a particular career field. The troops in combat arms are there because they chose that option. The Pentagon isn't going to take a dental assistant and reassign them to infantry unless they specifically request that change (and meet various eligibility criteria).
        amanaplanacanal 3y ago
        That doesn’t mean that you can’t be sent to a war zone. I’m sure they needed dental assistants in Iraq and Afghanistan too.
      - 3y ago

HaroldBolt78 3y ago

Have you seen the US army lately? Lots more programming socks and yiffing, even in the upper ranks, and not so much of the high physical requirements any more. I understand it's a great honour for Americans to die advancing Israel's interests in the region though so I must be missing something.

Ekaros 3y ago

Hasn't the army failed to provide healthy distrust in people seeing how many times they have been exploited in various ways? Maybe they should include in training month of two of stories and example how previous members have been exploited by others...

scotty79 3y ago

"You are so dumb. Have a gun and here's how to kill people." I don't see how it could possibly backfire in the decades to come when those guys come out to start their actual lives. /s