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the myth of military intelligence and media literacy (i.redd.it)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 133 points 8 months ago (59 children)

I find it utterly deplorable when I see army recruiters at cons. They're always talking to teenagers who are impressionable and feel bullied. I always walk by and tell the teens to not die for someone else's stock portfolios

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm from the UK and when I was at school, we went out on a day trip to an army base. It was cool to see all the vehicles and weapons but I remember some British army guys trying to get us to join up by letting us play call of duty in a tent and telling us that we'd get paid for sitting around all day doing nothing.

I didn't realise it at the time but now I know they were just plain lying to try and sell army life to a bunch of teenage boys.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I remember something very similar. If they did that to my kid now I will be very angry about it because it's ridiculous. At least back in the 90s when this happened to me there wasn't really any ongoing conflicts, not like now where you're basically guaranteed to have to go fight somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Bruh I took the asvab after getting picked up off the street and being bought tacos.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was living in my car and a recruiter would drop off no perishable care packages until I said fuck it 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I mean tacos is tacos.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

The only military recruitment I've interacted with is ads and I'm already weirded out by those. The US really is on a different level.

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