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Bar is that low, huh? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 96 points 6 months ago (14 children)

Wait, this a real thing? That's so... American I guess.

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  • [–] 55 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Yep. It's actually the whole reason we have phy ed.

    Basically if you get federal funds, you have to do what the federal says.

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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    I see, I always assumed it was either people giving their info themselves or others did to prank you. I guess it makes sense for a country who loves perpetual war.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The "country" doesn't, the pedo class does.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    Well.. As the "country" screaming the loudest about democracy. It's hard to not conflate the two. But seeing the terrible voting system over there, I guess that wouldn't be fair.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    We have to register for the draft, they have all our info then anyway when we turn 18. When I was a kid Gillette sent you a free razor and Old Spice sent you some deodorant.

    Don’t many countries have compulsory service at that age anyway (with educational deferments, which we basically have as well, college tuition differences notwithstanding).

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  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    one of them tried to corner me into agreeing to let him come pick me up and talk in person. probably because he felt it would make me more compliant if alone with him. like a child predator.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah, but if you go to a good high school they send recruiters who may tell you to commission instead of only to enlist

    And no they don't take "ineligible" for an answer. I didn't want to die for oil, but even if I did they wouldn't let me, but they also wouldn't leave me alone.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    I hear one can take the ASFAB, book the follow-up interviews, etc., but drop the mic on the pre-boot questionnaire that tries to suss out your "conscientious objector" leanings and never have to worry about another spam call/email (barring a draft). Or, so I hear. It's been decades, now. 😜🤌🏼

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Can't you just block the number? Or do they use a lot of different numbers.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I've heard of kids who have had them follow them home from school or even stop them in the middle of the school hallway.

    I never had to deal with them, but they apparently can just walk into school in the middle of the day.

    People really don't understand just how dystopian the US is and how much of it we take for granted because we grew up in a place where it's normal for elementary students to pledge their undying loyalty to a flag every morning before class starts.

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