I hated the recruitment texts and calls. The high school and university apparently just give your information to recruiters.

"so i understand you take men in your military. did you have to be born that way?" got them to stop calling me altogether back during DADT.

Oldest child was contacted via text by a recruiter. We told them to waste their time. Say "yes, I'll talk to you about it if you treat ME to a meal at [local restaurant]." (emphasis mine)

The recruiter ghosted them after that.

"I mean, I wanna—I wanna kill. Kill. I wan—I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill. Kill. Kill! Kill!" And I started jumpin' up and down yelling, "Kill! Kill!" and he started jumpin' up and down with me and we was both jumpin' up and down yelling, "Kill! Kill!" And the sergeant came over, pinned a medal on me, sent me down the hall, and said, "You're our boy."‎ Didn't feel too good about it.‎

I bet b he’s good buddies with SSG Leaudrag.

Do military recruiters actually just cold call (well, text) you like that in the US?

"Have you considered applying for ICE?"

I actually wanted to join the military fresh out of high school but I was informed by my recruiter that they don't take autistic people

So you have a heartbeat? Please meet me outside

Join the army, see the world, meet interesting people, kill them

Soooooo, at what day do you get your own grenades?

When I was working retail, stocking shelves, one of those scumbags walked up to me and asked "so is this what you want to do for your life, are you happy here?"

Like what the fuck.

"Are you saying I can take skulls and spill blood? If so, sign me up! I gotta make Daddy Khorne pleased."

The bar has been low for at least 30 years. Marine recruiter wouldn't leave me alone even after I started hitting on him.

That reply alone should’ve been the end of the conversation 😭

at least the SSG still has his sense of humor

I assume everyone has heard the Arlo Guthrie thanksgiving song. "I wanna kill, kill, kill, kill!" "You're our boy."

in Russia, they agitate during their studies, promising a diploma) I can already see how such a person who has received a diploma in this way will work well in education.