• zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    Worth noting that enlistment numbers have been dropping steadily since the Iraq War and all the nakedly manipulative, creepy, and cynical recruitment tactics haven't changed that.

    This is sick, diseased shit, but it isn't particularly effective. No more than two decades of Transformers / Marvel movies sponsored by these dorks or a battalion of recruiters trying to hit people up via gamer lobbies.

    For every e-girl twerking to Grand Old Flag, there's a dozen channels of actual veterans showing their stumped limbs and melted faces and talking about what a hellish stupid ugly job an enlisted soldier has.

  • Yllych [any]
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    1 year ago

    before: fight our enemies and you get university education, a solid factory or white collar refrigerator sales job, and a house that will all work to fully embed you within capitalist logic (whites only).

    now: fight our enemies and 𝑨𝒉𝒆𝑮𝑨𝑼 𝑮𝒐𝒕𝒉 💀 will retweet your KIA report after you're blown apart by a drone that cost $7.27 to make

  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Dudes be joining the military with >70% other dudes to try to get pussy when they could be going to a dance class with >70% women who you get to touch smh

  • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Natalia Fadeev, also known as Gun Waifu, is an Israeli influencer and IDF soldier who uses waifu aesthetics and catgirl cosplay to pedal pro-Israel propaganda to her 756k followers

    Must not become Michael Douglas in Falling Down. Must not become Michael Douglas in Falling Down. Must not become Michael Douglas in Falling Down.

      • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        It's super reactionary on the surface, but that's kind of the point. Sadly most people just idolised the obviously unhinged right-wing protagonist. Definitely a good watch though.

            • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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              1 year ago

              Yeah, but it was really obvious satire

              Falling Down asks you to look at the white guy facing small discomfort after small discomfort and then realizing that he is completely unjustified in carrying out a crime spree because the black cop going after him faces just as much bullshit without snapping and going on a rampage

              Your average whitey ain't gonna do that, they see Michael Douglas getting mad that McDonald's isn't serving breakfast and go "THAT COULD BE ME!"

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    11 months ago

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    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      During WWI there was a movement in Britain called the White Feather Movement in which women would publicly give white feathers to any man not in uniform as a symbol of shame and cowardice.

      The fact that many of the men who got those white feathers were discharged wounded, soldiers on leave, or workers in essential war industries didn't seem to discourage the women.

  • SaniFlush [any, any]
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    1 year ago

    Didn't the last Army sponsored gaming stream get raided and dunked on by anti-war protestors?

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Yeah. And then if I remember right, hilariously, a court said that the Army violated federal law by banning people from it.

  • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Sometimes, when I hear about military recruiters, I think "they never went to my school though". Then I remember that I went to a private school for learning differences.

    • Commander_Data [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      None at mine either, private religious school where you were either an elite athlete, a 140 IQ genius, or had extremely wealthy parents. Hmmmmm.

  • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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    1 year ago

    At what point are we going step back as a society and realize this shit is pathetic? I'm sure our rivals don't need to use softcore porn to meet their recruiting targets. This is some real imperial decay shit right here.

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      1 year ago

      US military has been failing to hit it's recruitment targets for years now. Mostly because American young people are too fat/insane/depressed/addicted to drugs to pass the basic physical and mental requirements, and not because of based reasons. It's like only 20% of that age range is potentially healthy enough to serve which is kind of insane. Hope we won't need to fight a big war soon lol

      Maybe they think they can trick horny teenagers into getting into shape and joining the military if they believe there is some hot gurl waiting for them. I doubt it.

  • RiiiP [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    She poses to camera, ahegao-style, with freshly manicured nails wrapped neatly around a glock

    welp, that's enough of reading that.