This is Facebook messenger or instagram, either way public profiles
Comment on Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
It’s creepy that they’re allowed to text children without their express consent. Assuming that this is a real text exchange and that OOP didn’t wilfully give the recruiter their number earlier.
AndOfTheSevenSeas@lemmy.world 7 months ago
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not that it matters too much but it looks like Instagram or Facebook direct message
PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 7 months ago
Back in the early 2000's I had a recruiter call my house asking for me, creepy AF.
aesc@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
So they’re old enough to decide to join the military but not old enough to handle receiving an unsolicited message on social media?
thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Recruiters start working you long before you’re old enough to join.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 7 months ago
We usually call that grooming.
Recruits groom children to kill.
ivanafterall@kbin.social 7 months ago
Yup. I graduated high school at 17 and they were after me those last two years, at least. I was told I could have any job I wanted in the Navy due to my test scores. It was flattering and tempting.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Why didn’t you pick like Fleet Admiral and then decommissioned all the ships before promptly quitting?
aesc@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
I guess they probably do now because like 90% of high school grads have or did something that makes them ineligible to join and if they want more recruits they need to get students to not do things that make them ineligible and that might mean reaching out more than six months before they’re old enough to join.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can join the military before you can drink. This country doesn’t make sense.
aesc@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
At least you can’t get drafted before you’re old enough to vote anymore.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
It’s not about “handling” anything. Not sure how you inferred that from my post.
Are you okay with army recruiters having your child’s cell phone number without their express consent?
aesc@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
When I was in high school our home phone number was published in the phone book and military recruiters called it a few times when I was getting close to finishing high school.
I’m not giving my kid a cell phone if I think them having it would endanger them. If unsolicited phone calls endanger them they shouldn’t have a cell phone. They should know what information shouldn’t be given out to strangers over the phone, on a call or via message. They should know how to block numbers and recognize calls that are best left to voicemail, &c.