I just thought the Comic-Con would have been a terrible recruiting ground. The military want people that follow orders. The actively discourage intelligence.
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Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Seeing the army recruitment at comic Con always skeeves me out. I see them talking to 16-17 year old socially awkward kids who don’t know any better. Really predatory.
echodot@feddit.uk 8 months ago
qwrty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Military brat here, half the soldiers I meet are massive nerds and the other half are goobers (meatheads, guys with no prospects, guys who always wanted to be in the army). Take that as you will.
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They don’t though. Certain jobs don’t need you to be a genius, but the military really wants all the smart people they can get.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
The US military wants all the smart people that they can get because they don’t have any working for them.
HUMAN_TRASH@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well, fuck me I just found out I’m stupid
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 8 months ago
LoL mkay
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s interesting that the US has not signed the international agreement against child (<18 yo) soldiers - solely so that the US armed forces can sign 17 yo recruits.