• LeninWalksTheWorld [any]@hexbear.net
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    2 years 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.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    2 years 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.

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]@hexbear.net
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      2 years 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.