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fknlo posted:My girlfriend's 17 year old is heavily leaning towards enlisting. His dad who is still a Marine and myself are more or less ok with it, but we've both told him to get into something that will be useful in the real world when he gets out. We'll see how it goes if he actually does it. IT in whatever branch he fancies.
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the problem that the vets I know have had is even if they have relevant professional experience in the military, those outside of it can’t possible conceive that they have that experience and think you only shoot things and drink beer
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I was lucky enough not to be in a combat arm, I gained a valuable skill set that has vast and lucrative opportunities in the real world, and my best and closest friends are all people I served with. That said, gently caress being a literal second class citizen for the MIC, and gently caress even more being one of the dudes I work with struggling with PTSD and TBIs from combat. Wouldn't recommend enlisting to my worst enemy.
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Jan 23, 2024 08:15
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he should go do the USAF job where you wear PT gear and hand out towels at the gym. it turns out that one has all the same benefits as every other job, only with much less TBI risk
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Jan 23, 2024 19:23
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RIP Ambassador Soval https://www.ign.com/articles/alien-nation-and-star-trek-enterprise-star-gary-graham-dies-aged-73
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maffew buildings posted:he should go do the USAF job where you wear PT gear and hand out towels at the gym. it turns out that one has all the same benefits as every other job, only with much less TBI risk I remember finding out about the American call to service program where you got full GI benefits for 18 months active and 4 years reserve or something like that. At the time it seemed like a much better deal than my 6 year contract with a potential 2 year extension.
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Jan 23, 2024 20:43
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As a guy who works in an industry that works closely with vets and current military. Some of the nicest most put together folks I've ever met where vets, but also the most stupid and maliciously incompetent people I've ever met where vets. So in conclusion vets is a land of contrast.
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Grip it and rip it posted:I remember finding out about the American call to service program where you got full GI benefits for 18 months active and 4 years reserve or something like that. A lot of my classmates at Hospital Corps School were in under this program, all going greenside. One specifically because it was the shortest route to getting "Veteran" status preferential hiring for his dream job: Boston Fire Department like his father and grandfather. That was the year the Red Sox won the World Series. He went home on leave to put a Sox cap on his grandfather's grave. When I told that story to my father-in-law, also from Boston, he said "Yep. Makes perfect sense to me."
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fknlo posted:My girlfriend's 17 year old is heavily leaning towards enlisting. His dad who is still a Marine and myself are more or less ok with it, but we've both told him to get into something that will be useful in the real world when he gets out. We'll see how it goes if he actually does it. Have them consider the NG especially if your state offers cool benefits like a tuition-covered scholarship. Anecdote of one but the NG set me up for life: I got an IT background, immediately came back from training and started college in a highly-competitive state school CS program 100% tuition covered by my state guard scholarship, lived off drill pay/FAFSA, saved most of my extra grants/scholarships and graduated with more in my bank than most people my age who are working full time. I volunteered for a mob right after graduating that let me jumpstart my retirement investments and network to step right into a $stupid contracting gig, as well as used the opportunity to get all of the issues I've accumulated from training documented on active duty and rated by the VA.
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fknlo posted:My girlfriend's 17 year old is heavily leaning towards enlisting. His dad who is still a Marine and myself are more or less ok with it, but we've both told him to get into something that will be useful in the real world when he gets out. We'll see how it goes if he actually does it. if they absolutely insist on being military push them to ROTC. life as an officer for any branch is >>>>>>>>>> any enlisted that is not crabdad. also they will have a degree they can fall back on if they do not career it. making the gov pay for your education before you are in is way better than doing the enlisted route.
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New Hampshire Primary results: https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1749948412110254359 https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1749950152381493252 And on the Democratic side, where Joe Biden isn't even on the ballot due to him and the DNC pulling NH out of the first-in-the-nation status: https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1749949911796183372
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Lol 7 minutes later he calls it Let’s see if Haley wants to keep burning the war chest
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Defenestrategy posted:As a guy who works in an industry that works closely with vets and current military. Some of the nicest most put together folks I've ever met where vets, but also the most stupid and maliciously incompetent people I've ever met where vets. So in conclusion vets is a land of contrast. Between the guy I've met twice now through my business who is In but apparently has a fear of deodorant and this I just came across: https://youtube.com/shorts/brgq6VdQOFg?si=8nCo4TDL0b8Nbx7f ...this post is timely. I can't imagine the hell that was the rest of his basic after that incident.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Between the guy I've met twice now through my business who is In but apparently has a fear of deodorant and this I just came across: I guarantee you someone else did something dumber before the day was done. Possibly within the hour.
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Naramyth posted:Lol 7 minutes later he calls it It’s not that a whole lot changed in those seven minutes, it’s that fifty‐four to forty‐four, while comfortable for Mr. Trump, is not a blowout.
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Platystemon posted:It’s not that a whole lot changed in those seven minutes, it’s that fifty‐four to forty‐four, while comfortable for Mr. Trump, is not a blowout. And it's believed that a significant percentage of those that voted for Haley would not under any circumstance vote for Trump as the party nominee, and that a non-trivial number would cross party lines to vote against him. If this were a normal candidate in a normal primary, Trump's numbers would be great, but in context, this represents a problem for his chances at winning the general election. He should still carry any deep red state, but his odds of winning any contested state should be pretty bad. at least that's what I tell myself so that I don't get my middle name spoken aloud on national news. Watch him make an rear end of everyone just like he did in 2016.
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A.o.D. posted:And it's believed that a significant percentage of those that voted for Haley would not under any circumstance vote for Trump as the party nominee, and that a non-trivial number would cross party lines to vote against him. If this were a normal candidate in a normal primary, Trump's numbers would be great, but in context, this represents a problem for his chances at winning the general election. He should still carry any deep red state, but his odds of winning any contested state should be pretty bad. That’s what I told a friend to put a positive spin on it. Or rather, I framed it as “this is how I would make it an interesting story if I worked for a news organization.” If four in ten Republican primary voters are saying “maybe it’s time for someone else”, what chance is there for “moderates” to go for DJT? How motivated with that forty percent of the GOP base be to the pull the lever for him? And it’s not like Nikki Haley is an Obama‐level inspirational figure. People aren’t voting for her as much as against Trump, and she’s not even a good anti‐Trump. She was in his cabinet and has not spoken strongly against him. Look at it in 2016 terms:  I would say that Bernie is a stronger candidate than Nikki Haley, but ultimately his performance said less about his strength and more about Clinton’s weakness. A.o.D. posted:at least that's what I tell myself so that I don't get my middle name spoken aloud on national news. Watch him make an rear end of everyone just like he did in 2016. Yeah I don’t know that I believe it myself.
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Platystemon posted:It’s not that a whole lot changed in those seven minutes, it’s that fifty‐four to forty‐four, while comfortable for Mr. Trump, is not a blowout. Oh hey she beat her polling by 5 points She was 15 behind going into yesterday. She needed a double digit+ polling error to maybe get ahead and that hasn’t happened basically ever
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Concern for me is that the Haley “never Trump” voters just don’t vote instead of voting for Biden and well, are we expecting massive minority and young voter turnout for a guy who should be in a retirement home with a weak economy?
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That Works posted:Concern for me is that the Haley “never Trump” voters just don’t vote instead of voting for Biden and well, are we expecting massive minority and young voter turnout for a guy who should be in a retirement home with a weak economy? You mean with people mistakenly thinking the economy is weak?
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Jon Pod Van Damm posted:Dropping bombs doesn't solve the problem? From what I read, its either China doesn't have the capacity or capability to conduct blue navy poo poo so far away, OR they just figure we'll do it for them so why waste any effort or resources at all when we're gonna do it with a coalition anyway. Plus this doesn't get them allied against Iran proxies.
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That Works posted:Concern for me is that the Haley “never Trump” voters just don’t vote instead of voting for Biden and well, are we expecting massive minority and young voter turnout for a guy who should be in a retirement home with a weak economy? You’re going to have to be more specific. But in all seriousness, every republican who stays home because they can’t pull the lever for trump is a win for the dems. There will be way fewer than haley’s numbers suggest, but even a couple percent is going to make it a blowout.
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OddObserver posted:You mean with people mistakenly thinking the economy is weak? This seems like a weird interpretation of individual polls not matching up to economic indicators. There’s a lot of ways the economy can be strong while leaving people thinking they’ve still got the short end of the stick.
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Tiny Timbs posted:This seems like a weird interpretation of individual polls not matching up to economic indicators. There’s a lot of ways the economy can be strong while leaving people thinking they’ve still got the short end of the stick.
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That Works posted:Concern for me is that the Haley “never Trump” voters just don’t vote instead of voting for Biden and well, are we expecting massive minority and young voter turnout for a guy who should be in a retirement home with a weak economy? As others have already said, a Republican voter not voting is essentially the same as them pulling the lever for Biden. I am curious about turnout for the younger crowd this election. I recently heard a story about how college/university admissions have been changing. Turns out young people are pulling out of schools that are in states with restrictive abortions or plan B laws. The story cited something like 10-15% dips, but it shows that the kids are actually thinking and taking action. Maybe Taylor Swift will deploy her legions, maybe kids are starting to care.
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All the clips of Haley and others telling the kids in their 20's that they're just gonna have to work until they're 70 aren't going to go over well either.
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OddObserver posted:That's the thing: the polks aren't "economy sucks for me", they are "economy sucks, but I am doing peachy" overall. And this, of course, after a first non-austerity response to a crisis in a long time produced far better results than the austerity responses. I’m referring to articles like this: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/sanfrancisco/news/why-so-glum-americans-stay-bummed-despite-steady-economy-rebound/ Economists say the economy is good, individuals who have to deal with rampant profiteering on basic necessities say it’s bad and also bad for them. The disconnect in economic indicators and public opinion doesn’t exist in Europe and didn’t used to exist in the US. My pet theory is people in the US either used to have the illusion that economic success was distributed more evenly or it actually was distributed more evenly. It may be different in Europe or Europeans might just be in denial (but probably the former since they get to have things like healthcare and vacations). Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Jan 24, 2024 |
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ASAPI posted:As others have already said, a Republican voter not voting is essentially the same as them pulling the lever for Biden. I would think that a Republican that stays home is -1 vote but one that changes party is -2 or something. Theres got to be electoral math maybe?
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fknlo posted:All the clips of Haley and others telling the kids in their 20's that they're just gonna have to work until they're 70 aren't going to go over well either. GenZ has no illusions about getting to be 70
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Tiny Timbs posted:I’m referring to articles like this: Because the target audience for American facing Economists isn't individuals - its investors and biz leaders who are not hurting. Everyone else can get hosed.
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ASAPI posted:As others have already said, a Republican voter not voting is essentially the same as them pulling the lever for Biden. My concern is that it gets us back into a stupid knife-edge low voter turnout "anything goes" kind of situation. Some republicans not voting for Trump will hopefully be enough to counteract the complete lack of appeal of a Biden 2nd term for many. He initially campaigned on running only one term due to his age and that just vanished after a while. He's done some good things but he's not ever going to be the type to energize many new voters or younger voters to come out to the polls imo. OddObserver posted:You mean with people mistakenly thinking the economy is weak? Yeah lemme go tell my grad students who have had a 5% salary increase concomitant with a 30-35% rent increase and a 25% increase in food costs over the last few years that its fine. My salary increase has been even smaller but because I make enough to absorb the increased costs of living it only hurts me by cutting into the amount I spend in general / funnel into retirement savings. Working as much or more than ever for less at the end of the day, hard to say its a good economy but I don't spend my time on Wall St. That Works fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Jan 24, 2024 |
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Tiny Timbs posted:I’m referring to articles like this: The title of "Economist" should have the exact same cultural cache as "astrologist/psychic/tarot reader", because they're all functionality identical careers.
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Tiny Timbs posted:I’m referring to articles like this: I don't know if we should be so surprised about all this. People feel inflation immediately but don't get the benefit of rising wages until they change jobs, so there's a lag between the negative and positive effects of inflation, plus there were a lot of widely reported layoffs in tech and banking which creates anxiety. The prediction of recession (from - get this - economists) also creates anxiety. All of that takes a while to work through before the public starts feeling secure again, which is what they need to say the economy is good. Europe doesn't work the same way because the European economy genuinely sucks - much sharper price rises especially in food (often imported) and energy (always imported) combined with the aftereffects of a decade of slow growth, and a sharp downturn in the German export economy, meant that European suffered a much stronger shock than the US.
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That Works posted:My concern is that it gets us back into a stupid knife-edge low voter turnout "anything goes" kind of situation. Some republicans not voting for Trump will hopefully be enough to counteract the complete lack of appeal of a Biden 2nd term for many. He initially campaigned on running only one term due to his age and that just vanished after a while. He's done some good things but he's not ever going to be the type to energize many new voters or younger voters to come out to the polls imo. Biden is certainly a flawed candidate and I agree, he has issues "turning out the vote". Hopefully, we don't end up with (let's face it, it is very likely) super thin margins in November. I am still optimistic about younger voters showing up. Unfortunately, we won't know until November as these groups are really captured with polling.
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Ocean mad. https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/1749554817431675230?s=20
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I am exactly one of those "My situation is good but I feel the 'economy' is hosed" people and my reasoning for that is because I live my life one wrong car turn or cancer diagnosis or blood vessel away from losing everything I have to bankruptcy and homelessness for my family with absolutely no form of safety net to catch us the picosecond I am no longer a profit-making endeavor for my employer. How the gently caress does me making an above average salary and having some money in the bank translate to a good situation when it can all completely evaporate with no hope for recovery based on nothing I did or choices I made? It's a better situation than I've had in the past, but that is a long goddamn way from good.
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bird food bathtub posted:How the gently caress does me making an above average salary and having some money in the bank translate to a good situation when it can all completely evaporate with no hope for recovery based on nothing I did or choices I made? It's a better situation than I've had in the past, but that is a long goddamn way from good. By that metric, I don't think the economy in America has ever been good in history? If the metric of bad is "I earn more than most people and hiring is strong, but what if I didn't anymore and what if hiring weren't strong anymore?" then that's a fairly low bar. I think a better measure of long-term anxiety is tied to housing costs. Yes, houses are larger now, and that is a portion of why housing costs have jumped, but also you have areas where developers or NIMBYs simply refuse to build small houses or apartments, and that doesn't make people feel great when they're realizing that their one weird trick to own a home is moving to boring-backwoods, the small city.
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