The Army will now allow recruits to enlist up to age 42 and has removed a waiver requirement for those with a marijuana-related conviction.

  • kylie_kraft@lemmy.world
    33·
    1 day ago

    You know that at very least Hegseth has been walking around with a half chub at the thought of reinstating the draft. We’re talking about invading multiple countries at any given time. All of the strong man dictators that Trump admires are in countries with compulsory military service.Then there’s the timing of the announcement that Barron is ineligible to serve because he’s too tall or some shit, the press secretary refusing to rule out a draft, and now this. I think they are seriously contemplating the possibility of a mandatory draft in the future.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 day ago

      Then there’s the timing of the announcement that Barron is ineligible to serve because he’s too tall or some shit

      I had to look that up. Apparently the limit is 6’8", and they claim he’s 6’9". Now, the kid is clearly a tall motherfucker, but how much y’all wanna bet he actually tops out at 6’7"? (6’9" is 205.74cm)

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 day ago

        He might be five inches taller than trump really is, but that would put him at 6’4"ish.

        Not the unbelievable 6’7" that’s 5 inches taller than trump’s fake height.

        There’s a very real chance trump doesn’t know he lies about his own height so in his orbit everyone adjust so his 6’2" height can be rationalized. It explains why he can’t believe celebrities/athletes whose real (or close) height is well known.

        They dont play trumps adjustment game, so in his head it doesn’t make sense they’re so much bigger.

        When I played sports in college did the opposite when out at bars. Every guy shaved 4-5 inches off our height because we were tall enough someone would ask. And any guy not in on the joke would lose their shit because it looked like they were lying.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            15 hours ago

            The joke wasn’t on our friends, it was on any dude that followed a girl over when she’d ask how tall any of us were. Which happened at least once a night at bars when we’d go out as a team.

            We all knew to give the “short height” and when she didn’t believe the first one, shed start asking everyone, getting heights that logically lined up until she’d ask anyone we didn’t know, who would tell her the real height, which sounded like an obvious lie.

            It was very chaotic, but especially for college age guys (at least back then) it really really fucked with people. If someone hears a group of guys is lying about their heights, they come over expecting a bunch of people adding a couple inches and eager to prove them wrong.

            But it was just some casual gaslighting for funsies.