Military Bootlicking is a Disease

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@Mx.muffin Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing a veteran say that the best way to respect a veteran is to stop making more veterans.

@sohren94 5 ай бұрын

As a veteran, I agree. They don't even make sure veterans are okay after they scramble their brains and send them home. It's so sick, especially when so many people are lied to by recruiters. The US military exists not to protect us from foreign threats, but to take land and resources from other less militarized countries for money. That's it.

@cotati76 5 ай бұрын

Old men who never served sending young men off to die. Been happening since the beginning of time unfortunately.

@normandy2501 4 ай бұрын

@WillyFisher412 At the same time, I wouldn't fault someone for joining when they need a regularly paying job and education though. If he was saying that to me, then I'd ask him for a job or to pay for my school. Otherwise, I'd do what I had to do. If I could go back in time to when I first signed that contract, I'd just wait for a job in cyber security or something instead of maintenance. What else was I gonna do as an 18 year old with no prospects? It's not like my favorite video essayists were doing anything for me. I can't eat morality at the end of the day.

@Naikomi95 4 ай бұрын

So if you live in a country where you trust your government, then it's okay to join the army?

@liamcollinson5695 29 күн бұрын

I agree I hate how people fight for us then as soon as they leave the army a lot end up homeless then people just walk past without even glancing at them that's the truth of the military soldiers are worthless and can be easily replaced all the money in the world is spent on weapons but how much goes to helping veterans mental health after battle probably not much

@bf4697 Жыл бұрын

My family is very low income, all of my siblings and I had a phase where we were mentally preparing to join the military. We all did good in school, were very left leaning, and did not actually want to but it was looking like the best option at the time it really is a poverty draft

@Jackieeeisvibing Жыл бұрын

Same like they target people like this purposely like schools give them your info so they can go harass you

@_gay_grim_ Жыл бұрын

As someone who was in the exact same position it fúçkíñg sucks, they really are completely predatory

@insertnamehere9950 Жыл бұрын

@@_gay_grim_ i was in a similar situation i was thinking about joining because i was homeless with no real plans

@secondfavoritecolors2993 Жыл бұрын

It’s so awful how they make it virtually the only option for those with a lower income and then at the same time don’t pay them squat :/

@Meatrocket69 Жыл бұрын

I was in a bad spot when i joined the army. i signed a 3 year contract that had a 20 grand bonus. I saved a significant portion of my money due to living in the barracks and only having to really pay my phone bill and car insurance. long story short i discharged with around 30 grand in the bank, not bad for being only 21. so while i agree recruiters 110 percent target low income people, it is very possible to not be a lower class citizen by the end of your time. granted its also very possible to completely derail your life and leave you worse off than you started. if anyones reading this and is considering the military as an option, i recommend choosing a non combat job that transitions well into the civilian world and just putting up with the BS for a few years so you can get your benefits and put all that nonsense behind you.

@mypreviousnamewasreallycri3670 Жыл бұрын

Ok but Jameson visibly recoiling at the sight of a black woman and softly going 'no' with his eyes closed is the funniest shit I've ever seen

@karynalovesyou4615 Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@monikorasort 7 ай бұрын

Bro got jumpscared 💀

@i.cant.pick.a.user_name 5 ай бұрын

jelps hes scared

@digitalartemis333 Жыл бұрын

My boyfriend was going to join the army, he failed basic and is currently studying to be a teacher. We where watching all quiet on the western front a while ago and I turned to him and said, “I’m so happy you failed basic.” He sighed and said. “Me too”

@squirrel_disaster Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear he didn't get in! My dad was in the military even though he tried to prevent going for years, but he still had to go, he thankfully just did training, I currently hope both me and him aren't forced to go back to our home country (Romania) if a war does break out there.

@jordanrayne3585 Жыл бұрын

I broke up with my first love because of his insistence of joining the military. I couldn't talk to him about it and wouldn't be a part of that world. He never did understand why I left even though I tried to explain.

@WERDNACALAVAZA Жыл бұрын

he failed? on purpose…?

@monisahmedrizvi1697 Жыл бұрын

One of my cousins was in the dumps financially his parents had kicked him out had no college degree had horrible grades in highschool . Was looking into joining the navy and talked to a friend who went to army basic he told him not to do it . And that he was better off being a fry cook and going to a community college

@Mrnitti196 9 ай бұрын

He failed basic? How is that even possible, I've been around crayon chewing idiots who passed. He wants to be a teacher now lol

@ShahAznable Жыл бұрын

"defending your country" implies that there's people attacking us, but it feels like we're the one that does the attacking.

@seanlanglois8620 4 ай бұрын

Have you seen the US border

@Naikomi95 4 ай бұрын

So this only applies to the US military?

@HobbiesGamesChillin 4 ай бұрын

@@seanlanglois8620I have It’s a vast empty landscape where not a lot happens I’m guessing you saw a news story on “damigrabtsarecomingfiryourkids” news and assume it’s a war zone Stop getting your news from politicians

@MiloBanks79 4 ай бұрын

📠📠📠✊✊✊🔊🔊🔊

@notenoughsoul1069 4 ай бұрын

@@seanlanglois8620Do you really think citizens of another country attempting to immigrant illegally constitutes a violent attack on the United States?

@cupidbeaux6251 Жыл бұрын

andrew tate talking about the military is like... heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made a really good point

@evanchismark3092 Жыл бұрын

You know what they say about broken clocks.

@JohnDoe-uf3lj Жыл бұрын

Again, he probably doesn’t care or believe it, just says the opposite of what’s popular or steal a few kernels of truth from smarter people.

@bdsmgaming3627 Жыл бұрын

He's anti government, because he always break laws

@suspicioususer Жыл бұрын

*Makes the most basic regurgitated opinion

@Sxmpra_ Жыл бұрын

“Worst person” lmao ok

@sophieterry8175 Жыл бұрын

I was denied in the army due to old self harm scars. But like veteran suicide rates are sky high. Military be like no you can’t have mental health problems because WE wanna give em to you

@brennagera9029 Жыл бұрын

Sadly not even just veterans, it's frequent with active soldiers too. My wife's drill sargeant encouraged a soldier to go through with it and gave him a knife to do it. That being said so glad you didn't end up in the army!

@jedisalamander2457 Жыл бұрын

@@brennagera9029 I can't even think of a punishment I would give to someone that vile

@HotTakeAndy Жыл бұрын

Not everyone comes out with issues, but if you’re high risk, they aren’t going to take you so that you get a year or two in just to be med-sepped and owed a pension for the rest of your life.

@TheSubso Жыл бұрын

Isn't that just knowing that taking you in would likely add more trauma & probably kill you.

@camocat2038 Жыл бұрын

I've considered applying to get rejected. I already know they don't want an AuDHD person who has PTSD. But dispite feeling funny and dark in my head, I'm pretty sure it's still a bad idea. 😅

@sylmaerie Жыл бұрын

“we’ve created more terrorists by far than we could ever kill” is an amazingly great bite sized statement about american military operations. shocking enough to make people want to argue back but then when you think about it it’s really, REALLY true

@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын

That was probably exactly what Osama Bin Laden intended. He wanted us to go after millions of people who had nothing to do with it.

@XenoSeid Жыл бұрын

Hm. Russia is cool though. They didn’t also use the Middle East as their personal sandbox. Also ironically ego maniacs like Puttin and Xi seem to be having a ball lately, so no need for us to do anything about that either right ? Could you be the first one to talk to the CCP and tell them how much you don’t mind their genoocide of the Uyghur population and that it was okay with you so long as the American government didn’t intervene with Taiwan and stop them from invading it because we’d probably radicalize them into jihadist extremists after what we did with the Middle East since that was only specifically American’s doing, given Islam obviously has no history of violence, I mean even if the religion did, they’d probably just behead anyone who said anything about it :^) Also, screw Ukraine right ? Should just take back all of that military support. Won’t do any good if they just become terrorist any way, right ? Since all we can do is create terrorism (??) by helping secure global international trade with your purported logic.

@sylmaerie Жыл бұрын

@@XenoSeid you are so goddamn weird lmfao writing a whole damn essay because i commented about a single sentence 😭 i never said there wasn’t more nuance to some situations and you have no damn idea what i believe so sit the fuck down

@XenoSeid Жыл бұрын

@@sylmaerie You have nothing to retort in explanation so instead you move immediately to straw man. If your comment underneath this dumpster of a video is what quintessentially amalgamates too “Yasss queen slay!” with 100 and thumbs up emojis (at least when it comes to being thought provoking and intellectually stimulating) I can assess that you believe in what this hunyuk has to say which is all weakly constructed, thinly veiled “>:( America equal bad” conceptual anagrams where ideas are just moved around and rerouted without having any cohesion or scholarly perception to simply help and flounder around in the polarizing “left versus right” “coke vs Pepsi” political cesspool. In all of your cancelation culture and entitled woke-ness, you fail to see that engaging in rhetoric like this you only perpetuate the admittedly negative and inherently detrimental capitalist system we live in. I’ll give you full discourse of what I /do/ believe in though, since it’s only negativity and shit smearing people do online but I’m AnarchoSocialist. I’m probably actually more left than you and I think you guys are all bellyaching over shit that just makes that which you’re complaining about WORSE. “Next you’ll say I was only pretending to be retarded.”

@sylmaerie Жыл бұрын

@@XenoSeid i’m also ansoc so that’s pretty cool of you tbh! and how are you not resorting to ad hominem, hasty generalization, and other logical fallacies yourself in your comments? i have no interest in conversing with you not because i cannot back myself up or because i believe you cannot back yourself up, but because i see no “thought provoking and intellectually stimulating” value out of entering into discourse with you-you have obviously already made up your mind and i will not sit here and be purposely misunderstood so you can feel superior to me. and for the record, flowery writing does not make you inherently correct. i say this as a fan of above-average vocabulary myself. have a good day.

@cyanzaran Жыл бұрын

Fuck the military, rest in peace to my grandad who was exposed to agent orange and got horrible cancer at 73. Epic video Ethan :']

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

Know a guy here who designed that stuff, he’s fucked up majorly. Nice guy, wouldn’t hurt anyone unless provoked to do so, stands his own. Really smart, I’m talking genius level smart calculating all sorts of shit in his head fast. He’s a walking calculator. I’m sure he’s still hurting but I always like talking to him. We’re both quiet… lol exchange words sparsely but you can tell he likes having short conversations and just getting to the point. He didn’t deserve to get fucked over by the VA. 😒 non service related my ass

@sealogic4552 Жыл бұрын

@aviation cat WE didn’t do it. Our government did it. Don’t feel remorse, feel burning fucking rage. Our overlords are terrorists and criminals.

@truffeltroll6668 Жыл бұрын

Most birth defects in Vietnam can still be connected to agent orange. That shit was nuking lite. Kinda fucked up that the US doesn't support the country even tho they lost the war.

@jurassicsmackdown6359 7 ай бұрын

"fuck the military" should be a much more common phrase globally, but there's a solid chance of getting assaulted if you dare utter such common sense here in the USA

@stephaniewilliams6756 4 ай бұрын

Agent Orange claimed the life of my father, fuck the military

@spacedino91 Жыл бұрын

"War is rich old men protecting their wealth by sending lower and middle-class young men off to die" - George Carlin

@percyorsomething2641 Жыл бұрын

I get reminded how much I really hate the military every Fourth of July when my veteran uncle has to leave before fireworks

@badger6882 Жыл бұрын

Man, I'm sorry to hear it

@sunshine_tidings6983 Жыл бұрын

That's really sad, I'm sorry to hear that

@newname3021 Жыл бұрын

At least it’s because of ptsd. I went with my friends family one year and they fucking left out of respect to veterans that can’t enjoy it…. This was located at a fair type location where you had to pay and my mom gave me money to buy my ticket and for games. It was a whole thing and they fucking made us leave 30 minutes before fireworks. I will never forget that bs

@SuperRat420 Жыл бұрын

oh boo hoo he killed for oil money and has to pay the price

@brook_angel Жыл бұрын

@@SuperRat420 don't hate the individual, hate the system. Many don't have other good choices for education, healthcare or money. You don't know them, don't be an ass.

@NatCosplaysBae Жыл бұрын

I’m the child of a Wounded Vet. even after you’ve spent your entire adult life fighting for, ultimately, nothing, then the VA doesn’t help you at all after you’ve almost died. They load you up on opiates and send you on your way- leading to a mass amount of homeless vets addicted to drugs. I was raised by this wounded Vet to be excited about the military, join West Point and become part of the military industrial complex. Obviously, I fought tooth and nail against that! But watching my dad and I’s (already meh) relationship crumble over not wanting to possibly ruin my life was the worst. I will never trust the military, as it ruined my parents life, my family, and almost got me too.

@LyricNear Жыл бұрын

Also the child of a wounded vet, though the mental issues affected her more than physical ones. Though my mom was always anti-military, and after she served we existed in a very strange middle ground between honoring her achievements and despising everything about it. I saw her struggle with painkillers and alcohol and the VA dug in their heels even when she was spending months at a time in the hospital. Absolutely ruined her life and ours. There's no honor in any of it, we're just collectively in denial in some attempt to save face.

@soulextract640 Жыл бұрын

Before I answer that question lets talk about what your military has given you over the past 200 years. They have given you the greatest nation in history. A country where you are free to live as you see fit. A nation that has religious freedom. In fact, a nation that has more freedoms than any other nation on earth. They fight and die for you daily. They die in continuous wars that the government makes them fight. They die by the hundreds annually in training accidents. What do they ask in return? Nothing. They willingly pay the ultimate sacrifice for your freedom. Given all that I have said you would think that even a liberal would respect that. Liberals don’t and they prove it on a daily basis. Because a liberal has no honor, no integrity, no loyalty, and they hate anyone that displays these character traits. They are basically cowards that hide in the shadows. Harsh words for me. But I mean every word and I have become thoroughly disgusted. I will now tell you why I am so angry with liberals regarding military. I am sure you remember the debacle the Afghanistan withdrawal was. Liberals left Billions of dollars of equipment that will be impossible to replace in the near term. Liberals were directly responsible for the deaths of at least 11 Marines. The bloodiest day for American military in almost 20 years. The equipment and supplies they left behind will kill your sons and daughters for decades to come. No remorse from liberals. It’s the military’s job to die. That what they get paid to do. When Lt. Col Scheller criti cized the incompetence of the Afghanistan surrender what did the liberals do? And that’s what it was a surrender, and we ran with our tails tucked between our legs while the Taliban watched and laughed. They Court Marshaled him. A Marine with 17 years of faithful service to his country and to you. A Marine with a Bronze Star with Valor and numerous other awards for service and bravery in combat. So, what was Lt. Col Scheller’s sentence? A $5,000.00 fine and a General Officer Letter of Reprimand (career ending). His only guilt in my opinion was openly saying what everyone was thinking but did not have the courage to say. Now Lt. Col Scheller’s file goes before SECNAV to determine what type of discharge he will receive. The SECNAV can give him an honorable, other than honorable, general or a dishonorable discharge. Eleven U.S. Representatives signed a letter to the SECNAV requesting Lt. Col Scheller be given an honorable discharge. All eleven Representatives are Republicans. Not a single liberal signed the letter. But what would you expect? Where do we go from here? I sent Lt. Col Scheller a personal thank you for his sacrifice and invited him to become a citizen of Bandera County. I for one would be glad to call him neighbor. In closing I would like to ask a favor of you. I spend much time researching and writing these articles. The favor I ask is for you to give the Bandera bulletin feedback. Do you like the articles, dislike or don’t care? Conrad Streigl is the Bandera County GOP Secretary and Bandera County Precinct hair 102. He resides in Pipe Creek.

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

what was his branch and MOS.

@Amanda-ug6gp 8 ай бұрын

As a child of a disabled vet (though more mental than physical due to trauma sustained in the service) I fully agree that the VA does nothing more than exacerbate the problems already faced by a large portion of the veteran community. Healing does not come...

@CCA.C17.SQL.02Idot 6 ай бұрын

@@infantry4lyfe252 What a username lol. Tell me you eat up military propaganda without telling me you eat up military propaganda

@scorchedcandy2476 Жыл бұрын

For people who ride the military so hard, its kind of embarrassing that every single time they get mad about pride month vs veteran's day (or memorial day bc they never remember both of them at once), they forget about November being veterans and military families month AND May being military appreciation month and month of the military caregiver AND April being month of the military child, and that's not even touching on the countless days for each military branch and various other military holidays that you can easily find with 2 seconds of googling to counter them. Almost like they don't actually care about celebrating the military to begin with like sorry our one month is better than ur 1/4 of the year idk maybe u should simply get good

@emiliew5553 Жыл бұрын

"but the military doesn't get parades!!!!!" then throw one. nobody would stop you.

@scorchedcandy2476 Жыл бұрын

@@emiliew5553 so many parades not our problem they're all boring

@questionablebackyardmeows Жыл бұрын

THIS

@thegreatsaiyamanofgaming8221 Жыл бұрын

I argued with someone who said and I quote "Those don't count". Needless to say I had to stop arguing because I was getting no where

@Wonderoddity Жыл бұрын

@@emiliew5553if they say that, they’re literally lying. Veteran’s day parades are HUGE where I’m from

@hannahmotley1863 Жыл бұрын

for the people who say “gay people get a whole month and the military gets a day” may is national military appreciation month.

@ioris8363 7 ай бұрын

Then why aren't there military flags everywhere in May?

@simoneidson21 7 ай бұрын

@@ioris8363Because military flags aren’t a thing

@ixchel3330 6 ай бұрын

@@ioris8363 Show me a military flag lol

@ethandollarhide7943 2 ай бұрын

@@ioris8363They're called American Flags bro.

@forcehearts Жыл бұрын

I'm so anti-military and they even still almost get me sometimes with the predatory recruitment tactics. Ethically, they horrify me, but as a scared 20 yo who's terrified of debt and unsure of my life's purpose, when the friendly recruiter guys send multiple emails a semester to my community college email telling me all the things I'll get if I'd only just TALK to them, they almost get me. It's so unbelievably fucked up.

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

I walked into the recruiter office knowing damn well what I wanted, and the recruiter was a little shocked. I know what I want, I know why I want it, I know how to get it. Lol he was surprised. I’m not dumb, we’re both in intelligent people and know what’s up. recruiters job is to recruit, I was honest about my wants and needs, he said he’s got all these positions open, I wanted one specific job: Military police. Security forces for airforce especially, it’s a good job for what it is. I wouldn’t see combat, I’d be stuck at some base guarding entrances doing patrols and the regular shit… I’m not special, I want to do my 4 and look for a private security job that pays pretty good locally (I know of places like hospitals and utility companies that do) They all require prior LEO or military experience. They pay very well, and you’re generally set for however long you want. A lot of those guards move into actual law enforcement after a few years. I just need what I need, I want something, the military wants something. Don’t fall for the bullshit.

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

stay out of my Army. your weakness is cancer.

@yassine8935 6 ай бұрын

@@aandyherr817 girl you wanted to become a military pig 👮🏾🐷you most definitely fell for the bs lmfao 😂

@Naikomi95 4 ай бұрын

Are you only anti American military or also anti Ukrainian, Polish or finish military?

@kindabent3275 4 ай бұрын

@@Naikomi95 did ukraine or finland ever bomb anyones land for "oil" and "freedom"?

@papertowels2332 Жыл бұрын

I have a friend who’s a trans guy who genuinely considered joining the military at one point after they unbanned trans people and offered to pay for medical transition for those who joined. Absolutely digusting thank god he never went through with it

@beekid5167 Жыл бұрын

@@almightyalmanzo9754 hope youre okay!!

@dragonfell5078 Жыл бұрын

The military will appeal to he largest possible demographic to get as much meat for their meat grinder as possible. They don't actually care, they just want recruits. Bodies. Sacrifices.

@rabpanz6145 Жыл бұрын

Considering how hard it is to get trans care, I completely understand the temptation. I'm just this year getting any after almost 10 years of trying.

@chromepaintaddict9787 Жыл бұрын

Literally my plan; I can't leave my household, my parents are pressuring me to join the AF, and I don't have any other options. So shit, if I'm gonna join I may as well get hormones out of it

@zarajday Жыл бұрын

That's what I'm doing

@keppakappa5033 Жыл бұрын

whoever voices ben shapiro did a great job of capturing the whole "I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about but if I sound pretentious and condescending enough I can at least pretend I know what I'm doing" vibe of his character

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

Ever read about the Arab-Israeli War of 1948? Do you know what an Intifada is? Do you know what AQ Khan is famous for? Do you know anything at all?

@iamaphantom6905 Жыл бұрын

@holstonmatt Жыл бұрын

@@russellm2555 you are a bootlicker just like ben

@lindseyhendrix2405 Жыл бұрын

**rabidly nods head while speaking**

@kaijuwitness5661 Жыл бұрын

@@russellm2555 number one victory royale yeah fortnite we bought to get down

@Jack_Saint_Archive Жыл бұрын

*I love when Ethan said "It's wokin' time!" and woked all over the military. Truly one of the wokes of all time.*

@DougBohm Жыл бұрын

“Has no idea what woke is but uses it repeatedly.

@FlareStorms Жыл бұрын

yo i love woking

@natrosenquist Жыл бұрын

I'm about to woke 😩

@theresaurus9820 Жыл бұрын

Is the person in the vid trans or cis?

@stitchizgay Жыл бұрын

@@theresaurus9820 he is cis. He I believe uses he/him. He might use they/them to though. He deff uses he/him though! He’s also bi

@JEEPERSCREEPERSBEEPERS Жыл бұрын

As a transgender vet, I think it’s hilarious how often I get called a child groomer or child murderer because I needed medical care and college without digging myself into debt🤣🫠 (I work in a clinic like wtf)😂

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

I was enlisting for basically military police, SF, Security Forces which does military policing, base defense, guarding things, shit that needs to just get done. I refused to enlist with any other branch but the airforce. Better living, easier time of things, plus I just need to get experience and get away from here. So, it’s less about “ MUH MILITARY “ and more of, I need this as a job for a while to learn specific skills or any skills, to put on a resume to get a better job. Basically, I want this job function to further my career because you HAVE to be ex military to get into the good jobs here… I’ll be hired the MONENT I leave from the military on completion of my contract lol. So, it sucks. But that’s reality. I have little chance to succeed here without having some service. 🤷‍♂️ it’s whatever

@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын

These "you're groomers!" people are going to move onto another scapegoat, having learned nothing. We're tough. We'll keep going. We're awesome. Hang in there.💓

@JEEPERSCREEPERSBEEPERS Жыл бұрын

@@aandyherr817 I wish I spent more time weighing my options😅 I chose the Army because I thought the uniform was cute and the air force had the greys at the time

@AbstractTraitorHero Жыл бұрын

Bro you joined the U.S military, by definition you helped kill children and innocent men, women and children. Even if you did not pull the trigger you helped those who did.

@soulextract640 Жыл бұрын

@jumpingchicken69 Жыл бұрын

A book everyone should read is 'War Is a Racket' by Smedley Butler, a Marine Corps general and one of only 19 people to win the Medal of Honor twice. In it he talks about how he and the U.S military were just being used as, and I quote "high class muscle men for big business". It was written in 1935.

@danielludwig647 Жыл бұрын

He was awarded his first medal of honor for the US occupation of Veracruz, which was an absolute sham of an operation that worsened US/Mexico relations. The landing itself was also an incredibly simple steamroll by the US forces, and yet they awarded a staggering 56 medals of honor for the operation (twice as many as the *entire* Spanish American war). Butler angrily tried to return his medal. He said he didn’t do anything to deserve it, and that it was an “unutterable foul perversion of Our Country's greatest gift.” To this day, the Veracruz medals are extremely contested.

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

And that big business, global commerce and three industrial revolutions led by the US transformed the world from extreme poverty

@somethingstupid1075 Жыл бұрын

it always makes me cringe so hard whenever i see ads for the military that are clearly targeting kids/young adults. and sometimes they’re so extremely and transparently predatory it just fills me with rage.

@SpaceCowboy57 Жыл бұрын

Remember when the Army put out their own FPS game? Recruiters would give out copies or you could download it for free and it was pretty decent at the time for a free online FPS.

@tambrabonds950 Жыл бұрын

@@SpaceCowboy57 lol remember COD? Remember Bay's Transformers? They got fingers in pies that dont even have their name on them, all to stoke up recruiting

@GayFrogsTho 6 ай бұрын

Now you know how normal people feel when they see a six foot drag queen with fake tits and a five o clock shadow dance provocatively in front of children.

@MysticalBlueRse Жыл бұрын

As an Army brat (with lots of military family), who has also worked with chronically homeless and food insecure vets… the ripping away of individuality of soldiers hurts them because once they leave the military… they don’t know who, what, or where. Plus they get fucked over in what they see and have to do. Plus, the military doesn’t have a great “exit program” to help soldiers return to civilian life

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

That needs to change, ASAP. Should have been a comprehensive exit plan for all personnel.

@d.profet5873 Жыл бұрын

There are a few programs people use, it’s mandatory to have a plan (in the army at least - prior to ETS, it’s called SFL-TAP “Soldier for life transition program”, most people i’ve seen (here in alaska at least) tend to do that in conjunction with CSP “Career Skills Program, where you learn a trade or go to school, while you’re doing that you also sign an agreement to work as an intern for an organization in the field you chose, once the program is finished (usually around 6 months - you’re being paid by the army this whole time btw) you get hired wherever your “internship” was. It’s pretty sweet.

@MysticalBlueRse Жыл бұрын

@@d.profet5873 it’s not about finding a career post-military. It’s about learning to be a civilian again, you can have a plan for work and even a plan for healthcare but the military is still rather anti-mental health and people view military as “too manly” to need mental health, thus there is a problem in that there are those that don’t get help period and those who do go to the appointments but don’t utilize those sessions to their full potential for help. The anti-medication aspect of the USA doesn’t help, because people try to “do fine” without their medicine but instead do socially acceptable forms of self-medication (drinking) and some socially questionable (drugs, gambling, violence). Finding jobs outside the military tends to be easy for soldiers, staying employed is what’s hard

@d.profet5873 Жыл бұрын

@@MysticalBlueRse I’m just an anecdote, but my experience has been different, especially in Alaska (mental health is important up here - bc of the sky high suicide rate) my point in bringing that up would be the military is changing, the toxic attitude of “i can do this on my own, i don’t need a map” (people not wanting therapy or help) is a vanishing myth (again this is my experience, but behavioral health and off post referrals to therapists are fairly common up here) there’s still a societal stigma on therapy which I also think is beginning to disappear. It’s not the best job and is arguably a terrible job (especially if you don’t stay in long term) but I can see the military trying to “un-fuck” some of the mistakes of its past (i.e. helping people transition into civilian life)

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

Bitch stop fucking lying. The military doesn't rip away your individuality.

@brennagera9029 Жыл бұрын

My wife is in the military and oh boy do I have a hatred for them. They gave her disorders they mock her about, their hospitals mistreat her and they still demand she works even when she can't WALK. Oh yeah not to mention the labor laws they break and the literal law in our state that she shouldn't drive in her condition but they force her to. If she has an episode while driving it could kill her and potentially civilians but no, she needs to work instead 🙃 I could go on and on

@dragonfell5078 Жыл бұрын

This is why I hate all those new military recruitment ads. Not because they're "woke" or some stupid shit like that, but because they're obviously trying to appeal to as large a demographic as possible, so that they can get as much new meat as possible for their meat grinder. It's a bunch of old ass men trying to get a bunch of young people to fight and die for reasons they don't understand. They don't care who joins or who they have to appeal to, they just want recruits. I hope your wife is doing okay.

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

Your wife sound like a bitch made pansy. Stay out of my turf, you weak willed fuck.

@thewonderfulworldofkatushya950 Жыл бұрын

Brother, if she can't walk, please try to get her to get med boarded before things get worse 😢

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

@thewonderfulworldofkatushy9509 it's called "extra duty," and it usually involves KP duty (serving food), which is never hard work. Brennagera's wife is a fucking lazy shitbag.

@joryrevealsreality6409 Жыл бұрын

my friend watched his best friend in the navy kill himself before his eyes and begged his superiors for trauma therapy and mental health support from, you know watching his best friend shoot his face off. they never gave it to him and he started acting out, so they psychologically tortured him as punishment. his 'acting out' was calling out his superiors for lying about covid (saying it wasnt dangerous, your mask doesnt have to go over your nose, and that coronavirus was being blown out of proportion). he got caught spreading cdc verified information and the way they punish navy members is through isolation from their family, spouse, and friends. they take their phones and prevent them from going to mainland for however long they deem to be an adequate punishment. he had to spend additional months on the ship without being able to speak to his wife, go home, or use his phone. it was one of the worst times of his life and on top of that his best friend who he shared his bunk with died in his room. pure psychological torture. unfortunately i and most of the people i know are lower class, and there are limited options for upward mobility unless poor people join the military. i know plenty of army members, marines, navy soldiers, and air force men, because of our collective socioeconomic background. we force our poor to fight our wars and we don't take care of them during or after. i know people who couldn't handle boot camp and had to quit because it is psychological (and physical, and sometimes sexual) torture. when i worked for a crisis line for victims of sa and domestic abuse i got calls from women in the service who had been assaulted but couldn't pursue any type of charges or protections from the evil people within their immediate surroundings, which inevitably leads to a culture of repeated violence. i have personally talked many women out of joining the armed forces, because i was on the other ends of those calls, only able to be a listening ear to people who will never receive justice. in my opinion, no amount of money, financial security, or possible upward class mobility is worth the risks of being tortured and having to live with that unresolved pain for the rest of your life. dying in the military is merciful compared to what our living go through, and all americans should be hyper critical of the military and actively be against the institution. we are not peacekeepers we are terrorists, cruel, and war criminals. there are a million examples, but if you don't know about america's secret war with laos start there. the lao people have never done anything against america or their neighbors that could ever justify the cruel experiments the american military inflicted on them and the active bombs littering their country to this day that have yet to go off. because of america lao children have signs in their schools warning them to never touch the bombs that are still on their ground, and that alone should chill anyone to their core to imagine. and look into the Invade The Hague Act, where we excuse all american war criminals from ever being charged with war crimes.

@1986tommyvercettisigma 4 ай бұрын

jeez man rip to your friend

@7nviie Жыл бұрын

my husband is an army vet. one thing he’s always said that stuck with me is, “i signed a contract for up to and including my life, and they just threw me away like garbage when i wasnt useful anymore.”

@detrik01 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like your husband was naive tbh

@kraftyk4162 Жыл бұрын

I was in the Navy when the pronoun video dropped. I remember a lot of my peers being really rude about it while there was litterally a trans sailor in the room with us. They were being openly anti trans, even the instructors. I hope that trans sailor is doing good these days.

@starrysuu Жыл бұрын

I’m in the navy, E-5, first enlistment, second command Not planning to reenlist (lmao, fuck that) My first command had, give or take, 35 people And I fucking hated it there for personal reasons, but holy shit, I don’t know why but at least once a month, someone has to be transphobic in that command, I deadass don’t know why I fucking hated it but it was literally everyone Come to my second command and I finally find a trans woman whose the same rate as me, she told me how there was a trans E-6 who helped them through all the process of getting things done legally (name change, gender change, etc.) It made me happy to see but then it’s like, I can only imagine how pissed off id be if she was in my old command with me because of all the dumb and weird jokes they would say and how it would make sailors like her feel, feeling like their coworkers see them nothing but as a joke She would have never gotten the help because even the LPO in that command made the transphobic comments, that’s how bad it was

@iateseveralpoundsofsemtex1577 Жыл бұрын

@@starrysuu how bad is the transphobia in the Navy? cause so far from what i saw in the army, i didn't see much in the way of anti-lgbt+, or even racist rhetoric. now this isn't me saying it doesn't exist, and i did have a short tenure in the army, so i didn't get to meet those "exciting" individuals who can't help themselves, and go off on how much they hate social minorities. But i am just wondering how bad is it in the other branches.

@CamiloCienfuegosStan Жыл бұрын

I’m a trans woman. I don’t. Fucking war criminals, the lot

@chriiiiis Жыл бұрын

My command is pretty strict with trans sailors after they change their gender in the system but that doesn't mean everyone in the shops are cool about it.

@bunnyhana7482 Жыл бұрын

@@iateseveralpoundsofsemtex1577 This definitely might've changed over the years but my ex-step dad is a Navy veteran. He's Hispanic and he told me about how bad the racism towards him and other poc members of his crew was. Alot of them had super racist nicknames they'd have to respond to and were told to basically suck it up. I don't know alot of details about it, and granted he was enlisted around the 90's and early 2000's so I don't think it was a military specific thing at the time

@hexegrams Жыл бұрын

military recruiters came to my high school last month and gave a presentation on why we should all join. the biggest incentive is that the military will pay for your college education if you do, and you can “Escape student debt!!” this is probably why america will never have free college, because then they couldn’t manipulate teenagers into joining the military.

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

Another dumb take

@andrewgarfieldswife8734 Жыл бұрын

Someone spit on the recruiter at mine 💀

@twiggledowntown3564 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewgarfieldswife8734 What happened after that?

@andrewgarfieldswife8734 Жыл бұрын

@@twiggledowntown3564 not quite sure I just heard from other people but I think they went to ISS?

@kiryukazuma8089 Жыл бұрын

@@twiggledowntown3564 the recruiter was probably some 22 year old, tired e4. Bro probably just sighed

@ForestWolfie Жыл бұрын

If you want an actual good war film that shows the true traumas and awful things people deal with in war I highly suggest "All Quiet On the Western Front", be warned it is very very very depressing and sad, but it does an amazing job of showing what war actually does to people despite those who have never fought in war portraying verterans and soldiers like heros.

@mechanomics2649 Жыл бұрын

I mean, Full Metal Jacket is an actual good war film that shows the true traumas and awful things people deal with in war. It also show how the military tries to manipulate media narrative.

@ForestWolfie Жыл бұрын

@@mechanomics2649 I’m just recommending what I’ve seen, I haven’t seen or really heard of Full Metal Jacket before

@cinderellasunderstudy2937 Жыл бұрын

It is based on a book by a german author who actually fought in the First World War. It shows the incredible pointlessness of war and how it dehumanizes people.

@goma3088 Жыл бұрын

Haven't seen the movie but I remember reading the book for school and the impact it had on me. An emotionally heavy read, I hated and loved it. I've always intended to read it again but have needed several decades time before I'm ready to go through that reading experience again

@tjenadonn6158 Жыл бұрын

If you want something more shortform the music video for Kate Bush's "Army Dreamers" is also very effective.

@BellalovesLouisandHarry Жыл бұрын

My grandpa was a veteran. His best friend who was black, was extremely discriminated against in his time as a soldier. He didn’t make it back home with my grandpa. My grandpa was traumatized. He still talked about him before he passed away this past april. I can’t imagine how terrible it was. I have lost my trust in the military, police, and anything else like that. My grandpa had a lot of health issues too, guess what the government did for him when some of that was caused by being in the army, fucking nothing. Nothing. They were all lied to and that breaks my heart. Sorry about this rant type comment. I just felt it was a thing to mention

@bookgirlny8511 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest disgraces is the abysmal care veterans receive when they return home. Smh.

@bookgirlny8511 Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

@GingerThereforeNoSoul Жыл бұрын

I was in the military. It was my only escape from my abusers. All my life, I was abused every way possible....including full on S.A. Back in high school, those recruiters came to the school during our lunches (this happens at several high schools in the USA), and recruiters sold me a package of lies dip in gold. However, at least it got me away from my abusers at home. I could NEVER hurt a person, so I became a corpsman, which is essentially a medic. I'm a woman, so I was confined to hospitals, clinics, ships,aid stations...etc. I got to work mostly in emergency medicine, so there was no such thing as an "enemy" in my line of work... they're a patient. I took an oath that I will always stand by, "Above All Else, Do No Harm." I got out bc the military is awful and treats its people like scum. The abuse, sexual assault, hazing, murders getting covered up, young military individuals (typically women) going missing. DON'T JOIN THE MILITARY, DON'T LET A RECURITER. SELL YOU SOME BULL💩 LIES AND PROMISES. They're made to get so many folks to enlist in a certain time frame...its all just a numbers game making more cannon fodder.

@sleepybaby8218 Жыл бұрын

My dad was in the army for nearly 30 year's and it's heartbreaking to see the effect that time has on him even after year's of being out and having gone through therapy and I told him that a lot of my friends were joining JROTC and he told me those are good classes for learning leadership but I remember he very seriously told me "please don't join the military I mean if you really want to I will support you but please please do not join it's not worth it" I've never seen him like that before but it really opened my eyes i knew that it was bad but if my old conservative dad will tell me not to join the military in the way he did then damn

@jedharrington6234 Жыл бұрын

My dad's mother was training in the marines, something happened that I only saw in the court case as "the incident". Whatever happened changed her for the worse and sent ripples throughout my family. Needless to say I detest the army as a institution

@sleepybaby8218 Жыл бұрын

@@jedharrington6234 my mom said that before the military my dad was a sweet fun caring guy and after the military he was borderline abusive and rude and didn't want to do anything with me and her he even got into drugs and had a bad drinking problem my parents got divorced and my dad eventually Remarried and my step mom helped him a lot she made sure he stopped drugs and drinking and she got him into rehab and got him therapy all while protecting me from what was really happening with my dad and making sure I was happy and didn't know how bad my dad was (just to clarify I was really young so I really shouldn't have known what was wrong with my dad and I'm glad I didn't) my dad also had anger issues but now he is so much better and my step mom still helps him whenever he has like moments where he still get super mad over little things she has really helped my dad through the year's and I'm super greatful for her she was also in the military so she understands what's it like

@artespeck8091 Жыл бұрын

My dad (derogatory) literally told my brother “go back down their and quit.” When my brother came home from being recruited *in our high school cafeteria* (to other countries that have relatively normal governments: yes. They allow the military to sign kids up at school if theyre 18, they also bribe them with college funding bc they know many of us are desperate for tuition money.) My brother ended up being dishonorably discharged bc of a sexual assault allegation (im still not sure if he did it. On the one hand, hes my brother and I know hes manipulated girls in the past. On the other, she said it happened when witnesses say he was with them in the gym, whereas she was on the school bus. But those witnesses were his friends)

@josephmalham725 Жыл бұрын

My mom once met with an Air Force recruiter when she was 17 back in the 80s. She didn’t tell my grandparents until afterwards, and they were super upset that she went without them when they found out. This is despite my grandfather having served in both the Navy and Marine Corps at different points in his life. He was afraid that the recruiter’s lies would work on my mom if she didn’t have anywhere with her who knew how military life actually was.

@soulextract640 Жыл бұрын

@AvidCat5000 Жыл бұрын

Being in the military is like a fraternity that you can't get out of bc of contracts, misplaced faith in the system, imaginary honor, and some asshole shouting at you bc he's your boss now. That gets old fast. The start, boot camp, is designed to break you down. The more you hate the people pushing you, the more they expect you to push back, harder with that look of determination. Some of them will soothe your mental or physical wounds, those who understand the torture, but see it as necessary and traditional. The next phase is basically "college" with the steady backbone of maintaining your self and your occupation. There are good memories and bad but usually not life-scarring. That comes with the next phase. Arriving at your destination, your unit, your people you will work with, live with, fight with, hopefully not die with... you start a new life. There is still that looming dread of war on your horizon, but you don't see it yet. You catch it in the eyes of the ones who came before. Everyone copes differently by and with a drink, smoke, harder stuff, some by celebrating anything, or by helping others along the path. The thing gleams darkly between the subtexts. The job and your friends become the same. Whatever attention and attitude you have you give it all, or some, or just a bit so you can go back to doing something else. Distracting yourself, gaining life experience, climbing the many ladders. Then the day comes when you have to go. The hot sun, dry heat, smells of burning oil and strangely hemp, mixed with the fear that the next one will get you. That's when you step off the final plane and it all floods in on you. That rat bastard of a recruiter hasn't bothered to call you since you signed up. Vanished into the ether, leaving invisible blood-trails. Everything you carry is heavy. The armor, the weapons, the clothes, the extra things you "needed" hang on you like concrete. You suddenly wish to call home, to hear some familiar voices. The ones you swore to protect. The ones you were sent to die for. To protect some distant ideals. To be all that you can be. Never mind the corporate infusion into the daily battleground. The Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Subway, and more litter the Forward Operations Bases, calling you over for a slice of home. You eat it as the mortar shells begin their weekly tirade. After a while, violence becomes a nuisance. You sit in the bunker and eat, and wait for the ending. Your heart always races though. It always will if the sound is just the right decibel. Years later, thunderstorms will reintroduce this fear. You'll coax yourself back to reality. Then, time comes to leave it all behind. Might be retiring, maybe just a step back. Either way, the contract is done. They promise to honor their promises and you believe them knowing how hard they will work to hold out. The thunder rolls in the distance. You remember old friends. You smile at the thought of them and the good times. Memories of adrenaline youth. You also understand that distant look now. That stare when reliving those darker moments. The confusion, the panic, the debris, the pain, the desperate will to live, that ceaseless need to die, the blurry details and sharp horrors. You get it now. Not once did they ever tell you they were just people. They said "enemy" and it was fact. You questioned that and they said "they could be anywhere, anyone, even your friends." Good one, boss-man. You start and stop, gathering yourself again. The power transformer explodes on the pole. The darkness: quick and alive. You expect the other shoe. That feeling lasts until the fresh, clear sunrise. Later on, you see a soldier walking with his girl on the sidewalk. You resist the urge to salute. You might say, "thank you for your service." He might smile and mumble thanks. You might not say anything and nod. They might respond in kind. A dense cloud fades out. Everything moves on. As should you, you mutter aloud. After all, you both just wanted to be a part of something, a brotherhood, a family, a fraternity perhaps. Maybe they just shouldn't have guns, you think and turn on the TV. It's a gun ad. Damn you irony. -edit: made it a little clearer Thanks for reading this.

@PlayerTenji95 Жыл бұрын

Wow, this was… wild. Thanks.

@ag8454 Жыл бұрын

Have you considered getting into writing? I think you're pretty good at it. Sorry it's about such a shitty topic though.

@finn7983 Жыл бұрын

Jesus this is fucking haunting

@AvidCat5000 Жыл бұрын

I'm always a writer at heart. Thanks for reading it. 👍 It's based on my experiences. It was dark at times, but the tunnel eventually ends.

@Emu19 Жыл бұрын

@@AvidCat5000 This genuinely brought me to tears. I can't even begin to comprehend how that must've been. To read your experience... All I can think to say is I'm so sorry, and I hope you are doing better, if possible. On a brighter note, if writing is something you are interested in, you should 100% consider publishing a book. I know I would pick up this book in a heartbeat, not just because this is incredible writing and a topic I enjoy, but also because I would be happy that my money would go to someone who certainly deserves it.

@cryptidonstrike Жыл бұрын

You ever hear phrases like “The Ronald Reagan Institute’s Reagan National Defense Survey” and just break into hives instantly

@tjenadonn6158 Жыл бұрын

This is your reminder that Ronald Reagan's grave is zoned as a gender neutral restroom. Pissing on Ronald Reagan's headstone is not just your right as a citizen of the world, but your duty.

@PlayerTenji95 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that sounds like a recipe for allergens!

@davidbowman2001 Жыл бұрын

Think tank names all have a certain ring to them and at this point when I see one I just automatically think “EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL”.

@howdyitsren Жыл бұрын

that andrew tate clip was the most “heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made a good point” ever

@WilliamBrowning Жыл бұрын

24:46 I love that this homophobic, transphobic veteran doesn't know that May is Military Appreciation Month.

@m.z1256 Жыл бұрын

lmao...

@cowboybones5743 Жыл бұрын

i've been seeing these fucked up military recruitment ads recently that are geared toward gamers. like "you like shooting people in video games? how badass would it be if you could do it irl?" it's fucking baffling

@Ukraineaissance2014 Жыл бұрын

The us military funds games like call of duty

@raumarsene9910 Жыл бұрын

@@Ukraineaissance2014 Yeah it happens *a lot* in the film industry as well. A not-so-fun fact: If you see a movie that has military equipment in it at any point, it is more likely than not partially funded by the military and as such the script had been reviewed by said military to make sure it has no slander, criticism, or even just random shit the military doesn't like in it because in the Pentagon's own words, "Any form of negative protrayal would not be accurate to the military." Some of the reasons that the military has refused to fund certain movies is also just fucking ridiculous. Like for example they refused to fund independence day because one of the characters was dating a stripper, or one time they refused to fund a marvel and avengers crossover (i believe?? I could definitely be wrong about that though) because they "weren't certain how SHIELD would fit into the military hierarchy." But the worst part is that the majority of the time, film makers will have to adhere to the demands of the military because otherwise they practically can't fund thier movie because the CGI needed to recreate what they could relatively easily get from military sponsors would cost far too much. So I would advise to always be very skeptical of any form of military portrayal shown in media.

@LezbeOswald Жыл бұрын

military taking the "if you die in the game you die in real life" meme a bit too seriously

@Korrin69 Жыл бұрын

Legit had a military stand at my highschool last Wednesday. They didn't talk about the downsides of the military all they had was a pull up bar.

@brennagera9029 Жыл бұрын

They had that at my highschool when I was there too 🙄 join the military you can do.... Pullups?

@fizz4442 Жыл бұрын

My school was the same, without the bar. They came in during a class where we learned to cook and sometimes got tidbits of advice for living on our own. Real fuckin' helpful of them to interrupt that with their "join the military :) we're so cool and perfect :)" /s

@tanukifox8041 Жыл бұрын

at literally every large annual public event theres a police stand, sometimes military and fire and ambulance (not bad to have but still) in my city.

@LittleMissLounge Жыл бұрын

I wish to hell this was illegal. The military shouldn't be allowed within 10 feet of schools.

@hal_s. Жыл бұрын

Mine too! I graduated in 2021, but I still remember how the recruiters kept on baiting the competitive boys with pull ups. It worked. Very weird and predatory to bait a life of service and a high likelyhood of ruin with what was essentially “my number is higher than yours” contest

@LittleMissLounge Жыл бұрын

They really are so fucking predatory. I was about to finish high school back in 2006-2007, and I got a call. Somehow a local military recruiter got my contact information. I don't think I was even 18 yet, so I figured my school let them have access to contact information-which, if so, should be fucking illegal. Anyway, I wasn't the smartest teenager, but I knew what he was doing. For about 15 minutes he tried so hard to find an in, and I bluntly refused to give it to him. I made it clear I was anti-war, uninterested in joining or working for the military, was well off enough to not need the military for college or healthcare, and knew what I wanted to do after high school. Thankfully, he finally got the point and ended the conversation. Still makes me feel gross.

@suspiriorums Жыл бұрын

What a disgusting person, who the hell preys on a teenager to get them to fight a war that his side probably started? The military’s beyond fucked at this point.

@davidbowman2001 Жыл бұрын

The amount of times recruiters were in our cafeteria was fucking wild.

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

Typical know-nothing kid

@juliakiehl9557 Жыл бұрын

I am not from the US and I can barely wrap my head around the fact that this is happening. Like wtf I don't even know what to say tbh. (Of course it's not your fault, i know)

@rclipse1985 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to No Child Left Behind, schools actually have to give your info to the Army when they ask.

@clioalexandra6485 Жыл бұрын

Do y'all remember that video of Michael Prysner confronting Bush about the Iraq war? He was yelling, “You sent me to Iraq, and my friends are dead. You lied. You killed people." It's the most heartbreaking video and I feel like really encapsulates a lot of what you're saying here. SO many young people go off to war and come back traumatized/addicted to drugs/etc.* All for the purpose of putting more money into the military, oil industry, and weapon manufacturers' pocket. *Side note: During and the after the Civil War, before the word "addiction" was coined, they used to call it "soldier's disease," because men went off to war to fight, got hurt, were given morphine, and came home with SUD. The soldier to addict pipeline has been around since (at least) the Civil War. That's wild.

@Nevverhrrt Жыл бұрын

"This story is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and *least* of all an adventure. For *death* is not an adventure to those who come face to face with it" - Erich Maria Remarque, in the preface of his famous war novel based on the experiences of himself and other soldiers in the First World War, All Quiet on the Western Front, 1929 To still hear people call a war an adventure is sickening

@McKennatheN3rd Жыл бұрын

My partner is in the military right now and if I hated the military before, my distrust and disgust at them has increase exponentially. Besides the fact that they're disorganized and barely pay their members a living wage, bootcamps are unnecessarily long with whole days dedicated to cleaning the same weapon over and over and over again or taking a whole day to "return equipment." Out of bootcamp, military members pay for their own uniforms, down to the medals and badges they earn. If they are gifted equipment, it often does not fit or is incredibly outdated. There is little communication between higher-ups, dangerous hazing rituals are still being performed (and encouraged by drill sargents/officers), and the millions and millions of dollars going to the military rarely gets down to the soldiers that could actually use the money for... idk.. equipment? Or uniforms? Or food...? And this is just for active duty, VA is a whole different beast.

@nervousbreakdown711 Жыл бұрын

Same. My wife is stationed across the country and whenever someone asks when she’s coming home, I always say, “when the army decides she’s coming home” I never liked the military as like a nebulous idea. Now, I spit on it

@samuelgehm5149 Жыл бұрын

My dad is a veteran. He used to work for the VA, and stated that not only was it the worst job he's ever had, but also is almost entirely useful

@yashjoseph3544 Жыл бұрын

Everything that happens in boot camp happens for a reason. Instilling discipline is one of them which is why you do things repetitively to nail down procedures. This has been proven to work for over 200 years.

@TheSubso Жыл бұрын

@@yashjoseph3544 idk is it? I'm a Euro and on a infantry to infantry performance we usually perform pretty well with the US without a lot of the haze and suffering. Also 200 years have seen insane developments in how infantry (and any soldier) is trained and used. Kinda dumb statement.

@lizardman7718 Жыл бұрын

@@yashjoseph3544 yeah, I’m sure intentionally making the people you wanna control as miserable as possible will DEFINITELY make them wanna work for you🙄 Jfc. Do you people ever actually listen to yourselves when you speak? You sound like a genuine psycho.

@ekitkatt Жыл бұрын

had a professor who was mad about having been drafted in Vietnam. started a conversation with him about it by casually mentioning my grandfather was drafted in the Korean War but was allowed to opt for non-violent duties (medic). my prof got real defensive about it saying that’s only for religious exemption and apparently he did in fact have to kill people, that’s why he was mad, and I was just like oh 🥲 drafting people that are then potentially forced to kill people is so evil. less and less people buying into propaganda and doing it willingly is a good thing

@henryfleischer404 Жыл бұрын

One of my grandfathers dodged the draft in viet nam, and kept hidden from the government for decades.

@ekitkatt Жыл бұрын

@@henryfleischer404 Good for him, honestly

@derptomistic Жыл бұрын

People be like "the military can't be gay" forgetting that the navy exists...

@rina7564 Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@detrik01 8 ай бұрын

And? It's still an organization of killers and invaders. What does gay matter?

@papadelta316 Жыл бұрын

I love your intro...the "There is really no excuse for defending the military" I am a vet and that caught me off-guard. I was like...alright, hold on youngin, do you know what you're talking about. You sure did!! You took everything that was in the back of my mind and actually said it. We are a pushed aside group, it breaks my heart that the right spews the sewer gunk that they do. You got a sub outta me!!

@partythyme7792 Жыл бұрын

I love the fact that everyone used the exact same ‘a lot of letters’ joke for lgbtq

@littlemoth4956 Жыл бұрын

They can get away with appealing to the layman with "everything that is even remotely difficult to understand should be dismissed".

@charliekeelingover Жыл бұрын

I'm immediately reminded of the ending of Ben's novel, in which the main character's wife detonates a nuclear bomb above New York city which "only" kills hundreds of thousands of people and it's framed as a good thing because Ben has the mind of a 5 year old and doesn't understand nuclear fallout because he things "nukes are cool"

@tjenadonn6158 Жыл бұрын

And he wonders why Hollywood rejected his scripts. With that sort of writing he's making Uwe Boll look like Ari Aster.

@Emu19 Жыл бұрын

LMAO you just reminded me of a book called Empress Theresa in which the main character solves some global issue with the earth's rotation by causing the equivalent of 10 000 atomic bombs or some shit like that to constantly explode at the North Pole to keep the magnetic field in check... Or something like that. I'm a bit rusty on the details but I had a good laugh just now remembering it.

@Midnight-Starfish Жыл бұрын

@@Emu19 Kinda makes that Futurama episode about stopping the Earth's rotation with a crank, a large ball of yarn going into the Earth's core, and the static electricity from a bunch of cats seem believable.

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

Yes I'm sure this is an accurate assessment 🙄

@nonymouswisp8176 Жыл бұрын

@@Emu19 that's some belka shit

@Saibellus Жыл бұрын

there's an old soviet movie called "Come and See" that i think should be mandatory viewing. its one of those legendary pieces of art that becomes a fundamental part of human history. my parents watched it in school. its about the german occupation of belarus, my homeland, and the atrocities committed there. the movie is a blend of surrealism and hyper-realism that will strip your psyche raw, and anyone who thinks the military is a glorious thing should have to watch it and explain themselves afterward.

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

What ended the German occupation? Oh

@Saibellus Жыл бұрын

@@russellm2555 what caused it to begin with? oh. 🤡🤡🤡

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

@@Saibellus The history of war conquer rape and pillage long predates militaries. Therefore it is silly to conclude that militaries cause 'it'

@suspicioususer Жыл бұрын

I don't think being a resistance fighting in 1943 Belarus is comparable to joining the modern military

@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 Жыл бұрын

Eternal glory to the Belarusian partisans and Soviet soldiers who liberated Europe from fascism.

@velveetaenthusiast Жыл бұрын

My grandpa was in the navy and he used it as an excuse to abuse my mother, aunt and I. Ik he wasn't in the army or military, but being grounded and screamed at for extended periods of time for being sick with the reasoning that i was "lucky school didnt make me pay them for going awol while sick" was definitely what turned me off of enlisting for...anything, really. Edit: my mom told me this ten years ago so take this with a grain of salt but apparently my grandpa got *kicked out* of the navy for selling drugs.

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like an asshole. Military won’t make you no more of an asshole than you already could be… just brings it out easier. Same with some one who would beat a dog. that person would be that dog regardless… military may have just brought it forward a little easier. Underlying tendencies and such.

@TheAmyrlinSeat Жыл бұрын

The fact that having to salute your countrie's flag every morning sounds like something out of an Orwellian dystopia to most people outside of America really shows how messed up the US is.

@Thewalliest Жыл бұрын

It is so goddamn insane to me that despite being such a rich country, you have to pay thousand of dollars just to be TRANSPORTED to a hospital.

@-Twinkle. Жыл бұрын

When i was in 8th grade a military recruiter came to my class to tell everyone to join the military and listed only good things and not a single person in my class questioned it. So I raised my hand and asked what the downsides would be and he had no clue what to say, and when he finally answered he just said there was nothing bad about joining. Long story short I didn't even look over the papers they handed out. (not that I was ever interested anyways)

@twinny124 Жыл бұрын

Your the main character

@Impractical0 Жыл бұрын

Good choice mate. Wish I had that kinda attitude when I signed the fucking papers.

@moldybabyman Жыл бұрын

My sister got kicked out of class when the military recruiting officers came in. She was calling out every lie and her teacher got pissed and sent her into the hall.

@Shaytan.666 Жыл бұрын

@@moldybabyman I would've just not listened and stayed in class and kept on interrupting him to call out the lies the recruiter said

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

Downsides: if you're a pussy you won't be able to handle it.

@oceanvibes5692 Жыл бұрын

"America has no enemies unless they get in the way of profits". Loved this! Keep up the great work.

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

I guess this doofus never heard of AQ Khan

@walter2201 Жыл бұрын

@aviation cat and we've still bin attacked several times throughout our history those oceans might be our greatest defense but it isn't enough to prevent Invasion the US doctrine is to be able to fight two wars on two fronts it's why having a superior blue water navy Is so important, World War 2 has shown us how necessary it's geography isn't enough of a deterent we never want to fight on our own territory and it's why the US has the largest transport system to keep the war away from our soil

@comicstripvo6654 Жыл бұрын

Def one of your top tier vids. I look back at the time my husband wanted to join the military and how finding a new career/getting on SSRIs was the real solution. He wanted to help people, but was attached to the system of capitalism as a "indisputable fact" since he was studying finance but hated it. He didn't know how to get out. Now he spends his free time at work talking union info, workers rights, and convincing people to ask for higher pay. He followed his real interest (cabinetry, making furniture) and makes beautiful pieces and I can't imagine him being one of those young men, so pissed off and betrayed and lost. Not making these intricate and gorgeous tables, cabinets, shelves, toys. Something useful and beautiful. My one friend who is in the military loves his job, he will likely never see combat as a Canadian. But he's also a very passionate actor and comedian and I feel hope that we'll never lose an artist to a meaningless fight.

@KanadaJin Жыл бұрын

This is beautifully articulated, I hope so too

@Emu19 Жыл бұрын

I have a similar experience although much lighter. My bf is Finnish, aka conscription. He was so excited to go to the military, learn how to drive big machines and work guns. However, due to a chronic illness they actually didn't take him, (although they waited until he'd taken a train all the way to the base and put on the oversized, uncomfortable gear to tell him that). This of course lifted a giant weight off my shoulders, but it did upset him at the time. Obviously Finnish military service is probably no where near American service in terms of awful-ness, but even his dad said after he was sent home, "I'm really glad you don't have to serve." Your story makes me hopeful that my bf will find something he loves that will fulfill him. That is certainly the dream at least, to see him happy and fulfilled rather than wondering about what he missed out on. So thank you for that hope. I'm so happy for you two and I hope you have a wonderful life! Sending you tons of love from Canada as well!

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

I guess you'd rather live in North Korea than South Korea

@kiryukazuma8089 Жыл бұрын

I think alot of people in the comment section don’t understand how the military works. Most soldiers, sailors, and marines will probably never see combat. You can also list in jobs that will not see kinetic activity. Partially it’s probably a failing of a recruiter to not let people know that, but the military isnt all butcher some countries military aged males for the 1%er’a oil.

@ramenlover1696 Жыл бұрын

Finally a commentary KZbinr who isn’t afraid to get political or get demonetized. Or god forbid, offend their conservative viewers. It’s just nice to get real opinions sometimes

@lordnsaviorgonzo 7 ай бұрын

I currently serve in the Air Force and here’s my experience. The military is advertised as if every job is out in the fields, which is far from true. I get asked if i work on jets and no, i don’t. I’m a Dental Lab Technician. I make dentures and retainers. We have so many jobs that I wouldn’t have guessed even exist, like the one i currently have. There’s cooks, office jobs, electricians, plumbing, multimedia jobs, etc. I wish people who have joined did more research with the jobs they could qualify for. You can cheat the system while they use you. Especially with Air Force. I would say Air Force is the most “progressive” out of the branches. The boot camp is really easy. It honestly was 10% doing pushups/sit-ups, 30% in class learning to respect each other and the history, 1% going outdoors to reenact a deployment environment, and 59% doing laundry and chores in your dorm. As someone who grew up in a Hispanic household, boot camp was a vacation. Another thing, I absolutely agree with the fact that the whole “to get benefits, you have to sign your life away”. At this point, it’s not worth joining. The ONLY thing i can say that’s great about the military is having TRICARE and their college education benefits. But I mean you can get that from working at Starbucks now. Which leads to my next point as why military is ass, THE PAY. I’m only making 2,000 a month which i feel like is a lot less than what I should be getting. I’ve been paid more in my civilian jobs than my military. It’s gotten to a point where my coworkers and are considering working at McDonalds cause they pay 15 an hour. Compared to 7 an hour for our rank. My mom who served in the Army in 2001 at my rank was being paid more than what I’m being paid now. I mean thank god i have a job where i work 7-4 Monday thru Friday inside on a bench with teeth. But remember your pay is by your rank. And EVERYONE in the military gets paid their rank. So while I’m sitting inside in Texas making a crown, someone who’s in infantry being deprived of food/water in combat is getting the same pay as me. So there’s that. Regarding the military “woke” agenda, it’s not as crazy as the conservatives make it out to be. When I was in boot camp, we had classes about respecting everyone’s sexuality and gender. It’s very much mentioned throughout to be aware and open-minded. Which i appreciated. You can report any trans/homophobia and there are consequences for disrespecting someone. From what I’ve heard they have supported gender surgery, but I don’t know much details about that. But I wouldn’t doubt they promote that stuff to recruit more people. Everyone’s just a number in the higher-ups eyes. And this is proven. For example, people are more likely to be deployed if they’re in the Reserves. Why? Because Reserves is a part time military job, right? Meaning they only get a portion of the military benefits…meaning if they get deployed and pass away, it would cost the government less to handle them. Not sure if I worded that right but I hope that makes sense. Also, military loneliness is very much real. You’ll go back to your home town and none of your old friends will invite you out. No one will check on you. From that point on you’ll only be seeing your close family relatives. Most likely only for the holidays too. And very rarely will people come visit you at your duty station. That’s why military people have friends in the service for life. It’s a shared experience. In conclusion, being in the military isn’t worth it unless you know what you want out of it. What I mean from that is if you’re joining for college benefits and for health insurance, okay. Air Force is your safest option. But I highly advise to get a desk job in the service, get your degree, and get out. Please do not join out of impulse and choose a shitty job. That’s where you find these 18 year olds in bunkers who hate their recruiters. Do not fall for the recruiters manipulation. You’re away from family, the pay is low (unless you rank up but that takes years), you don’t choose where you can stay, you’re risking your life. If you’re not joining the military, good. Stay home, enjoy your families and friends, do what you love.

@KingNerdius 6 ай бұрын

Good to have your insight

@xenvid Жыл бұрын

My dad's bio dad was in vietnam. My dad's bio mom found out she was pregnant after he left. She couldn't take care of him on her own and ended up giving my dad up for adoption. About a year after I was born, my dad had the awful realization that because my bio grandfather was so traumatized by what he saw & experienced that my dad didn't trust him around me. I never met him. You wanna know what war does? It takes. It takes away lives. It takes away families. It takes a huge toll on health, both physical and mental.

@delarlie9186 Жыл бұрын

also can we talk abt how the character he does is so obviously an ableist caricature? like thats EXACTLY the voice people use when they are pretending to be intellectually disabled for a joke.

@-c3202 Жыл бұрын

I think the intent is to do a little kid voice, but I also find the reality of it very ableist and it makes me very uncomfortable

@littlemoth4956 Жыл бұрын

It's a common conservative tactic. I don't think it's so much ableist as it is dehumanizing. Basically, "my opposition is dumb and shouldn't be taken seriously".

@delarlie9186 Жыл бұрын

@@littlemoth4956 The ableism comes from them depicting their opposition as dumb by portraying them as stereotypically autistic/mentally disabled.

@WhiteAngel888 Жыл бұрын

Ableism is funny and should be socially encouraged

@usoppfangirl8153 Жыл бұрын

As an autistic person, that clip made me so uncomfortable. THANK YOU someone finally mentioned it

@dionysiusbrando6633 Жыл бұрын

it's very funny how the people who say "we can always tell" also just HAVE to make the "well they could be a cat i wOuLD't WanT To aSsuME"

@iamaphantom6905 Жыл бұрын

Because it's a joke..

@littlemoth4956 Жыл бұрын

@@iamaphantom6905 A joke that doesn't make any sense and isn't funny.

@iamaphantom6905 Жыл бұрын

@@littlemoth4956 A joke non the less you fucking r-tard

@terrajhauger5847 5 ай бұрын

Daughter of a 100% permanently disabled vet here: veterans do get a whole month and it’s May. Additionally; there are many days throughout the year that celebrate vets such as Military Spouse appreciation day May 10th, loyalty day May 1st, Memorial day-and oh yeah, November is military and military family appreciation month so another whole month. You would know all of that if you actually cared about veterans. But you don’t, you just hate gay people and are using veterans as you stand in for “people who deserve a month”.

@TheAlchemist1964 Жыл бұрын

I am a former military officer and your point about the military being a poverty draft hit home very hard for me. I was raised in a single-parent, low-income household and was made to believe that the military was my only option to pay for school. Many of the points you make in your video are among many of the reasons I got out. You honestly dropped hella truth bombs in this video.

@charliekeelingover Жыл бұрын

I also love those National Guard ads that are like "a jobs crisis, a rogue virus, a dying climate, but that's okay because I'm in the military!" Like, yeah, those are serious issues. If only there was some institution, like say, the government, that could do literally anything about those issues instead of spending all their money to blow up weddings in foreign countries

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

How naive are you?

@iamaphantom6905 Жыл бұрын

@elanordaerofgondolin8247 Жыл бұрын

They spend money to blow up enemies of their country, enemies who will not think twice about killing people.

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

Uh.... you realize the national Guard is always deployed in the event of natural disasters right?

@simoneidson21 7 ай бұрын

The national guard is literally deployed for those national disasters

@rachamanda13 Жыл бұрын

in 9th grade, an army recruiter came into our class and he kept arguing with me bc he asked why we wouldnt want to join the military and i gave him very valid reasons like "i'm nonconfrontational, i am looking to go into a creative field, i dont want to, etc" methinks this guy didnt realize that no means no or that the military Kills People

@babydeliveryaleks Жыл бұрын

When I was 18, I enlisted in the navy. I come from a military family and I really thought it was my last option. I didn't want to go to school and I hated my job at a pizza place. I immediately started having medical issues and they thought I was 'doing it to myself'. Because of that, I was treated like shit and when I finally was let go, I was devastated for months because I thought I was a failure. I see now how wrong I was and how lucky I am not to be in this disgusting United States military. I have a wonderful life now with a great partner. I wouldn't have had that if I was in a submarine somewhere in the middle of the ocean

@muhammadeisa1459 Жыл бұрын

I come from a family with a lot of members in the military too and my mother (an armed forces nurse) tried many times to get me to join. Just a few months ago, I almost did, despite hating it and knowing that I'd just be a tool for the powerful. Thankfully, I didn't and I feel like I've dodged a bullet lol.

@FurukawaAkane 11 ай бұрын

I can relate. Enlisted in the Navy right outta high school, volunteered for sub service and everything. Two months in, get thrown out for medical reasons. Beat myself up about it for years, still do but not for the same reasons. The time I spent in separations shook me up more than actual basic training did. The near constant flow of ambulances coming, familiar faces on stretchers going because of this or that. A lot of good people who couldn’t cope with the idea of failing their loved ones for this and that getting hospitalised because they just… broke. Not a single second of combat experience, but I was definitely surrounded by conflict and fear the likes I can’t even begin to compare anything to. Good people, pushed to their limit and for one reason or another cast aside because they weren’t “good enough”, and some who learned at the worst time that their lives were soon coming to a close because of unforeseen health complications. I never plan to go back, and I tell anyone who asks about military service exactly that. War isn’t the worst part; it’s everything else that leads up to you getting there that can break you first, and everything that comes after. That stuff never leaves you. War is just the reason you ended up there to begin with.

@hannahmargaret_ Жыл бұрын

When I was 17 I really wanted to be in the marines. I contacted a recruiter and he was obviously very helpful and wanted me to sign immediately. Because I was a minor, my parents would need to sign but they both flat out refused. They were actually really pissed at me. But to keep me interested, the recruiter picked me up from school every day and drove me to PT. I had also just started dating a boy who really hated the military and everything about it and basically told me if I went, he would break up with me. I've always been boy crazy lol no way was I leaving my cute new bf for basic training 💅🏻 Anyways, I started dodging my recruiter's calls and he got increasingly more weird as my 18th birthday approached. Just constantly up my ass with calls, texts, emails, etc. After about of week of no contact at all, he actually came to my school and had them pull me out of class to ask me why I hadn't been picking up his calls. 😳 It was crazy. Also my boyfriend and I are still together, 12 years later lol.

@babyvision6780 4 ай бұрын

My friend just joined the army. We're in highschool. He's 16 (maybe 17). It's sad that the military has to recruit children to fight in wars before their brains are even fully developed. I mean, I'm glad he's happy in serving in the military but I sure do hope he'll be okay.

@arielcatherine Жыл бұрын

I should have told my 34 year old Army National Guard recruiter to stop hitting on me . . . I was 17.

@PlayerTenji95 Жыл бұрын

Oh geese, I’m sorry. 😓

@arielcatherine Жыл бұрын

@@PlayerTenji95 No worries, I got through basic but didn't get job trained - received a general discharge. Had smarts but no brawn, just wasn't a good recruit so probs messed up his numbers, I imagine. He could've been worse, just cringey - shook it off with nervous laughter. What I felt may be worse though: as a requirement of national guard, I had to attend drill weekends during senior year of HS. After I broke up with my first serious boyfriend (in the same company,) our direct supervisor/dude's "best" friend tried his best to convince me the best way to get back at dude for breaking my heart, was to sleep with him. I had already started dating my now husband and wasn't easily manipulated. Feel bad for the ones who fall into the traps though, can see it'd be easy. He offered to care for me while I sought my degree, but after seeing how he reacted to my rejection, I def dodged a bullet. Few beers in, the night he tried to kiss me, he became condescending and weird. I had to insist on driving his car back to the hotel I was provided, and had to just be okay with him leaving in a less than desirable state. Asked him wtf happened? (about his demeanor) . . ."You KNOW what happened."

@Meatrocket69 Жыл бұрын

Eh 17’s legal in most states

@Meatrocket69 Жыл бұрын

@@infantry4lyfe252 I have to disagree with you on that we had 2 bulldikes in my unit and they were decent soldiers. I also was field artillery not infantry

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

@meatrocket793 I still wouldn't trust them in frontline combat.

@rainydayjules Жыл бұрын

one thing I really appreciate about you ethan is how you let your “silly little commentary videos on the computer” get political like this. in the past year or so I feel like there’s been a big shift in commentary KZbin just going “look at this weird guy” to actually diving into what makes it “weird” yknow? and you’ve been doing that since day one it’s rad

@peachmaeflower Жыл бұрын

conservative americans dont realise that america is the "weird kid who everyone tries to avoid" of the international stage

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

Lmao. The US paved the way for global commerce. Led three industrial revolutions that brought the world out of extreme poverty. Weird kid lmao

@hostomelhorsehoarder Жыл бұрын

not even close, its the weird kid that has rich parents so everyone wants to be his friend

@edgarcardiff7874 Жыл бұрын

@@hostomelhorsehoarder Depends on the country/org ngl OP is spitting for things like the UN while individual countries you right Edit: Lmao. The UN is a country now i guess

@infantry4lyfe252 Жыл бұрын

yeah we are the weird kid that everyone tries to avoid... but not for the reason YOU think it is.

@SamP-by7iv Жыл бұрын

dang, and here i thought we were sending money and food to most countries worldwide. and that a solid chunk of nato member states rely on our military for their national defense. whoops

@Ramblinrabbit24 9 ай бұрын

I was in the army years ago and my personal opinion on why recruiting is down is pretty simple. The kids who are turning 18 were alive to see the two wars this country was in for 20 years and don’t want to be a part of it. They see people from my generation and a little bit older with all kinds of problems from being in those wars and they don’t see the point in doing that to themselves for nothing. A lot of veterans like this Odin guy talk about how this young generation is a disgrace and how when WW2 started every male in the country joined but I truly believe that if the country was in the same predicament as at the beginning of WWII the same amount would sign up.

@saadahtsham7 3 ай бұрын

it is SO surreal for me, as a Muslim, to watch people joke about "haha lol oil" with full knowledge of what has been done to my people in the last few decades. and people persistently keep scapegoating these crimes on a stupid group of uneducated men normalizing forced marriages and pedophilia! when and why and how did it become acceptable to erase an entire people off the face of the earth just because their "not civilized". Question, who took away their capacity to learn and educate and be "civilized people"? It's almost as if a first world country attacking a third world country can never be justified!

@poo8843 Жыл бұрын

My favorite part of college was wasting the time of military recruiters. I’d rather kill myself working at a job to pay tuition than kill others for it

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

Bro, I just wanna sit on a base somewhere for 4 years collect my pay and just enjoy my time. 😂 I mean, it’s whatever. To a point the military is worrying about shit that they need not to worry about or making it stupid. Ugh. Can’t win here. It’s all fucked. I really just need a career opportunity and skills to succeed… the airforce SF can and will provide that. 🤷‍♂️ someone has to guard the base, someone has to guard the places and people. That’s what I want to do. I like protecting and helping people. Can’t do that by descaling alone.

@ActualArcher Жыл бұрын

American military propaganda really does try to make it seem like you'll become some kind of military badass as soon as you join.

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

lol. You just get by day by day, work out a little, stay in shape and just don’t be a dumabss or get yourself hurt stupidly (hanging yourself from a forklift by the belt and having your Buddy drive you around 😂) Eh. There’s a reason I didn’t sign up for the army navy or any other but airforce 👀

@xChaosFlower Жыл бұрын

Except for the air force. When I joined, it was basically "you want a desk job? Here's your overpaid desk job" 😂

@hellobees3320 Жыл бұрын

We have a pinboard in my highschool with career pamphlets, and one of them is, of course, advertising the military. Now, we're an art school, so I'm not sure what they're trying to achieve with that in the first place, but I still find it really fucked up to advertize that shit to teenagers. We also had a cop come into the school last week to tell us about her job and get us to consider becoming cops ourselves, including a frankly unbelievable section on how they deal with homeless people in the city.

@Wonderoddity Жыл бұрын

“How they deal with homeless people in the city” sounds too ominous for my liking 😀

@artiseen Жыл бұрын

@@Wonderoddity right-

@axdonat Жыл бұрын

to be fair i went to a secondary school of arts and 2 of our teachers used to be in the military and one of them actively is (digital illustration teacher). one of my old classmates recently joined as well. interesting how my fellow graphic design kids grew up around soldiers. thankfully all of them are really nice people that hate wars, the currently serving guy is mostly an instructor for other soldiers and is the sweetest softest dude i've ever met ps. this is in europe and our soldiers are usually under NATO + mostly just help during floods or covid anyway

@hellobees3320 Жыл бұрын

@@axdonat Thanks for the insight (I really hope that's the correct word)! I don't personally know anyone who has served/is serving, so I don't know all that much about the expereince of being in my country's military (also european), other than my personal disinterest in joining it. Thinking about it now, I should probably learn more about it.

@BenYork-UBY Жыл бұрын

I dunno about you guys, but "Eltons Johns Gay-lactic Cruiser" sounds like a way more fun place to be than the military

@BasicallyIKilledTheCat Жыл бұрын

12:58 Okay hearing this genuinely made me tear up, these are people who have been lied to and traumatised, people who no doubt were great people doing what they were told was going to help others, miss chances to take jobs they would of actually enjoyed like firemen or doctors Instead these poor guys get weaponised and drafted to horrid situations

@killergrooves2438 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in a military town so I have a lot of friends who joined the military, including my best friend who served in Iraq and thankfully came back physically hole, but he’s clearly dealing with some shit mentally. So thanks, U.S. Army. Thanks for fucking up my boy’s mental health.

@somewhere4132 Жыл бұрын

As someone who is currently active duty military, I am and always have been absolutely disgusted by the military's predatory recruitment tactics. I joined to work in mental health, because I believe that one of the biggest crimes the military takes part in is fucking up peoples mental health right as they enter adulthood. People who join because they feel like they had no other choice still deserve good mental health care. (Side note: more military personnel have died from suicide than from combat since 2001). I'm glad more and more people are realizing that they don't need their drive to make a difference in the world hijacked by the military. I've met some of the greatest people I've ever known in the military, and we are all gen z and most of us all see through the bullshit. Most people don't join because they are horny for America ( I sure didn't). I'm so glad people are finding better alternatives to having to join the military. Recruitment isn't down because the military has gone woke (believe me, it hasn't). The military is just shitty and no one deserves to be paid less than minimum wage to die bc the US wants more money.

@somewhere4132 Жыл бұрын

ALSO, the military FINALLY acknowledging it's gay service members only makes sense. Anyone who has been in the military knows that most of us are not straight.

@joutatheegg Жыл бұрын

When ever i get called by a military recruiter I always ask if a free surgery is indeed a benefit of joining, then the military bro goes like yes! Of course like lasec eye surgery and then i ask what about top surgery. The military bro usually doesn’t know what that means. Then i just say “you know for transgenders?” And then boom they start stumbling over their words and start talking about inclusivity and everytime I literally have to cover my mouth so i dont burst out laughing

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

My recruiter was chill. He didn’t blow smoke up my ass. We talked, I’m like yeah dude I’m not a genius, I suck at mathematics and I probably would get fucked in BCT 😂 We talked about options, he made it clear you’re in for atleast 4 years, you can really be pushed around to any base and he can’t guarantee where. Real straight forward, I respected that. He’s got no excuses. The navy recruiter tho… 😂 ok. It’s whatever. It’s their job to make the military look interesting, just like any other recruiter for any business. He said this: “ get as much out of the airforce, as the airforce gets out of you. “ don’t forget: THIS IS A JOB. If you get hurt, document it! If you have issues, DOCUMENT IT. No documentation = not service related!!! 😂 “ your injuries are not service related “ gfym VA. Just know what you’re getting into… it’s not no more glamorous than any other job. I only want to enlist to open up specific doors, specific careers which REQUIRE military service.

@Kris-cf9xu Жыл бұрын

As a vet, I can’t stand the military or the government. And many of my friends think exactly the same. All ex military

@slushie__ Жыл бұрын

Talking to actual vets it's what made me deny my recruiter, and I'm very thankful for that.

@merbst Жыл бұрын

My granddad served in the WW2 counterintelligence corps & related government agencies until his death in the 1970s, when on his deathbed he told my dad that he has seen enough wars for 1000 generations. So following the implied advice, I will be a civilian who only volunteers for service in anti-war charities.

@damian8939 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to point out that veterans do, in fact, have a month. November is national veterans and military families month, so yeah.

@shareetz3154 Жыл бұрын

don’t expect these goofballs to do a lick of fact-checking 🙄

@mymelody9560 Жыл бұрын

and may is veteran appreciation month!

@iamaphantom6905 Жыл бұрын

@@mymelody9560 its may...

@iamaphantom6905 Жыл бұрын

I wanna smack my head with a rock..

@mymelody9560 Жыл бұрын

@@iamaphantom6905 is this a cry for help?

@JusticeForChuuu Жыл бұрын

I wanna see the military in pink uniforms shooting glitter from gaint hello kitty tanks

@white_isnt_a_race2338 Жыл бұрын

Yaaaaaasss

@ohshiditsgriff2793 Жыл бұрын

Literal slay

@tanukifox8041 Жыл бұрын

that is a military i would support. as long as the glitter is completely cleaned up cuz yknow plastic tingz.

@katattack5793 Жыл бұрын

@@tanukifox8041 biodegradable glitter (⁠๑⁠¯⁠◡⁠¯⁠๑⁠)

@tjenadonn6158 Жыл бұрын

@@tanukifox8041 They make biodegradable glitter now.

@nukelius Жыл бұрын

i'm in my college's chamber choir, and each fall we have to record and/or perform a full choral medley of every military anthem for veteran's day. they are burned into my memory forever

@tjenadonn6158 Жыл бұрын

I'd be so tempted to spoil every take somehow until they can't get the suite out by the deadline.

@nukelius Жыл бұрын

@@tjenadonn6158 respectfully brother this would get me kicked out entirely

@genericpeach4601 Жыл бұрын

I just turned 18 this summer and for the past few years I have had the idea of joining the military forced down my throat at every turn and I had successfully avoided it, I have family members who were in the military, my grandfather died due to complications from agent orange from his time serving in Vietnam. Sadly I live in florida where at 18 i legally have to sign up for selective service or i can go to prison and it honestly pisses me off that I don't have a choice in that matter and to make it worse people are mad at the military for "being woke" instead of being mad at it for the atrocities it has committed or they just endlessly praise it for no other reason than "go America i love my military"

@darth_autismo Жыл бұрын

Yikes, man. I'm really sorry to hear about that. I hope you'll be okay.

@luxuscarnage4828 Жыл бұрын

Does anybody else think that the classic military image is gay by design? There are colorful flags, pressed and clean uniforms, sweaty muscular men staying in small places while they bond....

@The_Slammy_Jammy Жыл бұрын

my friend serves in the navy. the way they treat anyone other than officers/higher ups is a human rights violation. it's disgusting that this is how they treat those "fighting for our country" While still having the largest military budget in the world. THEIR HEALTHCARE IS WORSE THAN ANYTHING AND WHYY

@wonkertot Жыл бұрын

I'm in the navy And everything you said before 1:15 is why I've been trying to claw my way out these 5 years since I was 17, to no avail.

@brennagera9029 Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry I hope you get out soon!

@monisahmedrizvi1697 Жыл бұрын

Depending on the skills that you got in navy you can easily get a job in the civilian world . Try learning coding There is a huge demand for it. My cousin learnt web development on his own he's not doing too bad about 70k a year without a college degree

@gurugru5958 Жыл бұрын

How come you can't just leave? I honestly don't know the answer.

@monisahmedrizvi1697 Жыл бұрын

@@gurugru5958 could be contracts or bad decision of buying something based on emi that if she leaves she will not be able to pay the emi there can be multiple reasons . I know a few people from my high school went to the army basic training one of them wanted to quit in the middle and they kept him there for 6 months . Same even if you injured yourself even then they give you about 3 chances to pass the basic they are desperate to keep people in somehow and they very well know that people have needs and responsibilities and they basically use that against them to keep them in

@Suileglas0415 Жыл бұрын

You got parental approval?

@treqrs Жыл бұрын

Describing joining the military as an "Adventure" is literally straight up World War ONE propaganda 😭😭

@KTheStruggler Жыл бұрын

As a USMC vet Jameson's travels is a shithead. There are a huge amount of issues with the military, the fact that people are treated like shit at lower ranks. 2 months after my literal suicide attempt I had a 1st sergeant tell me that nobody gives a shit if I'm sad as long as I do my job and what I'm told.

@KTheStruggler Жыл бұрын

I guess I should thank them. I get disability payments, and now they're paying to send a bisexual communist to nursing school so checjmate conservatives

@bea5425 Жыл бұрын

i'm so glad ur going to nursing school and survived your suicide attempt and are absolutely OWNING the system!! thank u for ur service, stay safe!

@PatDavis1989 Жыл бұрын

A friend's brother lost an arm at age 19 in Afghanistan after watching the guy next to him literally explode when their humvee hit an IED. If these flag humpers had to go through that they wouldn't rageshit themselves when you dare suggest endless war is a bad thing.

@aandyherr817 Жыл бұрын

I think there is a fine line between necessary aggressions to stop complicated, far beyond KZbin comments- issues… and just being a flag humper with no personality outside of the military. The military is a TOOL. It’s a tool to serve a function: to protect the United states of America and the constitution, along with all citizens and residents within her boarders or territories or embassies. Period. Nothing more and nothing less. However those people exist who will make anything a personality trait Drink Pepsi? Theyre the best at it, they love Pepsi; if you don’t drink Pepsi you are evil… etc those people exist. Change starts from the top down.

@gasun1274 Жыл бұрын

these people should be given a mandatory viewing of war gore

@Elkantar_Rostorgh231 Жыл бұрын

to quote Larry Reeves, "Anyone, who truly wants to go to war, has never truly been there before". This is true for bootlickers, politicians, and dipshit conservatives that make money fooling dingdongs on the internet with their shitty videos and podcasts and are most likely draft dodgers themselves like the orange man they worship if they're that old.

@theolympiyn8670 Жыл бұрын

@@gasun1274 seeing it is only one, so much you don’t see on on a screen. The smell of blood, the horrid screeching, the sound of organs spilling.

@eden7622 Жыл бұрын

Rise Against’s song Hero of War is a perfect representation of what is discussed in this video, the soldier in the song signs up thinking they will be a hero or a “guardian of freedom” only to be put through horrible things. They realize they are the ones causing the trouble, they are destroying for a government that doesn’t care about the individual

@sylmaerie Жыл бұрын

omg thanks for the rec! i’ve been missing listening to that genre of music and good politics in music is the best

@eden7622 Жыл бұрын

@@sylmaerie that’s their only song solely about the military that I can think of, the rest of their catalogue is good too, almost all about how fucked the US and the rest of the world really is

@sylmaerie Жыл бұрын

@@eden7622 perfect hehe. only song i’ve ever really listened to by them is i don’t wanna be here anymore so i am excited to listen to otbers

@russellm2555 Жыл бұрын

Yes the US is fucked because a Pakistani nuclear engineer named AQ Khan bragged about spreading illegal nuclear programmes across the Middle East while Saddam was holding inspectors hostage and refusing UN access altogether. How stupid are you ppl

@eden7622 Жыл бұрын

@@russellm2555 did you watch the video? I don’t think you watched the video

@mrspreminger Жыл бұрын

these will be the same people that call homeless people lazy even though a lot of veterans are homeless

@jessehenderson2967 Жыл бұрын

Youre literally just spitting facts for that first 2 minutes, but I can foresee this comment section getting spicy.

@cotati76 Жыл бұрын

My conservative family members basically call anything they don’t like “woke”.

@dicklover4203 Жыл бұрын

Literally "if government does something for citizens = communism" 😭😭😭

@cotati76 Жыл бұрын

@@dicklover4203 yeah. Nuts.

@tristanband4003 7 ай бұрын

The worst consequence of 9/11 was the elevation of the soldier over the civilian in US society. It completely undid, more than Reagan or the first Gulf War, the period of sobering up and patriotic brainrot being in retreat. So much has been lost in terms of civil liberties, in terms of civilian supremacy, in terms of hatred of warfare, etc. We millennials and Z have destroyed everything else. Lets reject and undermine military worship and the cult of the soldier. Let's salute the flag with our middle fingers, torch recruitment centers, drive recruiters out of schools, unironically spit on soldiers coming home, etc.

@communistskeletonpiss Жыл бұрын

When you said pro recruitment video of a guy who looks like a thumb I was genuinely scared for a second that it was going to be my dad because he started a pro cop podcast 😭 Also edit: FYI everyone's saying that the military only gets a day meanwhile pride month gets a month needs to shut the fuck up because there literally is a veterans month

@ohshiditsgriff2793 Жыл бұрын

There's actually 3 military related months, actually 😭

@Toocant Жыл бұрын

Exactly, and at the end of the day it’s a choice to join the military. You can’t choose to be gay or not

@iamaphantom6905 Жыл бұрын

What are those months?

@communistskeletonpiss Жыл бұрын

@@iamaphantom6905 Military appreciation month- May, "In 1999, May was designated as Military Appreciation Month by Congress. May was selected because there are several holidays honoring veterans within the month including, Victory Day, VE Day, Military Spouse Appreciation Day, Mother's Day, Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day. National veterans month- November, "November is National Veterans and Military Families Month. The Defense Department recognizes the significant role military families and transitioning veterans have in supporting a stronger force." Military children's month- April, "April is designated as the Month of the Military Child, underscoring the important role military children play in the armed forces community." Theres also more than just one holiday related to the military celebrating it Memorial day- May 30th Independence day/4th of july- July 4th Veterans day- November 11th 4 Chaplins day- February 3rd Coast guard reserve day- February 19th Navy reserve day- March 3rd K9 veterans day- March 13th Medal of honor day- March 25th Vietnam Veterans day- March 29th Gold star spouses day- April 5th Air force reserve day- April 14th Army reserve day- April 23rd Silver Banner day- May 1st Military spouse appreciation day- May 6th Children of fallen patriots day- May 13th Armed forced day- May 21st D-Day- June 6th Army day- June 14th Coast guard auxiliary day- June 23rd National PTSD awareness day- June 27th Korean war veterans armistice day- July 27th Coast guard day- August 4th Purple heart day- August 7th Marine forces reserve day- August 29th Patriot day- September 11th MIA recognition day- September 16th Air force day- September 18th Gold star mothers and families day- September 25th Navy day- October 13th National day of the deployed- October 26th Marine corps day- November 10th Pearl harbor remembrance day- December 7th National guard day- December 13th National wreaths across America day- December 17th So really they get 3 months and 35 holidays

@iamaphantom6905 Жыл бұрын

@@communistskeletonpiss We celebrate D-Day?

@neo.ism. Жыл бұрын

babe wake up new ethan video just dropped

@notanarsonist7574 Жыл бұрын

when Ethan was introducing the all cops guy and called them a thumb I was like ¨cmon, just cuz they´re a cop doesn´t always mean they look like thumbs¨ but then he showed the guy and I had to make sure any of my fingers didn´t ran off to create a shitty YT channel. hasan´s assigned cop at birth theory is freakishly accurate LMAO.

@evanchismark3092 Жыл бұрын

That certainly brings a new meaning to the ACAB acronym.

@Romanticoutlaw Жыл бұрын

being a cop and being a thumb are highly comorbid. I really want research done on whether being a thumb predisposes you to wanting to be a cop, or if being a cop thumbifies you somehow

@kirikakirikakirika Жыл бұрын

Women are also disproportionally mistreated in the military, and it's not even a secret. My American cousin (female) joined the military, served her four years, and got out as soon as she was able. She was happy to serve her country, but quickly came to realise her own fellow soldiers didn't want her there. She was harassed, bullied, and assaulted not only by the men she was supposed to fight beside, but also by her superiors, and nothing was done about it. Every time she reported it, it was ignored and she was told she was "overreacting". She was accused of "not having what it takes", but the men weren't treated like that. Now she speaks out against the American military and dissuades everyone, male and female, from joining.

@j.e1334 Жыл бұрын

Good video. I agree with the thesis. Couple of factual errors: 1.) Afghanistan has no major oil deposits. There was a pipeline planned to run through it, from the Caspian to Pakistan (Pakistan does a lot of fuckery in the region, being a regional power). But that never got completed. The closest thing to resources the US would want are rare earth metals, which are used in the computer I'm using to write this post. AFAIK, these were never exploited. Afghanistan was, AFAICT, about regime change. Whether that's worse or better is up to you. 2.) The Mujahideen ≠ The Taliban. The Taliban were mostly former students in Pakistani madrasas (Islamic religious schools, which can be benign, but not in this case) who rose to power after the Soviets left, and the earlier Mujahideen were far more diverse ideologically. Some were even Communists. For sources on Afghanistan, I recommend Thomas Barfield.

@Whatsevenhappeningrightnow Жыл бұрын

Another fun reason we dont trust the military is they sit back and do nothing when a very large number of military kids including myself are abused by there ptsd ridden parents and moved around every couple of years creating extreme isolation and instability and often these kids are indoctrinated to believe we are special and the military is so cool and encouraged to join from the moment were born. On base they will play the national anthem at the end of the day and you are expected to stop and stand. And one really vivid memory i have feels so bizarre looking back. Look up “mrs b’s story time with a twist song “military kids” “i had that song ingrained in me by third grade. Please someone else tell me they remember her. I literally have signed cd from her comeing to my school on base all the time.

@Whatsevenhappeningrightnow Жыл бұрын

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