• CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Tbf, when was the last time you’ve seen a decent military-related ad? Not just enlisting, but even stuff like working for weapons factories and such. And not just in USA either, if you’ve seen recent Russian ads for enlisting

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      4 months ago

      “Poor as shit? Risk your life and we’ll give you a degree. Also honor and shit.”

      We had recruiters in our grade school lunch room saying ^ that. I regret not organizing to get them banned.

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        4 months ago

        Lovely! Well it seems Russian government decided to ape that, because their ads are all “Time for important decisions!” and just below that - “Get a million upfront”.

        Like so:

        So yeah. Military ads are cringe as hell