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[โ€“] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha. Same test thing happened to my dad in the UK when he was called up for selective service. Handled the easy test in 5 minutes, but he was told he had to wait until everyone was done. He said the questions were like: Which is the odd one out- square, circle, triangle, elephant. And he said an hour later, there were still people trying to finish in confused frustration.

My dad got out of service entirely. He would never tell me how.

[โ€“] swab148@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

My dad got out by selling weed (allegedly). They couldn't absolutely pin it on him, so he got a general discharge. (Years later he told me that he used to sell acid to a two-star general.)