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the myth of military intelligence and media literacy (i.redd.it)

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[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 133 points 8 months ago (59 children)

I find it utterly deplorable when I see army recruiters at cons. They're always talking to teenagers who are impressionable and feel bullied. I always walk by and tell the teens to not die for someone else's stock portfolios

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm from the UK and when I was at school, we went out on a day trip to an army base. It was cool to see all the vehicles and weapons but I remember some British army guys trying to get us to join up by letting us play call of duty in a tent and telling us that we'd get paid for sitting around all day doing nothing.

I didn't realise it at the time but now I know they were just plain lying to try and sell army life to a bunch of teenage boys.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Bruh I took the asvab after getting picked up off the street and being bought tacos.

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[–] MBM@lemmings.world 19 points 8 months ago

The only military recruitment I've interacted with is ads and I'm already weirded out by those. The US really is on a different level.

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[–] hoch@lemmy.world 97 points 8 months ago (2 children)

[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nothing can top this comment. Thank you.

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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 80 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The Navy meanwhile had a Shinji and Kaworu cosplayer making out with each other. Know your audience

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not gay if it's underway!

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow that’s horrible. Where was this, exactly, and is it a regular occurrence?

[–] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So you can avoid it, right? Because it’s so horrible? Where exactly so you can stay far away.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago

Yes precisely. It's very important that I never witness such depravity.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 66 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, one of the creative minds behind the original Gundam series felt the need to create the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga because too many kids thought the War is Hell story to be War is Cool and felt the need to make it more clear.

Also, stack copyright infringement on top of the other crimes by the US military. Pretty sure Anno and the rest of Gainax wouldn't be happy about this.

[–] Magnetar@feddit.de 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

There a a saying that it's impossible to make an anti-war movie, because they always end up glorifying war.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 months ago (9 children)

It's actually quite easy. Just focus on the victims rather than the killers. Come and see, Grave of the Fireflies, Catch-22, All quiet on the Western Front, …

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You just need to embrace the glorifying war aspect like how Starship Troopers does it, and just be so ridiculously over the top that it's blatantly obvious how over the top it is.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I mean, there's a lot of people who really misread starship troopers.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

blatantly obvious how over the top it is.

I don't know how to break it to you, but Paul Verhoven's satire pieces (e.g. Starship Troopers, Robocop) are a little too good. Far too many people miss the point, even today, with the entire film spoiled and then some.

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[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 54 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I went to an airshow a few years ago and the F22 raptor demo team was doing their show, which was amazing and the recruiter was working his pitch into the show the whole time. Between the talking points they would play music and the one that stood out the most was BYOB by System of a Down, which is a complete and total 180 to what they were pitching. It was incredible the cognitive disconnect.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 41 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Or the people setting up the show knew exactly what they were doing but their leadership didn't catch it

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[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 45 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If right wingers can like Rage against the Machine and be surprised they are not right wing or apolitical, NGE is way too subtle for them.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cool, now do a furry convention! (Great way to find IT for military systems!)

[–] Strobelt@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Unless they go undercover to research cat girls with military funds.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 39 points 8 months ago

You are not immune to propaganda

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 32 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I'm sorry, is their slogan actually "It's your time"?

Like when death appears and tells you it's your time? It's like they are recruiting for the losing team...

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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have the sudden urge to go and sign up to the US Army

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Ymra eht nioj!

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 25 points 8 months ago (3 children)

All the military branches had giant booths at the last comic con I was at. It was very odd.

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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't anime. What is she from?

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 56 points 8 months ago (13 children)

Misato from Neon Genesis Evangelion

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[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense.

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 months ago

Anno would be first to tell you: the con is full of fans who understood it less than the army.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

I know Eva has moments of commentary where the idea of child soldiers is criticized, but at least in the OG series, it seemed to work out for humanity in the end. Eva always came across to me as "children are easily manipulable and their feelings don't matter so long as the ends justify the means".

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