The best part of it is that the age of perpetual war was made possible solely BY a removal of the draft, because that would make a swift and decisive victory a key part of the electoral process. Nixon knew this, and by abolishing the draft, he made the Republican party more or less what it is today. If they DID reinstate the draft, they'd be gone in a single election.

I had a friend, who, while not very 'smart', is just their type, and all it took for him to not want to join was just one weekend playing Airsoft and realizing just how easy it is to get shot.

And gun mounts, too.

Throw in Tank treads & a flamethrower/bagel warmer, then I'm in.

Listen, Punk, your turn to look like an asshole will be here before you know it.

Actually, I plan to die before I get old.

Good plan.

I know this will piss off a lot of people here but fat kids and video games go together like slick on dog turds.

Seriously, we used to have video games where I work and half of the people asking for them were FAT kids around puberty age or under. Little beach balls, always asking for sports games. Always with the sports games. Go out and play sports if you like them so much you fucking roly poly whiny little bitches, always whiiiining for candy. God, I sucked at sports as a kid and still played outside as much as I could.

Fucking fat kids with their oblivious, blank stares and single minded need for obsessive self indulgence. Like little fat Gollums and shitty snacks and candy are their One True Ring. Fucking parents who don't shame their children and let it happen.

That's some great ranting, but I'm pretty sure that gamers tend to be in better physical (if worse emotional) shape than their reality-dwelling counterparts...

Why in the fuck would you think that sitting in front of a monitor gets you in better shape that oh say walking?

Exceptionally vigorous masturbation, it works the cardio.

I guess the good news for the armed forces is we have kids who are pretty much custom built to operate drones/robot space marines.

I know a guy who never took care of himself and played a ton of video games and used to say that his goal was to die before he was 30.

He's 32 now, and plays starcraft 2 during his lunch breaks.

See also McDonalds, Xboxes, not going outside...

My nephews are (d)evolving into Hutts.

Watch out that their parents don't get frozen in Carbonite and hung on the wall.

ok calm down

@ RR,

No worries.

The oldest is ten & can't figure out a toaster oven.

HA!

It's not just the hair, either! His voice is eerily similar.

When did Weird Al start fighting wars???

Goose! Eject Goose! DON'T YOU DIE ON ME!!!!

and you can respawn

And then it will fail anyhow, and we'll end up with a pretty well-educated, pretty well-adjusted population ready to contribute meaningfully and cooperatively to the future.

Sheah, and monkeys will fly out of my butt.

it seems so obvious that one wonders why the army didnt think of it

The military used to have a kind of "fat camp" program for just this purpose. Basically an extra 4 months or so of pure weight loss PT to get fat recruits into shape before boot camp. Probably so people couldn't dodge the draft by eating themselves obese.

A few years ago they ended the program because people were joining the army, not to serve their country, but as a weight loss program. So these days they figure if you really want to be a soldier, you can lose weight on your own.

Additionally, no matter how much people run, it won't make them smarter.

Heh heh...

I own stock in the manufacturing of Twinkies...

Me too, guy had a thyroid problem. All he ever wanted was to fight for his country like his dad, but they wouldn't take him. He's run marathons in almost every state of the nation, and he bikes and swims constantly. He scored a defence contracting gig recently with the air force, but it's like a silver medal to him. He's depressed about it.