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[NSFW] What are the most weird stories and lifehacks about draft dodging you know? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In the Ru-Uk war I've seen and heard of men asking their pals to break their limbs by either jumping or landing a sledgehammer on them. In Chechen\Afgan wars it was popular too, but also gasoline injections into muscles usually leading to amputations of said limbs. Dodging by behaving like unhealthy or insane was always an option, but as I've heard, since it became too popular, recruiting centers started to ignore any disability as long as they can drag you into a van. Are there other creative ways to dodge the draft?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not so crazy, but my high school history teacher was a young man in America when the Vietnam war broke out. He made the wise choice of joining the navy, because Vietnam didn't have a navy. As he told the story, while those other guys were in Vietnam getting torn apart by Charlie, he was on shore leave in Italian ports. Then he would take a dramatic pause and then say to our class "war is hell"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wished someone told that's the war is hell to my ex-classmates.

Ukraine didn't have a navy too, sinking these ships and downing a bridge...

Guess it wouldn't work not in this war but somewhere in the Middle East it would. I hope there won't be a reason for such decision, but if it happens, yes, navy service is hundreds time safer if the war is in the desert.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just don't join a water purification unit like Pauly Shore in In the Army Now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Andy Dick is a real POS but this movie was a staple of my childhood.