Aspies and Auties not allowed in US military.
Is being allowed to be cannon fodder really a privilege?
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But it does feel a little bad knowing that your incapable of doing something to serve your own country, and I guess the message is said that aspies can't be "tough" males. That to me is pretty much heartache.
I dont think its that we cant be tough at all. More like we dont respect authority, have coordination problems, have adaptibility problems, would probably freek at the sound of gunfire with our sensory issues, and still more.
Shakti
Not all jobs in the military are combat roles
The military also contains medical doctor, nurse, medic, musicians, Motor Transport, mechanic, cook, human resource specialist
Some articles claim that the military currently rejects 80 percent of applicants, for medical, criminal, or educational reason
Besides the MEPS, background check, and high school diploma, applicants have to follow policies about tattoos, ASVAB, financial dependent.
Some articles claim that the military has a TAPAS personality test. Applicants answer multiple choice questions about their personality
Not all jobs involve "cannon fodder"
Some jobs, like MARSOC and Intelligence have additional requirements
Being a pilot require a certain height
leejosepho
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Location: 200 miles south of Little Rock
Why should he have to die, instead of me?
It doesn't make sense
That kind of feeling is called "survivor's guilt", and his being a victim of his own beliefs and choices (or possibly even a victim of delusion or deception) does not make you indebted to anyone. We might owe a so-called "debt of gratitude" to our ancestors who first fought for our freedom, but none of us owe our lives to today's military.
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Sometimes I feel like my existence is unjustified
Because I did not join the military, have only had unskilled labor jobs, no precious lil "friends"
Long term unemployed
And I do not "help" anyone
Not even myself
Especially not myself
Hence thus I am just a public nuisance
A distraction
But whatever
Not everyone has a job
And some jobs, like professional athletes earn more money than they are worth
And some jobs like psychologists, have no tangible product results
But whatever
It's not like everyone else's existence is morally justified
And besides some people with jobs do a lot of harm
Tobacco industry
President Trump
I just feel so ashamed that I am not a skinny smart handsome cisgender white man. Military. Combat engineer. Civil engineering. STEM job
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