• That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    The delistings might not have anything to do with The Rock, but rather geopolitics and the US involvement in sketchy conflicts.

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      3 months ago

      You’re suggesting ONLY 38 people total delisted during the total length of the promotion? Those are incredibly low numbers.

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          3 months ago

          The US military HAS a method of distinguishing “delisting for reason A” from “delisting for reason B”, but they’re all coming up as false positives for The Rock’s endorsement? That seems a touch unlikely.

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    3 months ago

    Tbf, when was the last time you’ve seen a decent military-related ad? Not just enlisting, but even stuff like working for weapons factories and such. And not just in USA either, if you’ve seen recent Russian ads for enlisting

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      3 months ago

      “Poor as shit? Risk your life and we’ll give you a degree. Also honor and shit.”

      We had recruiters in our grade school lunch room saying ^ that. I regret not organizing to get them banned.

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        Lovely! Well it seems Russian government decided to ape that, because their ads are all “Time for important decisions!” and just below that - “Get a million upfront”.

        Like so:

        So yeah. Military ads are cringe as hell