one of new jersey’s most famous confections, saltwater taffy, was invented because some asshole’s candy shop flooded and ruined all his taffy and he sold it to a child anyway and i think that pretty much says a lot about the overall cultural climate of new jersey
the military begins recruiting ‘soldiers’ before they grow out of their booster seat
four year olds have toy guns and green army men
by grade school you’ve memorized the star spangled banner and the pledge of allegiance
in middle school you’re old enough to play first person shooters set in war times. you and your friends brag about how many kills you have, what guns are your favorite
in high school, rotc comes to visit. you get letters in the mail detailing scholarship and housing opportunities you could have
and if you’re poor or unsure of your future or in love with the idea of ‘protecting your country’ like the men in call of duty
every branch of the military has a sponsored blog on here because they want everyone 13 and up to know that soldiers are heroes and they should join them
To those of you who were wondering, this is a very US-specific post. What gets done to you guys is terrifying, and it’s really unfair.
Ah yes I remember how the different military branches visited my high school at multiple times throughout the year and set up their little pull up bars and had little competitions and the strong little ones got lanyards so the recruiters could pick them out
I dont even know if you’re joking or not
We’re not
We are so not.
This is all 100% accurate and I just now realized how fucking creepy is all is
I took the ASVAB while in my senior year of high school and the recruiters started calling me right away.
We were all encouraged to take the ASVAB in high school whether we were planning to go into the military or not. I got a letter from West Point right after getting my results back, and honestly if I were more conservative and less of a nerdy spaghetti noodle, I would have considered it. They were very complimentary of my scores.
I’m pretty sure the only reason my high school didn’t get much military recruitment and ROTC and stuff was cuz we were a school specifically for kids on the autism spectrum and autistic people can’t serve in the military.
And I’m pretty sure the reason we didn’t get them was that we were a sci/tech high school, and they wanted us all working for the Department of Defense designing the weapons for everyone else to use.
Teenager 2000 : I love you
Teenager 2015 : I want to fuck you
teenager 1854: the government cut off my hands because i stole a piece of bread
Teenager 1354: all the townspeople are shitting on themselves and dying
Fuck i love a good historical joke
The fact that we’ve already gotten to the point where people think that things were more innocent in the early ‘00s makes me feel like I’m typing from my deathbed.
I was a teenager in 2000 and there was absolutely zero difference except I think 2000’s teenagers actually made somewhat more aggressive sexual references and dropped way more slurs to boot.
I was 15 in 2000 and I said both “I love you” and “I want to fuck you,” and I gotta tell you, the first one screwed up my life a lot more.
^^^^
Oh the weather outside is frightful
And the people outside are frightful
And everything is absolutely frightful
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
U.K. government statistics reveal that thousands of people died within weeks of being found “fit to work” and having their welfare benefits cancelled.
The release of the statistics follows a protracted campaign from journalists and activists, including a Change.org petition that garnered almost 250,000 signatures. Many have already accused the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) of stalling its response until after this year’s election in May.
The most shocking mortality data comes from a document about disability-related benefits. Between December 2011 and February 2014, 81,140 people died within six weeks of “flowing off” benefits such as ESA (Employment and Support Allowance), which the government pays to people who cannot work due to illness or disability.
Over the past five years, the DWP has made a public effort to reduce the number of people claiming government benefits. This included the introduction of “fit to work” assessments, which are used to determine whether people are qualified to receive disability benefits.
The newly published documents show that 2,380 former ESA claimants died within two weeks of being declared “fit to work.”
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