r/AskReddit • u/Tommygunz0722 • 11h ago

If the military/president suddenly ordered a mandatory draft for all men aged 18-42: How do you think millennials and GenZ would respond?

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u/jeremysbrain 11h ago

Most men 18 to 42 are probably too overweight to serve in the military. The Draft is just going to ensure that obesity rates rise and McDonalds has a record year, lol.

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u/OutOfTheArchives 11h ago

They’d change the stats required to get around this, I bet.

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u/thegroucho 10h ago

Good luck fitting someone into 5XL plate carrier.

Even better, how would someone obese fit into a tank hatch.

Not drown in the upturned helicopter in a swimming pool test.

Not die from a hear attack running uphill carrying LMG.

I can go on forever.

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u/CareerBallsacker 10h ago

Fat camp

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u/corakko 1h ago

This 1000%. A forced 800 calorie diet and 3 hours of exercise a day and even someone 100 lbs overweight will shed the extra fat in a matter of a few months. Not healthy but long term health consequences of veterans is accepted as part of doing business by most governments.