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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 71 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The military isn't a trap because people are naive. It's a trap because poverty exist and people have families to feed.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 57 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The muscle car dealership right outside of basic, that is a trap.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

It’s surprisingly affordable with this 84 month loan!

The criminal thing about car loans is they often increase the loan APR as the duration increases, so it’s not just exponentially more expensive, the exponent is larger too!

It looks affordable until you find out your 84 month loan means you pay 25% more for the vehicle.

Also the second criminal thing is the depreciation curve is front loaded, so when you go to sell or upgrade you owe more and your asset is worth less.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 10 points 3 weeks ago

Wym 29% is a bad interest rate?

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

It definitely got me because I was naive

[–] MissingInteger@lemm.ee 18 points 3 weeks ago
[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Step 1: Join the military

Step 2: Make money by selling military secrets to foreign countries

Step 3: ???

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Step 3: All expenses paid trip to Fort Leavenworth

Seeing the news stories about young military staff selling secrets to our adversaries is shocking on how cheap military secrets go for these days. I remember reading a story that China was paying a sailor something like $20k or $40k for highly classified weapon system specifications. I'm stunned that these military folks were selling out their nation for the equivalent of a clapped out Ford Mustang.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can just make a wrong claim on War Thunder forums and have them for free!

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 3 weeks ago

Stole the words right outta my mouth

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"Join the army," they say. "See the world," they say...

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

"I'd rather be sailing!"

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Navy is where it's at!

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Insects don't really do much thinking the same way we do, and you ideally hide the bear trap under brush. As far as rats and mice go they've been known to figure it out eventually but it's the same basic premise as a letter bomb, and humans fall for those.