this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
154 points (97.5% liked)

A Boring Dystopia

9736 readers
844 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1011093

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/AnnihilationOrchid on 2023-10-04 12:40:22.

all 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Beck, who joined the army at 16, had no diagnosed mental health conditions, according to the report. Britain is one of 19 countries that recruit 16-year-olds into the army.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

Sixteen? Yikes. She’s still a kid. Recruiting kids is predatory. They need to knock that shit off.

[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

She got sent thousands of messages and they think it was a contributing factor?

Fucking sick and tired of organisations that just don’t give a fuck about people that work in them.

Too many assholes in positions of power that are protected for no good reason.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Wow. Even across the pond the counter-recruitment propaganda writes itself.