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[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 27 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

being prime military age for the vietnam war? no, please got no

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

Also literally any day could be the one the Bomb dropped. It's easy to forget how close we came, or how fucking terrifying it was that you had no way of knowing.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with being born after the draft became less used and I'm now old enough to not qualify for the draft anymore. Life is pretty good.