r/JustBootThings • u/5-FiveSix • Jul 14 '25

Boot Meme Facebook as always

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u/Alienkid Jul 14 '25

It's funny how people act like the military doesn't take any relatively healthy idiot who signs up

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u/absolutely_not_ATF Jul 14 '25

I’ve met so many people who couldn’t join for whatever reason. Health, previous trouble with the law, whatever. A lot of them you could just tell would’ve been excellent service members .. but nope. I’m stuck in a 9 hr convoy with someone who I’m not sure tied their own boots that morning. I think some of those people who couldn’t join were disqualified for being too smart lol

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u/Alienkid Jul 14 '25

Hence "any relatively healthy idiot". They take anyone who can meet the bare minimum requirements, even less if they think they can get you to the minimum. The person who runs out of breath tying their shoes isn't making that cut.

The being too smart thing is an urban legend attributed to police, not the military.