That sounds like a story and a half...

That sounds like a story and a half...

Duh. I'm terrible at this.

Need a wife first...

Need a wife first...

Sounds like the shit I deal with on the regular with muh fiat job. Call me when you got a challenge.

Did I stutter, Gary? Did I?

No. Females. In. The. Military.

Pe-ri-od.

*emphasized with knife hand to chest while you stand at parade rest*

That's how they always start though... lol literally

As a soldier who served next to quite a few female soldiers, and as an open sexist:

I detest females being in the military.

1. They are the biggest distraction.

2. They cause unnecessary drama everywhere they are. Men fighting for their attention, men fighting over who gets to sleep with them, pregnancy, abortions, and the male tendency to save women is also a significant battle risk.

3. Obviously less physically capable.

Some of the best soldiers I served with were females, too, but, I'd still prefer to have none.

I was in a strange place in my stint. I was in the last basic training that was strictly all male. The stark contrast between that environment and the rest of my time around females of all ranks and MOSs (jobs) was completely different. I behaved differently. I am a "big brother." I felt obligated to shield and protect females in a way that I would never consider as correct for a fellow male soldier. I would have readily disobeyed orders in order to protect my friends, if I thought that was the correct thing to do, and, again, part of that was the male drive to protect females.

Pulling a trigger remotely doesn't protect you from trauma. We should not be traumatizing our women like that. It sucks for the men, too, but, it's not the same. So, my unpopular opinion is that they're should be no females in the military. Period. Full stop.

I sure the heck do. Things are desperate if *I* am the voice of reason.

That's really, really scary to hear that from you in reference to anything I say, Stella...

I have a very unique perspective on this since I was one of the last soldiers to go through a traditional all male basic. It makes it a lot harder to deny what I'm saying as valid, at least when I argue this with others.

Or just grow its own food and generate its own power. Sure, trade is generally good, but not reliance on said trade.

We have better transport tech now. Also, a walked city these days, if it had access to good water, would be pretty easy to sustain itself.