Pete has a lot of blood on his hands.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
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They certainly made being intelligent optional!
It's not really a question of intelligence so much as misinformation and peer pressure.
If everyone in your unit lines up to get the jab, you'll get it. If sergeants are up in your face and screaming about how they don't need you pissing and shitting yourself on the front line like a little baby, you'll get it. If you're stuck in a 10 hour long powerpoint presentation about the necessity of getting vaxed and the only way to escape is to sign the fucking waver and get the shot, you'll get it.
If everyone in your unit is saying vaccines cause autism, and you know you'll take shit for lining up, you're not getting it. If your unit never gets supplied with shots, because the base commander doesn't think it's worth the paperwork, you're not getting it. If you're inundated with right-wing talk radio on base for years of your life and all you've ever heard is that vaccination is a liberal plot to turn you transgender, you're not getting it.
... T.. ten... HOURS?!
brother I'm signing that waiver before the presenter clears his throat and I don't care how many kidneys they take.
It's not really a question of intelligence so much as misinformation and peer pressure.
Intelligence certainly enters into the equation here, it just isn’t that simple. For example, a lot of people have trouble differentiating between the effects of intelligence and the effects of education. Even people of moderate (or low) intelligence, when well informed through proper education, can make highly rational and logical decision decisions. But it requires that the calculus of other influences be balanced correctly so they can make those well informed decisions. A person’s level of intelligence is simply another weight on that scale.
But, yes, peer pressure, social influence, and, of course, the dastardly Internet, all have highly powerful and complex influences as well.
That’s why anyone looking for any one, single solution will always fail. The fix for this sort of problem (as with any systemic problem) is not just one fix – it’s lots of different fixes that have to work together in aggregate over a period of time. Just like how it all got fucked up in the first place. No one thing did that, and no one thing is going to undo that.
For a bunch of self proclaimed alphas, a lot of military personnel are amongst the weakest minded demographics I can think of. I thrive on going against the grain. If I got shit for getting the stick, I'd dish it back tenfold. I believe everything you said is true, the content of which is just sad and pathetic.
McNamara's Morons was actually the inspiration for the top brass to restructure their command centres rather than a cautionary tale.
and this is why it's always a bad idea to put idiots in charge of anything
Since there is an extreme concentration of stupidity among Republicans, not to mention people wanting to intentionally do harm to this country, it's why I always say that no Republicans, ever, should be permitted to hold office.
I may have my history messed up here, but weren't "vaccines" a part of the reason the Yankees beat the traitors? Or was that a different war I'm remembering?
It was inoculation, which used live smallpox virus, and predated vaccination. George Washington required it, as it was far less likely to kill you than getting infected with smallpox naturally. And yes, it was one of the reasons the American Revolution succeeded.
It's close enough to vaccination
In the aftermath of the outbreak, the Air Force issued an exception to the voluntary vaccine policy, requiring that all recruits at Lackland get flu shots
It's useless once the virus has spread, vaccine is prevention, not cure
He described the flu vaccine requirement as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate that had served to “weaken our warfighting capabilities.”
Proceeds to weaken their warfighting capabilities
The best part of this memo is it it also affects childcare workers, healthcare workers, and peopl serving in contingency operations.
~~And it affects them as well.~~
You're right, I'll correct
Because he didn’t get enough servicepeople killed in Iran, he’s got to kill more here at home from an easily preventable, highly communicable disease
Based on nothing but conspiracy theories and stupidity
I remember that, the first round of Covid vaccines I received when I was in New York, I received from an Air Force serviceman. And he was so super nice. And he seemed to genuinely happy to be there.
Come to think of it, the second round of Covid vaccinations I received from Air Force servicepeople, too.
Sigh…
How else will this administration send them to death if we make peace with Iran?