The Army will now allow recruits to enlist up to age 42 and has removed a waiver requirement for those with a marijuana-related conviction.

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    If the draft comes, I guess this is a perk of having POTS. But I would bet being the only male I’ve ever met with it, they’re going to do all the stupid ass testing because they won’t believe my entire medical record

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      I don’t think they’ll care about medical issues. They’ll probably just send people with them to be canon fodder.

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        No they won’t, but they probably will care when I can’t complete training because I faint if I stand up too fast. Or strain too much. Or am outside in hot weather. Or get slightly dehydrated. Or stretch wrong while sitting down.

        Only so much they can do to motivate a guy who has no blood flow temporarily.

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      It’s simply amazing to me that we’re going to have to start funneling people into Canada and Mexico again to escape this stupid bullshit.

      This is basically Trump emulating Putin. 100% if Operation Epstein Distraction goes poorly, they’re going to pull the same shit. And we still have (theoretically) 2.5 years of this shit to go.

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      Postural ortho-tachycardia syndrome? If so then I as a male was also diagnosed with it as a teenager, symptoms have massively decreased with age though.

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        NOPE! Apparently neuropathy at a very young age. Quite possibly caused by a bad ear infection that went too long or was particularly quick, there’s a part that attaches to the vagus nerve.

        I learned this because Apparently you aren’t supposed to cough when your ear is tickled inside.