• tal@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    I don’t know about that.

    You probably don’t want a near-retirement-age person hauling a rifle on the front lines, but something like 90% of a modern military doesn’t directly engage in combat. If you can drive a truck to keep the logistics chain moving or something…shrug

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      5 days ago

      If you can drive a truck to keep the logistics chain moving or something…shrug

      Most 60-year-olds cannot do that. Most of them are chronically ill. They need warmth and pills.

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        5 days ago

        lol 60 year olds in Finland will friggin pass you twice on the sports track before you had even time to tell them they’re chronically ill.

      • Kepion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 days ago

        One of the national pastimes in Finland is running between a sauna and jumping in snow/an ice lake and back, those 60+ year old are fine especially when it comes to cold.