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[–] Varpeggio@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn’t men age 18 have to manually enroll in selective service anyways? I know I had to.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It will now be automatic with no choice to refuse

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

There already is no choice to refuse

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

It was when I was in high school, 2005

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 points 10 hours ago

To be fair refusing was basically a non option prior too.

[–] Varpeggio@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why didn’t anybody tell me I had a choice to refuse :( no matter, I outside the selection range (for now).

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

I think you can't get a license or register to vote or something.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You could always refuse. It just carried enough penalties to ruin your life if you did.

[–] YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Yup I wanted to but they said I would be denied for the student loans I needed to go to college, so I had to agree.

I couldn't imagine what life would be like if I had refused and not gone to college.