US Military's recruitment campaign may have actually driven recruitment numbers down - Kotaku In Action 2

US Military's recruitment campaign may have actually driven recruitment numbers down (www.military.com)

posted 143 days ago by ArchRespawnsAgain 143 days ago by ArchRespawnsAgain +76 / -0

The Army Bet $11M on The Rock and UFL Ginning Up Enlistments. It May Have Actually Hurt Recruiting Efforts.

The high-dollar, high-profile deal likely didn't lead to a single new Army recruit and may possibly have had a negative impact on finding new enlistments, internal documents and emails reviewed by Military.com show.

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– MLGS 10 points 142 days ago +10 / -0

Part of zoomers not watching live sports is probably because they don't watch broadcast TV, and there's no option to watch live sports for free online that's as simple as Youtube or Tiktok and allowed on the app stores.

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– current_horror 8 points 142 days ago +8 / -0

Zoomers don’t watch sports for the same reason they don’t watch movies or television, let alone read: tiktok brain. Short form video content is like concentrated sugar for your mind. It’s horrible for your mental faculties.

I’ve done it before. I’ve gotten stuck in the video shorts blender on YouTube. It’s an insanely deleterious experience that impacts your brain for hours. I can’t imagine what happens to kids with still-developing brains.

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