SmoothOperator

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Only 18 year olds are being conscripted, it's not really like a wartime conscription where any eligible citizen can be called to serve, but rather obligatory military service where you serve a fixed amount when you turn 18. This is a common model across the world.

This is indeed no matter what you earn, but 18 year olds usually don't have major incomes or financial responsibilities.

The current draft system summons all 18 year olds for a fitness and intelligence test, concluding with a lottery that decides whether you're drafted or not. Not sure how it would work for conscripting beyond the current 18 year olds.

You then apply to different parts of the service - most are regular conscripts serving 11 months, but I believe you can also apply for emergency services for 6 months or the Royal Guard for 12 months.

You will spend your days in military training and other duties like protecting Greenland or guarding the Royal Castle if part of the Royal Guard, so hard work rather than holiday I'd say.

Salary is about 1200 euro before tax, plus per diem for food and free housing and public transport. Paid by whatever branch you're part of, i.e. paid by the state.

Met a girl on Tinder some years ago while living abroad. She was really cute and fun to talk to, first date was just a regular thing with a beer at a tasteful bar.

For the second date she invited me to drink white wine and play backgammon while watching the sunset in the nearby castle ruins. I was blown away, that sounded like the most romantic date I could imagine!

I get there, we enjoy ourselves, chatting away. I'm giving all the signals, but she doesn't seem to give any back. I get more and more confused, why would she invite me here if not to at least kiss or something?

Finally I force myself to lean in for the kiss, and she does kiss me back. But she looks at me like this came completely out of nowhere. We kiss some more and agree to meet up again another time.

We do go on more dates, but over time she tells me she thinks she might be asexual, after which the whole thing kind of fizzled out.

I'm still baffled she didn't expect that kiss.

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on This oughta work · c/lemmyshitpost · 7 pts · 12d

Except their criminal system involves punishments like caning and executions, the latter applying to drug mules. It's barbaric.