Obligatory “nice”

I saw this coming from a mile away. We will now have to set standards for what’s considered “made by AI” and “Made with AI”

You’re right, they’re not the most common, and they’re typically far more expensive.

There’s no doubt that I beat up my body while I was in the service, but no more than most tradesman do in their first years of life. I still train jiu jitsu regularly and am capable of doing most things (save for running).

You’re correct in assuming that I receive some of my benefits due to my disabilities, such as my property taxes and my disability payments, but lots of benefits are available to those without any disability rating.

Some of the non disability related benefits include:

Education benefits via the post 9/11 GI Bill cover 4 years of schooling and provide a housing stipend during your time in school.

Education benefits for your family via Chapter 35

Access to the VA Loan program, which is a federally guaranteed loan. I used one to buy my house and did not have to pay a down payment

Again I am considered a disabled veteran, so some of the benefits I gain from that are:

Education benefits via Chapter 31, which is what I’m using currently to receive my bachelor’s. It’s similar to the GI Bill, but will pay for trade school as well

Health benefits: I am 100% disabled, so I receive free healthcare from the VA, but I’m also eligible for CHAMPVA health insurance, which is what my family is under

Disability pay: I get paid at the 100% rate, which is about $50k a year. There are lower rates all the way down to 10%, which is $171.23/ month. You can be awarded 10% for something as simple as tinnitus, which I assure you everyone in the Army has.

Property tax exemptions: a lot of states will exempt you from some or all of your property taxes if you’re a disabled veteran, which lowered my house payment by $400.

All of my injuries are what I would call “wear and tear”, I have shin splints and back pain and what have you, things that everyone gets on their way to their 30s regardless. I’m just lucky enough to have been in a place where I can receive compensation for that wear and tear. The only exception to my injuries that most people won’t have is a genetic blood clotting condition that I’ll be on thinners for for the rest of my life, but they only awarded me 20% for that.

You also don’t need to be 100% disabled to collect these benefits, things like Chapter 31 are given out pretty liberally, and property tax exemptions are usually pretty well laid out.

All this to say that while yes some benefits are locked behind a disability rating, you will receive one for regular wear and tear on your body

I’ll be graduating at the end of summer, hopefully I’ll have a cybersecurity position with the school I’m at

Damn man, I need to get into whatever field you’re in.

I can’t speak to everyone’s experience, but I did my 4 and got out in 2020 due to a physical injury. While I was in it wasn’t great, but my wife and I collectively made about 100k/year with her as a teacher, we lived pretty well.

Since I got out, I attend school for free, receive a housing stipend, don’t pay property taxes, receive free healthcare, and I’ll receive about $50k this year in tax free disability. My kids and wife will have tuition if they decide to go (back) to school and they all receive free health insurance.

I don’t think there’s a lack of incentives at all, but simply people don’t know of the benefits they can receive. No one sits down with them and explains it all and we end up with vets with PTSD on the streets because of it

Not to be a dick, but the people on the US’s National Cricket team do love the sport and deserve a shot at winning as much as anyone else

Genuinely jealous of this one

My boi got hite

I had to read your comment to understand what I was supposed to be looking at

Asking in genuine good faith: when you see politicians that abuse their power to this extent, how is your argument that they need more power through either socialism or communism? How would giving them that kind of control improve anything?

I know these things, I’m trying to push other people to see the truth

How are we supposed to trust anything any government official says when they’re pulling shit like this? Was ivermectin actually effective? Did they fluff the numbers? Was it all a political game to some end?

ETA: Ivermectin is effective in some stages:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9135450/

It’s already happening in some states

Yeah, pretty much!

And which side in the real world is the “resistance”? The one that is portrayed by state sponsored media? The one that has a president in the White House? The one that dominates modern culture? If you’re a Democrat or a Republican, all of these statements apply to you, and you’re not part of the resistance, you’re part of the institution.

I’m not sure if I’m the best at explaining this, as I’m more fluent in C++, but effectively what is happening is you’re providing a prompt for the user’s input. The user’s input is then assigned to the variable.

In a lot of languages, this would be two lines of code and look something like this:

Output:"Please enter your name"

Name=input

Python is trying to simplify this process

So when will you enlist to go fight?