Hey also Lithuanian here, just reading these 100+ comment threads for entertainment.
The debate on this subreddit is easily explained with the recent thread that showed that most users here are IT people.
Hey, if they give me 2000eur monthly after taxes, and no strings attached(training courses should be free unlike now professional army has to work for additional 1 year or pay money back if they decide to quit suddenly). Or give me a chance to learn bachelor’s in IT in army for 1000eur after taxes. I’m ready to go. Why should I throw myself in meat grinder, if it’s simply not worth it? Give me something to live for. So that you know, politicians receive 2500+ monthly +big benefits and they are doing really shitty job in Latvia.
Reminds me of an anecdote:
– Thomas, do you love our country?
– Of course I do!
– Would you give your life for your country?
– But who would love our country then?
The main problem is – lets conscript 27 year olds to 11 month and cut salary 3-5 times.
Maybe it fits for 18 year old guys who don’t know what to do with their life, but for us – 25+ it doesn’t. I have pregnant wife, house loan and well paid job, so have 0 interest to go and sit in barracks (learning is only 6 month out of 11, another 5 is just being there). I’m ok with 2 week crash course yearly and considering to go to reserve soldier course to learn specific military things, as I already know how run in the forest with equipment and make campsite out of almost nothing.
Hopefully our guys will not sink so low as those crying Lithuanians when conscription started in LT. That was cringe af.
Did you make BS memes when Roe was overturned in the USA? Oh that would be sexist right….
We die like real men…
On the potato farm of course what else were you thinking
Latvian mandatory conscription is fucking bullshit. You only get 400€ which is below minimum wage. Spend 11 months out your life, returning home with back problems, cracking joints only for a statistic, Hey we have a army! While the Russians would sweep the floor with us, because the conscripts are useless in the field.
I have never been patriotic in this bs of a country, now I am even less, I hate this place.
I have a good salary and I pay taxes that can support our military.
I’m helping as I can
Ņemot vērā cik nenormāli daudz jauniešu ir atbrīvoti no eksāmeniem (ne tikai ieskaites sportā, bet vispār no centralizētajiem eksāmeniem), diezgan reāli.
Same with feminists.
Visi baigi raud, cik tagad būs drausmīgi, obligātais dienests. Tas nav nekāds obligātais dienests muļķi tādi, tā ir obligātā apmācība. Valsts aizsardzība tāpat paliks profesionālā dienesta atbildībā. Bet džeki, kas izies apmācību mācēs izdzīvot savvaļā vai ļoti sliktos apstākļos. Mācēs rīkoties ar ieročiem utt. Paskatieties uz somiju, ļoti labs piemērs
Honestly I would show them the middle finger only because it’s not mandatory for both genders. Politicians and the media won’t shut up about gender equality, so what happened here? Lithuania and Latvia are between the leaders in male suicides and yet again males have to carry everything on their backs.
Biju menesi LV prof dienestaa. Puse no personaala ir krievi un sava starpa taa arii runaa. Vnk wtf. Baigi patriotiskaas sajuutas nebija. Aluksnes kajnieku skolaa. Varu tikai izteloties kas notiek daugavpils baazees. 😂 negribu baigi sapist vibe bet tas likas big joke.
Already looking for plane tickets! Bye bye and good luck in the mandatory dick sucking service
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Hey also Lithuanian here, just reading these 100+ comment threads for entertainment.
The debate on this subreddit is easily explained with the recent thread that showed that most users here are IT people.
Hey, if they give me 2000eur monthly after taxes, and no strings attached(training courses should be free unlike now professional army has to work for additional 1 year or pay money back if they decide to quit suddenly). Or give me a chance to learn bachelor’s in IT in army for 1000eur after taxes. I’m ready to go. Why should I throw myself in meat grinder, if it’s simply not worth it? Give me something to live for. So that you know, politicians receive 2500+ monthly +big benefits and they are doing really shitty job in Latvia.
Reminds me of an anecdote:
– Thomas, do you love our country?
– Of course I do!
– Would you give your life for your country?
– But who would love our country then?
The main problem is – lets conscript 27 year olds to 11 month and cut salary 3-5 times.
Maybe it fits for 18 year old guys who don’t know what to do with their life, but for us – 25+ it doesn’t. I have pregnant wife, house loan and well paid job, so have 0 interest to go and sit in barracks (learning is only 6 month out of 11, another 5 is just being there). I’m ok with 2 week crash course yearly and considering to go to reserve soldier course to learn specific military things, as I already know how run in the forest with equipment and make campsite out of almost nothing.
Hopefully our guys will not sink so low as those crying Lithuanians when conscription started in LT. That was cringe af.
Did you make BS memes when Roe was overturned in the USA? Oh that would be sexist right….
We die like real men…
On the potato farm of course what else were you thinking
Latvian mandatory conscription is fucking bullshit. You only get 400€ which is below minimum wage. Spend 11 months out your life, returning home with back problems, cracking joints only for a statistic, Hey we have a army! While the Russians would sweep the floor with us, because the conscripts are useless in the field.
I have never been patriotic in this bs of a country, now I am even less, I hate this place.
I have a good salary and I pay taxes that can support our military.
I’m helping as I can
Ņemot vērā cik nenormāli daudz jauniešu ir atbrīvoti no eksāmeniem (ne tikai ieskaites sportā, bet vispār no centralizētajiem eksāmeniem), diezgan reāli.
Same with feminists.
Visi baigi raud, cik tagad būs drausmīgi, obligātais dienests. Tas nav nekāds obligātais dienests muļķi tādi, tā ir obligātā apmācība. Valsts aizsardzība tāpat paliks profesionālā dienesta atbildībā. Bet džeki, kas izies apmācību mācēs izdzīvot savvaļā vai ļoti sliktos apstākļos. Mācēs rīkoties ar ieročiem utt. Paskatieties uz somiju, ļoti labs piemērs
Honestly I would show them the middle finger only because it’s not mandatory for both genders. Politicians and the media won’t shut up about gender equality, so what happened here? Lithuania and Latvia are between the leaders in male suicides and yet again males have to carry everything on their backs.
Biju menesi LV prof dienestaa. Puse no personaala ir krievi un sava starpa taa arii runaa. Vnk wtf. Baigi patriotiskaas sajuutas nebija. Aluksnes kajnieku skolaa. Varu tikai izteloties kas notiek daugavpils baazees. 😂 negribu baigi sapist vibe bet tas likas big joke.
Already looking for plane tickets! Bye bye and good luck in the mandatory dick sucking service
I haven’t been a patriot for at least 3 years now