Would it be fucking stupid to leave my cushy ass life to fight in Ukraine? Context:. 29

Would it be fricking stupid to leave my cushy ass life to fight in Ukraine?
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Former military (never deployed and wasn’t in for long)
Make 6 figures working 12 days a month.

I can’t tell if I’m just being indoctrinated by TikTok propaganda or if the feeling that I missed out on my calling is real. I’ve felt this way since long before the war broke out. Something makes me feel like a man hasn’t lived until he has fired shots in anger.

Am I just Autistic or should I send it?

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  1. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yes

  2. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yes

  3. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yes

  4. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    ye

  5. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    You can if you want to but think REALLY carefully about it.
    the war in ukraine isn´t like any the west has fought in recent history.
    armor is rare, the front is stagnent, the fighting is up close and brutal and air support might as well not even exist.
    and then there is ofcourse the problem that you don´t speak the language.

  6. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    You can help the Ukrainians more with your cushy ass life in the US by helping them get thermal drones and shit.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Please consider the following:
      >The Ukrainians are already fighting and/or dying as patriots
      >You make shitloads more money than the average Ukrainian does
      >You live a cushy ass life in the US and likely have far less motivation than they do
      >You earn far, far more money than they do meaning every dollar you use to help them get shit like thermal scopes and thermal drones is much greater as a force multiplier
      Unironically your superpower is called money

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Please consider the following:
      >The Ukrainians are already fighting and/or dying as patriots
      >You make shitloads more money than the average Ukrainian does
      >You live a cushy ass life in the US and likely have far less motivation than they do
      >You earn far, far more money than they do meaning every dollar you use to help them get shit like thermal scopes and thermal drones is much greater as a force multiplier
      Unironically your superpower is called money

      I think you're missing the point. He's not talking simply about a desire to help Ukraine but about his own fears as a man of missing out on war.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      This OP, or atleast if you're really really REALLY itching to taste combat, do it as a drone operator/technician instead. Trust me the ukies are gonna appreciate you more that way

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      No to go, Yes to 'tism. This
      Thermal sights for infantry can make a big deal.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      No to go, Yes to 'tism. This
      Thermal sights for infantry can make a big deal.

      What's the deal with thermal shit anyway?
      >hurr durr they're red now
      So fricking what?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        >enemy is in a forest
        >your unaided eye can't see a fricking thing but trees
        >thermal sees literally every living creature

        Gee anon, how could having supervision that highlights every threat trying to hide from you be of use? I dunno. They're only trying to kill you and the one to see the enemy first gets to live.

  7. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Make 6 figures working 12 days a month.
    Frick no, are you moronic? If you really want some action, become a drug dealer or something.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I might be moronic yes

  8. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    People might call you stupid for wanting to go but they'd be lying if they didn't hear the call have at least some FOMO about the war.
    Although I'd say if you have no ideological desire to go that it probably isn't a good idea
    >Make 6 figures working 12 days a month.
    especially if you have to give up a job like that to do so. How do you get a job like that anyway?

    If you really want to go there are a few things to consider
    >are you in a relationship
    >is this a marriage or something not serious
    >does it involve kids (if so absolutely do not go)
    >how much will this worry my parents and extended family
    Like I have thought about what I'd do if I had to go to war but I'm worried about how badly it would affect my mother. Try and think about certain things that might not normally be considered to know if you really are serious about it.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Poor family relationships but they would worry
      Recently single, probably has something to do with the feelings of wanting to go do something meaningful with my life
      I’m a pilot, no idea how I managed to make that happen considering the dumb shit I did when I was younger but I have no complaints about my career. I just honestly feel like I could make a bigger impact in the world than I am now

  9. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Dude, if my life was not going as aces as it is now (wife, two kids, running a successful company), I'd be there in a heartbeat as a pilot.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Op here, I actually am a pilot too. Is there a need for this? I have no time in helicopters or single seat fighters. Mostly light GA and transport category jets. If I could go over there and support the effort through that training rather than my military training that seems better for everyone.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        https://www.ukraine-air-rescue.de/
        If you're in europe, check those guys out. My plane is down for MX, and has limited capacity anyway, but it's always nice to help out and it's low risk.

        If you have flight experience, it's likely that you'd be a shoe in as a drone operator. I hear they can't get enough of those guys.

        But in any case, guys with flight experience are hard to come by anywhere. I have a feeling that they're going to be looking for anyone with significant flight hours soon.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        https://www.ukraine-air-rescue.de/
        If you're in europe, check those guys out. My plane is down for MX, and has limited capacity anyway, but it's always nice to help out and it's low risk.

        If you have flight experience, it's likely that you'd be a shoe in as a drone operator. I hear they can't get enough of those guys.

        But in any case, guys with flight experience are hard to come by anywhere. I have a feeling that they're going to be looking for anyone with significant flight hours soon.

        Also, just to be clear, I have no inside information. I'm just a little closer to the front than the US.

        I would note, however, that flight hours are flight hours; you're likely to loose your currency on whatever type you're on, but you'll have a pretty good story for when you get back onto the flight line.

  10. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    There are plenty of Ukrainians who can fight for their country. They do not need you. You do not speak the language or know the culture beyond the internet. If you go you will be throwing away a well paying job, in the richest country in the world, to go to a third world warzone where you will be subject to conventional warfare. By you post alone it shows that you don't actually have any conviction to the people or country you would be fighting for anyway.
    You have been fed a bunch of bullshit your whole life that you have to kill people to be a masculine and strong warrior. You do not. There are zero things that are pleasant about being in life or death situations where you have to kill people. What is masculine is having the capacity for violence and using it when you *have* to. Not being a Black person and flying across the Atlantic to get blown up by Russian artillery.
    Throw aside those fantasies of being a warrior and face reality. You don't have to go on some epic quest where you shoot a bunch of Russians to be complete as a man. Get a family, hobbies, or whatever.
    If you actually wanted to help you would donate money to the dozens of organizations that help the war effort, they are all across the internet so there is no need to list out specific ones in this post.
    TL;DR stop being insecure and having action hero fantasies, you are nearly 30 years old

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      This, OP is just attention whoring. If he was gonna do it he would’ve done it last year, not b***hing about it a year later online.

      [...]
      Not OP, I mean I have strong feelings to what is going on there. My ex is Ukrainian and while we aren't dating anymore we still talk. Her home and her dads house got destroyed by a Kalipr and now is living in Poland insurance won't cover it because it was an act of war. I was thinking about getting mad over dumb shit and 1st world issues like my shitty neighbors and how really insignificant that is. Personally getting out of the hell that is US Navy and it's shit basically indentured servitude means of treating its sailors is vs going to Ukraine is choice I allmost would make. maybe not fighting on the front but helping with supplies, training and familization with the equipment would be far more meaningful than dealing with current peace time shitshow that is now state side.
      I think however one would need to understand it most ways it would be worse than any of the petty bullshit you deal with in peace time military.

      I personally would talk to one of the ukie foreign legion recruiters and be 110% how you feel, your experience in the military and what you can bring to the table. They probably have experience with talking to people who are going through what you are right now and direct you in ways you can help.

      >considering dying for your ex’s country
      That’s unironically extremely beta

  11. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    If you want to help the ukies: send them money.
    If you are stupid and want to fire a gun in anger: send them all your money and then hop in one of their trenches.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      https://i.imgur.com/NUJqtBr.jpg

      There are plenty of Ukrainians who can fight for their country. They do not need you. You do not speak the language or know the culture beyond the internet. If you go you will be throwing away a well paying job, in the richest country in the world, to go to a third world warzone where you will be subject to conventional warfare. By you post alone it shows that you don't actually have any conviction to the people or country you would be fighting for anyway.
      You have been fed a bunch of bullshit your whole life that you have to kill people to be a masculine and strong warrior. You do not. There are zero things that are pleasant about being in life or death situations where you have to kill people. What is masculine is having the capacity for violence and using it when you *have* to. Not being a Black person and flying across the Atlantic to get blown up by Russian artillery.
      Throw aside those fantasies of being a warrior and face reality. You don't have to go on some epic quest where you shoot a bunch of Russians to be complete as a man. Get a family, hobbies, or whatever.
      If you actually wanted to help you would donate money to the dozens of organizations that help the war effort, they are all across the internet so there is no need to list out specific ones in this post.
      TL;DR stop being insecure and having action hero fantasies, you are nearly 30 years old

      Not OP, I mean I have strong feelings to what is going on there. My ex is Ukrainian and while we aren't dating anymore we still talk. Her home and her dads house got destroyed by a Kalipr and now is living in Poland insurance won't cover it because it was an act of war. I was thinking about getting mad over dumb shit and 1st world issues like my shitty neighbors and how really insignificant that is. Personally getting out of the hell that is US Navy and it's shit basically indentured servitude means of treating its sailors is vs going to Ukraine is choice I allmost would make. maybe not fighting on the front but helping with supplies, training and familization with the equipment would be far more meaningful than dealing with current peace time shitshow that is now state side.
      I think however one would need to understand it most ways it would be worse than any of the petty bullshit you deal with in peace time military.

      I personally would talk to one of the ukie foreign legion recruiters and be 110% how you feel, your experience in the military and what you can bring to the table. They probably have experience with talking to people who are going through what you are right now and direct you in ways you can help.

  12. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    It's not hard but I would strongly consider why you feel this way
    There's also no shame and guilt in "Not getting out there" you did the job you were asked to do, served and nothing else. Any laper who judges you on that is full of shit and still thinks in a COD, muh glory mindset.
    If I were you I go live, learn to surf, mountain climbing, sailing hell do I what do learn cave and technical scuba diving. You have that gi bill you can apply it to those skills even if its not a career. Go enjoy the world for better things it has to offer not some conflict that has no bearing on your country or family.

    ITT getting out of the Navy served in Afghanistan, deployment was a shitshow and saw action. There was no glory it in, granted you didn't have to deal with the stupid military shit that didn't when OCONUS because shit was real but the FOMO feeling was gone quickly.
    Also there was no anger or emotion to it, in a firefight you are operating at base trained lower level instincts. You may not realize it but the stupid in boot, ait, training makes you not even contemplate your actions in that environment. everyone just wanted to get sleep, hot food and back home and not deal with the moronic command shit.
    If you still feel this way talk to vets who've seen combat in WoT and OIF about what is going on in your mind. Everyone has been there.

  13. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    No, there were people like you since the dawn of humanity. Finding a unit that'll take you might be a problem tho

  14. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Go watch some more drone and war crime torture videos, they have managed to deter me so far.

  15. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    If you want to. But consider the risks, don't you have a family that'd miss you? Or friends? But at least you'd go down doing the right thing

  16. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Imagine being your ancestors, watching you from the heavens as they see you abandon all the good fortune that came your way so that you can go thanklessly die in a war halfway across the planet that doesn’t even involve your own country.
    Do you think they’d be proud of that? Proud that you’re making objectively stupid decisions to satisfy some vague desire to prove your manhood?

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >imagine your ancestors
      >”based, our boy is an adventuring killer just like us, lol”

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        that’s you coping that your ancestors were anything other than farmers and peasants

  17. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Depends, are you trying to make a bunch of money as an international mercenary or are you an idealistic moron who thinks killing dieing for someone else’s country is fighting le good fight.

    If the former, based, do it. If the latter, cringe, go volunteer at a soup kitchen instead.

  18. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I think I maybe didn’t explain myself enough or explain it correctly. It’s not so much about wanting to go kill and cause suffering. It’s more about wanting to have an impact on the world. It’s about wanting the /k/omradery I’ve been missing. Maybe I just need to find community where I’m at with what I have going on but I don’t think I’ll find that here. At least not on the level I would there. Regardless though if I do this I need to spend a long time thinking about it. Nothing for me will ever be the same afterwards.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      How bout you try finding buddies in your community that actually speak your language first, you goofball.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >camaraderie
      With people who you can't even speak with, live on the other side of the fricking planet, and lead completely different lives than you?
      You're not their fricking friend. You're a useful idiot. Just do it and go die if you're stuck on this so badly. Maybe in your last moments of life you'll realize how fricking stupid it is to go across the world & play soldier just because you're suffering from depression

  19. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Would it be fricking stupid to leave my cushy ass life to fight in Ukraine?
    Yes you are moronic. The fact you’re considering it means you should go, die, and never reproduce.

    It isn’t your fight and despite Russia being laughably incompetent. They can kill you.

  20. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    How much do you wish to fight for gay sex in Botswana?

  21. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    You really want to participate in 21st century trench warfare? Are you stupid?

  22. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Go for it, anon. You'll help the rest of us by raising the country's average iq.

  23. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Just think how dumb you'd feel if you wake up in a hospital with both legs gone or worse because a fricking shell landed in your trench. Or you wake up surrounded by vatniks and one takes out a box cutter.

    Donate hard cash if you wanna help Ukraine. Go do extreme sports or something like that if you need adrenaline. At least there you can control the variables.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >help Ukraine
      why would I want to do a silly thing like that??

  24. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Make 6 figures working 12 days a month.
    You would be incredibly stupid to leave that.
    Better idea: Get another job to fill more of the empty days then use the extra wealth to sponsor your own PMC to fight in Ukraine in your name.

  25. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    There was an interview with the CO of the Ukrainian foreign legion. He said, 70% of fresh volunteers terminate their contracts after getting shelled for the first time.
    Temper your expectations, it’s not a fricking game.

  26. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >I can’t tell if I’m just being indoctrinated by TikTok propaganda
    Why are you on tiktok?

  27. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    You have no combat experience and they're not taking volunteers anymore. Nobody is offering this to you. Only way would be to get your ass over there and start killing Russians on your lonesome.

  28. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    yes you're autistic and you're falling for tiktok propaganda. do you want to fight for gay marriage and trannie rights in ukraine? do you want to get shelled to defend the money laundering country of coorupt American politicians?

  29. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Dude you know all this fancy gopro operator footage is probably the entirety of such combat there? You’d better watch some WWI movies to get an idea how combat will most likely look like when you get there.

  30. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    You definitely should go to ukraine.

  31. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    OP, I have personal ties to Ukraine and also speak the language passably well. If I weren't crippled I would have gone at the start of the war, not because I think there's some glory in war, but because I want Ukraine to have a future. Probably would have died or come home badly injured, but I knew that when I was considering it. Instead I pick up extra hours and send whatever support I can to friends over there.

    The other anons are right that if you want to help Ukraine, the best thing you can do is work some overtime and send supplies. You'd be surprised how many units are still lacking things like proper tourniquets. If you don't really care about Ukraine and just want to "taste war", don't be a fricking moron.

  32. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    No. Wear a GoPro on your head so we have more stuff to keep us entertained in the rekt threads.

  33. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    If you do join please report on whether that Mozart shit still exists. I'm still not sure if that was even real in the first place.

  34. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Former military (never deployed and wasn’t in for long)
    >Make 6 figures working 12 days a month.
    If you have a strong compulsion to see Russians die screaming, you would literally be better of leveraging your financial well-being to assist the war than you would be fighting in it yourself (and you probably wouldn't be wanted in most formations right now).

  35. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yes OP, go and please die so the is one less redditor on /k/.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Bruh lol
      >imagine using Reddit for anything besides porn

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Jizz gurgling homosexuals from r/lesscredibledefense and r/nocredibledefense have invaded us. Hellllo?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        >uses reddit for anything
        You have to go back

  36. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Pull your head out of your ass. There are enemies inside your borders if you're feeling particularly heroic and suicidal.

  37. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Nobody wants to fight your banker's war you disgusting yids.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Wow, they had social media back in then??

  38. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    If you have never experienced war or been shot at then 99% chance no, you dont want that. Its not fun or exciting or cool. If you really wanna go id suggest start training with your shovel now.

  39. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Give me your job and I’ll write letters to you everyday while you’re in Ukraine

  40. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Would it be fricking stupid to leave my cushy ass life to fight in Ukraine?
    Yes but if you go bring a GoPro or something and report here

  41. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Well, you might get to kill a Russian, so that makes it worth it in my book. On the other hand, you might die, so it's definitely worth it. Technically not suicide, so not a sin.

  42. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >talking stick

  43. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    You married?
    If not, go for it, you'll probably get killed or maimed but if you've got no one tying you down at home and you REALLY want to, the only person you'd risk is yourself.

  44. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    There were weirdos like Winston Churchill who loved being shot at.

    But no one wants to be under artillery, or now these drones. Even for the crazy thrill seeker being bombarded from the sky is fricking hell.

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