Sounds like a draft is being planned for the occupation of Iran, aka Vietnam v.4

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[–] 117 points 8 months ago (22 children)

Barron stands at a staggering 6’9’’ tall, meaning he may be too tall for the Army, particularly for specific roles involving restricted space like armored vehicles, tanks, or aircraft. Generally, max height limits (e.g., 80 inches/6'8" in the US Army) are enforced to ensure safety and fit within equipment.

At least a better reason that a heel spores diagnosis given by a doctor who rents an office off your father...

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  • [–] 89 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    I didn't know they stacked shit that high.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    It takes a special turd to not draw interest from basketball programs at 6'9" in the US. There's some teams that recruit on height alone and worry about teaching skills later. The fact that he wasn't even sniffed at by a college coach somewhere is pretty telling.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Not really. You need to have athletic grace. I've got a childhood friend that tall and while he had some attempts to get him on the high school team he just obviously lacked the kinesthetic ability to play sports at even a varsity level. None of the colleges he attended even asked.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago

    Well I heard he had autism, and his mother seems pretty overprotective. So perhaps he is not qualified d/t mental illness. I mean, we don't know if this kid is stimming out when presented with new experiences. He may not be banging his head against a wall but there may be other issues. Plus, his affinity for people like the brothers Tate (rapist advocates and human trafficking criminals) might just disqualify him d/t character and judgement. What do they say? apples fall from the tree.

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  • [–] 71 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Is he actually 6’9” or is he 6’9” the way his father is 6’3”? I wouldn’t be surprised if they just tell everyone he’s 6’9” to get him out of it if it comes down to a draft.

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  • [–] 23 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    Just looking at the picture in the article, though, shows that he is either quite tall, or his security detail are dwarves.

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  • [–] 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    He’s definitely very tall, but could be 6’7” and that would be under the restriction.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    True re: Don the Con but...

    Clerk, logistics, cook, etc.

    There's a tonne of jobs he could do while being tall. While it may be a legitimate reason for not serving, it seems frivolous (especially considering the context).

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Honestly with this I have doubts he's the full 6'9". Unless we have pics of him having to duck to enter rooms or something (a friend of mine is that tall, the standard American door frame is shorter than that). Anything above 6'6" is indistinguishable to most people and just registers as "holy fuck you're tall". And so yeah a "fucking hell you're tall" guy being given an extra inch or two on documents to avoid a draft is just extremely believable to me, especially when his dad is a draft dodge4 planning on starting a war.

    Anyways I have no evidence but that's my little conspiracy theory

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah I have a relative who's similarly tall, and he was a gunner in the airforce. I have no clue how he fit into those planes but he apparently saw combat and everything.

    He had a house built for him with 8 foot door frames and 10+ foot ceilings so that he wouldn't have to duck at home

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    Oh I bet he had amazing counter heights. And yeah, once you get to these heights the social model of disability starts making their height look increasingly like a disability with how much custom and specialty stuff they need. But yeah it was really fun when we were young adults watching him drunkenly navigate buildings not made for people his size.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Oh I bet he had amazing counter heights

    Come to think of it, they are a really nice height! Normal counters an average sized person has to bend a little but these you can comfortable eat at while standing. I imagine they'd be a bit too high for me to comfortable cook at being only 5'8"ish but yeah I never thought about that

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