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2012-10-08 01:41 15108331 Anonymous (Platoon-2.jpg 300x400 37kB)
/fit/ I'm 27 years old, lawyer (USA, lol), in very good physical condition. I have a problem. I hate my life. It's my job. I can't stand it anymore. It's not just the office or court, it's actually what I'm doing--the work itself. I've noticed that the only thing that makes me happy is working out, running, or physical labor. Things that produce results and not just paper pushing bullshit. I've been contemplating changing my life drastically--joining the military. I know there are a bunch of military brothers on /fit/, what are your experiences with people like me in the military? Do you know anyone who took a similar path? Would really appreciate it bros.

2 min later 15108349 Anonymous
Business Administration Fag her. I have the same plans only joining the german Army. Bored by life and seeing it not going anywhere. Afghanistan would be a nice place to be!

2 min later 15108350 Anonymous
pls respond

3 min later 15108353 Anonymous
tell lawyer green text stories about funny and weird court shits and clients

4 min later 15108363 Anonymous
>>15108349 >Afghanistan would be a nice place to be! and why is that ? gerfag here, too.

5 min later 15108375 Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(film) Time to move to Alaska, son.

6 min later 15108387 Anonymous
>>15108353 Ok >be last week >be in court arguing a motion >case gets called. Me vs. little old chinese lady >walk up to counsel table >defendant doing the same >all of a sudden >her pants fall down around ankles in open court >try to control self, can't erupt in laughter in front of judge, etc. >judge not amused >lose hearing

8 min later 15108401 Anonymous
>>15108363 >>15108349 Everyone is pulling out of Afghanistan within a year. Even if you join today you wont get deployed.

9 min later 15108407 Anonymous
>>15108375 I like his idea, but I think the difference is that he was insane and I'm not. I don't hate society, I just want to rebuild my life into something I can be satisified with. I think the military can help. Not sure, that's why asking.

11 min later 15108424 Anonymous
>>15108331 >Be like OP. >Not satisfied with job, despise my college classes. >Realize it's because there is no physical activity in it. >Stop everything, re-think my life. >Become welder. >Travel world just doing my job, love it. Pay is awesome. >Take up blacksmithing as a hobby, get into historical reenactment scene. >Fucking love my life.

11 min later 15108430 Anonymous
>>15108363 because I am bored as hell. Standing up doing the same shit all day every day. No adventures to live through nothing exciting. The movie Fight Club pretty much describes how I feel an I think the only adventure in an adventureless society is to abandon society itself.

11 min later 15108431 Anonymous
>>15108407 >satisfied >unnecessary killing pick one why don't you find a job you love for a change?

12 min later 15108432 Anonymous
Another lawyer greentext (also kinda FPS) >be handling a collection matter >have defendant fill out financial exam form (lists stuff like income, expenses, etc.) >defendant is hamplanet with B.O. that could kill an elephant >Lists on the back as an extra expense fast food >mfw $150 per week

13 min later 15108445 Anonymous (IMG_95.jpg 960x720 92kB)
>>15108375 >be 20 >Living in the woods of Norway in a cabin by my self >Nearest population is 12 miles away, 45 people pic related. Feelsgoodman.jpg

15 min later 15108458 Anonymous
>>15108431 Not saying I want to go around killing people (although it is possible if I were to join military). I guess the way I see it is that my life has already gone so far down the white collar path that I'd need to start out at the bottom to reinvent myself. I've been through 7 years of higher ed (and have the loans to prove it...) Have no skills to show for it.

17 min later 15108477 Anonymous
>>15108458 Couldn't you just join a cooking class?

17 min later 15108479 Anonymous
>>15108445 do you have electricity and or water?

19 min later 15108490 Anonymous
>>15108445 Jelly. I'm planning to moving to Norway in about 5-8 years time. Hope you faggots aren't DYEL like swedes and are actually vikings

20 min later 15108496 Anonymous
>>15108445 How do I unlock this mode? Assuming you're not a troll, how do you do this? How do you live? Income?

20 min later 15108498 Anonymous
>>15108479 Yes. That is how I am on the net right now lol >>15108490 Na, we are bigger than those cunts here. I live right next the border though. So if i went for a 5k Hike i can crossover to Sweden

21 min later 15108509 Anonymous
>>15108477 I could (although very good cook already). The problem is that still leaves me stuck in this shit white collar existence. It would be the same relief that working out provides, or changing oil. Great feelings at the time, but still have to return to shit life after.

22 min later 15108511 Anonymous
>>15108496 Belonged to my grandfather in the 80's, He passed away like 13 years ago and by dad slowly renovated it. I come here every year for 2 months, I got heaps of canned shit. + Gym + whey, + the lake I am in has tons of trout. I practically eat fish everyday. Also income is no problem, My grandfather left me about 195k Euros. I am assuming you're American or Australian so thats about 200k

23 min later 15108519 Anonymous
being bored of your job is one thing. If you're not happy then change it. Simple as that. But why on earth would you join the army? I understand it if you like need a college degree or something or have no friends or family, but why on earth would you risk your life for the unjust wars of corrupt politicians making money while your brothers are dying in foreign countries. WHY? you could do so much more

24 min later 15108531 Anonymous (Andrew_Holmes_pulling_a_dead_Afghan_boy_by_the_hair_in_2010.jpg 600x450 109kB)
Enjoy getting your legs blown off by some sandnigger Enjoy getting ptsd because your boy raped a 5 year old and you were too pussy to stop him Enjoy having a higher suicide rate than deaths by enemy combatants Enjoy having worse healthcare than indian kids Enjoy getting beaten raped and abused by your commanding officer Enjoy killing people for money, no seriously enjoy it Enjoy coming back to your homeland getting spat on called a baby killer, a child rapist, and no one ever hiring you because of mental instability Enjoy seeing a shrink for the next 30 years Enjoy multiple sucide attempts Enjoy a suicide attempt every 30seconds Enjoy being 1/4 of the USA's homeless population Enjoy shitty salary, socialist army healthcare/dental/accommodation Enjoy your out dated system of world domination Enjoy your wheelchair fucking faggot

25 min later 15108541 Anonymous
>>15108407 I put it to you that you must be insane to some extent if you don't hate society as it is today.

25 min later 15108543 Anonymous (wolfdog.jpg 850x900 113kB)
Hey OP, don't join the military unless you love being told what to do all day and enjoy assholes screaming at you. My brother worked as a risk assessment guy for a company for a while (Like edward nortons job in fight club). Then he quit it to work at a strip club for double to money and is now opening a gym that I am going to help him manage. You should open a business of your own with all your lawyer money, you're probably already good with all that paper/loan/business stuff anyways. Open a sweet gym, help old people work out, do steroids and get ripped. Also, profit.

25 min later 15108544 Anonymous
>>15108531 Dont listen to this idiot. Beta faggot has nothing in his life, so his trying to ruin yours by making it sound bad. staybeta'

26 min later 15108551 Anonymous
>>15108445 >>15108445 I saw your thread yesterday, can i come from sweden and accompany you? Mad gains from swimming in lake after workout

27 min later 15108563 Anonymous
>>15108551 you serious? Id fucking let you come no joke. where abouts in Sweed are you?

28 min later 15108573 Anonymous
>>15108509 You could try an emergency service. Police/Ambulance/Fire. Same excitement. Less chance of ruining your life.

30 min later 15108585 Anonymous
>>15108563 Uppsala, 40 minutes north of stockholm. Where exactly does your place lay? is it snow there already?

30 min later 15108589 Anonymous
>>15108563 ib4 rapemurdersuicide

30 min later 15108595 Anonymous
>>15108544 >beta I have no problem with the level of violence in the military, and literally being paid to kill muslims. It just happens to be a ripoff, for the risk, for the mental trauma 80% of the recruits experience, the permanent brain damage, changes in structure etc Its just not worth joining the US army

32 min later 15108619 Anonymous
>>15108585 Oh, I am up north in steinkjer, Yeah it snows pretty much all the time here

33 min later 15108621 Anonymous
>>15108595 join the canadian army instead

33 min later 15108626 Anonymous
>>15108595 >US army Well I am an Ausfag and experienced none of that, gnight anon

33 min later 15108632 Anonymous
>>15108519 Loan debt, my friend. All that school was not cheap (even though I had a full scholarship to law school still had to take out something to live off of). I have about 80k in loans. There is no way I can pay that at an entry level blue collar job. I know that the military offers incentives with regard to college tuition and I'd hope that it would offer the same incentives with loans already incurred. Anyone know if that's right? tl;dr Would join the military because want training and can't just quit being a lawyer because too much debt to pay off as entry level anything else.

34 min later 15108636 Anonymous (1347794941338.gif 281x86 14kB)
>>15108589

35 min later 15108650 Anonymous
>>15108595 Trauma's for betas Staybeta

35 min later 15108651 Anonymous
Dont do it bro why do you want put your life in the hands of some rich cocksuckers who just want the profits and don't care about your life or anybody's life. I honestly can't see a scenario where something positive comes out of this .

35 min later 15108656 Anonymous
>>15108573 I like the way you think brother. Something I will look into.

39 min later 15108687 Anonymous
>>15108651 Everyone who is bringing up arguments regarding politicians, corruption, etc. I hear you, but I'd be doing this for myself not out of any desire to "protect freedom" or whatever propaganda the government spouts off. Seems like the overwhelming consensus is that I'm retarded for having conceived this plan. Still, has anyone actually done what I'm considering or known someone who has? Would like to hear of it.

44 min later 15108724 Anonymous
>>15108687 I done it. Do it. Just go Army, Infantry.

45 min later 15108737 Anonymous
>>15108632 in the Air Force (and I assume every other branch) you can choose in basic to either get tuition assistance or to repay college loans with the TA. so yes, the military will pay for it if you went to college before the military. I would however go officer if you have the chance with 7 years of college. unless, of course you want to be the low man on the totem pole.

46 min later 15108747 Anonymous
>>15108687 here's someone who has http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc7dmaQw-8s seriously thats a bad plan bro nothing against service in peaceful times but actually participating in a unjust war there's nothing but fuckery there, in my mind you will be throwing your life away not to mention the lifes of people you will propably have to shoot at.

50 min later 15108769 Anonymous
>>15108747 You're a fucking idiot. Why do you think every soldier kills civilians? please go hang your self. These guys are obviously fucked in the head. not everyone is like this. + shooting people, you realize they are over 500 meters away? 90% of the time you dont even see the people your shooting, they are just a dot in the distance, you shoot and move on. not stop to examine your "kill"

51 min later 15108775 Anonymous
Become a cook in a real restaurant . Mentally and physically demanding. Great camaraderie between chefs. Not getting shot at. Pay is ok.

52 min later 15108787 Anonymous (1311085979811.jpg 553x700 95kB)
Don't do it OP. You can make drastic changes to your life without throwing it away. When you join the military you sign away your ability to make decisions for yourself. The people in charge are fucking retarded and the military itself is completely saturated with morons who are there because they are incapable of functioning normally in society anyway. Quit your job and re-evaluate your life, don't throw it away. >US Navy, 6 years, 2 deployments to the middle east. Now in a math PhD program.

54 min later 15108800 Anonymous
>>15108787 One more thing: everyone thinks they are tough, but I know a lot of really tough people that have PTSD now and it is fucking terrible. If you think your life sucks now then don't pile nightmares, uncontrollable rage, inability to hold a job, etc on top of it (and not just from creatine).

57 min later 15108817 Anonymous
>>15108800 There are more deaths by SUICIDE than soldiers killed by the taliban There are 100 iraqi civillians killed for every insurgent 25,000 children die every single day from preventable causes like starvation

58 min later 15108821 Anonymous
>>15108787 Air Force guy here... agreed.

59 min later 15108827 Anonymous (doublesguy[1].jpg 248x249 12kB)
>>15108800

1 hours later 15108837 Anonymous
>>15108349 exactly the same here. also german, doing business administration and im sick of it. i think ill rather become a police officer though.

1 hours later 15108845 Anonymous
>>15108531 >Enjoy being 1/4 of the USA's homeless population im sure there is more than 4.

1 hours later 15108849 Anonymous
>>15108787 >>15108821 Thanks bros. Is it really that bad? I'd assume that there would be a decent number of idiots but also a good amount of people in my situation. Among officers (which it seems like, with my background, would be the path that makes sense taking) is it the same situation?

1 hours later 15108862 ThatOneAsianAnon
Join the FFL

1 hours later 15108865 Anonymous
>>15108331 An anon on /fit/ put it really well the other day: It's like high school, but fewer girls and all of the smart kids have graduated already. Also, what do you want to do in the military? You might be too old for the MOS you're interested in, so fine that out beforehand.

1 hours later 15108882 Anonymous
>>15108769 >>15108769 you are a moron, so what you are telling is that he should join the war and just hope none of this shit happens to him because it doesnt happen to everybody you either are very young and naive or just a complete fool

1 hours later 15108888 Anonymous
>>15108509 I had a buddy that i worked with at Deloitte that left and opened up a restaurant. It's succeeding and he says he's a lot happier now. Remember, there are non-white collar options outside of the military.

1 hours later 15108922 Anonymous (1340798165721.gif 250x188 2047kB)
>>15108845 http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-11-07-homeless-veterans_n.htm WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11% of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday. The U.S. Army revealed that July yielded the highest number of active-duty soldier suicides on record, with 38 in just a single month (this number does not include other branches of service, or Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who commit suicide once they get out of the military). http://www.ourlivesourrights.org/statements/our-officers-kill-more-us.html If your going to kill people, or be involved in killing you better be a clinical psychopath, get tested, have at least an fmri, if your brain responds like a good little moralfag, then back the fuck up and do not go into the army. http://www.ourlivesourrights.org/statements/our-officers-kill-more-us.html If this gif made your dick hard, then by all means go for it, the average human being is not suitable for the army.

1 hours later 15108931 Anonymous
>>15108922 fuck these disturbing gifs

1 hours later 15108945 Anonymous
why don't you think dispute resolution in a court isn't producing results but dispute resolution with a firearm is? i know your feel, you just aren't thinking about things particularly clearly.

1 hours later 15108973 Anonymous
>>15108922 so if a fake gif makes my dick hard, i am suitable for the military? lol retard.

1 hours later 15108982 Anonymous
>>15108945 maybe he has to defend child molesters

1 hours later 15108995 Anonymous
>>15108845 4/10 But actually OP. Look into becoming a Firefighter. My cousin is one and he literally bodybuilds every day, and puts out fire occasionally. He saves lives, and gets nothing but respect from people (no hippies protest putting out fires). Whenever we go out to bars or clubs, bitches always mire because he is awoke and has an alpha as fuck job. If u are already physically fit, the training process shouldn't be too hard.

1 hours later 15108996 Anonymous
>>15108945 It's not that I think one is ineffective or effective. The law is just not the right type of thing for me. I think I need the discipline and structure in a physical environment to feel good about what I'm doing. Maybe you're right and it's just a retarded fantasy. That's why I'm asking for others' experiences and thoughts.

1 hours later 15109004 Anonymous
>>15108982 so? everyone is entitled to a competent defense to insure that the evidence against them is valid. despite what regular people think, lawyers aren't getting complete scumbags off the hook unless the police violated someone's rights. the fault for these people being out on the street is the police's, not the attorney's

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1 hours later 15109015 Anonymous
>>15109008 3edgyanddark5me

1 hours later 15109027 Anonymous
>>15108996 the law is great. you get to be highly compensated for relatively easy work because of the structure of our society. if you want to feel like you are doing some good, spend some time every week/month working some pro-bono cases in an area other than your primary practice.

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1 hours later 15109041 Anonymous
>>15108995 *swole* not awoke" fuck auto correct

1 hours later 15109042 Anonymous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcMk3V3LZcQ

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1 hours later 15109050 Anonymous
>>15108982 >>15109004 I don't do criminal defense. Mostly civil litigation. I'm in court arguing meaningless motions about discovery or sanctions most of the time with a trial about 3 times a year for variety. Second anon is right though. When pieces of shit like pedos go free, it's because the police fucked it up, not because the lawyer has some magical jew powers.

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1 hours later 15109080 Anonymous
>>15109027 Pro bono... when I started my career I did lots of pro bono for experience. I can say without a doubt that was the worst experience of my life. I did a lot of family law. Custody, divorce, etc. Those clients, with very few exceptions, were the biggest pieces of mooching shit I've ever had the displeasure of speaking to. Talk about being unwilling to help yourself because everything is provided through some welfare agency from your apartment to your cell phone to your divorce from the father of your 18th kid. Also, because they aren't paying, they like to call you everyday and waste your time. Yeah. Pro bono. never again.

1 hours later 15109084 Anonymous
Is the British Army worth joining? Been thinking of joining up as a dog handler

1 hours later 15109114 Anonymous
>>15109084 Only if its the royal marines. Bad asses.

1 hours later 15109129 Anonymous
>>15109080 be more selective in what cases you accept. find a little cause that you are interested and do pro bono work for it, or just volunteering if it isn't legal work you are interested in.

1 hours later 15109194 Anonymous
Why don't you just do drugs OP. That's what I do to keep life interesting. Don't tell me life aint full of adventure when you get arrested/wake up in hospitals/have psychotic breakdowns a couple times a year captha: elisha fitsosed

4 hours later 15110890 Anonymous
>Be a soldier >Have second thoughts about leaving military >gf wants me to study hard and pursue career as a lawyer, business person >Think of all the adventures I will never experience Fuck my life.

4 hours later 15110931 Anonymous
>>15108922 That`s because many young people enlist military without having worked in a civilian life, they have no civilian profession, so after they leave military, they end up as bums. Simple as that, don`t join the military without having back-up profession, like OP. One day you might leave military without wanting it.

4 hours later 15111028 Anonymous
I'm a 20 yr old US CC college student, about to transfer to a 4 year after 1 more semester for my economics degree. I hate school, I hate math, I hate paperwork. I also work full time though, as a warehouseman in a hardwood lumberyard, pulling some of the finest hardwoods in the world. Make $18 an hr, which is okay considering if I dropped out I could make around 50k a year, since shifts are usually 10-12 hrs. I love working there. It is so much fun. So much positive energy, laughter, excitement, etc. However, I know my dad would not approve of me dropping out, and he is my boss, so.. I don't know. Thinking of switching to a history major because this accounting shit is really getting me down. >inb4 50 engineering majors talk shit, yeah, I have a low IQ, I know

4 hours later 15111062 Anonymous
>>15110890 Are you me? Except my GF left me after I got out and join the guard... don't do it, brother. I'm in college now and the only thing that makes me happy is lifting. Seriously considering deploying with the a national guard unit to escape these feels. Fuck bitches, be happy.

4 hours later 15111136 Anonymous (1332894608329.jpg 400x320 23kB)
>>15108331 Im in the same boat as you op, Im going to try becoming a navy seal in a few months from now. Teamwork commraderie being pushed past my absolute limits sounds fun as fuck to me

4 hours later 15111191 Anonymous
OP here. Cool to see this is still going. Was thinking about some of the decent responses while at the gym. Couple things I want to say: 1) Really the school loans are a big issue for me. Not that I can't or won't pay them off... but they are limiting what I can do as far as simply switching careers. Can't exactly take a job paying 35k when I've got these fucking loans to pay off. (Not saying I didn't know what I was signing for, just a reality of my situation). That is a huge reason why I am considering military service: The chance to have some debt forgiven or whatever the incentives are. All the bros who are in school now or starting school: I implore you to make sure it's really something you want and is required for what you want to be. The price of edu in the US is out of control and you need to make sure it's worth it to you. 2) The bros who recommended fire/police/civilian services: I think you guys are onto something, too. Although I don't believe there are incentives like the military offers for edu loans and things. Am i correct?

4 hours later 15111218 Anonymous
>>15111136 >sounds fun as fuck to me protip: it ain't

4 hours later 15111251 Anonymous
>>15111028 the pays seems pretty well Just curious what kind of skill/experience do you require to apply for lumber jobs like that?? I'm also working for managing some warehouse, hard labor, but I'm being paid just above minimum wage

5 hours later 15111357 Anonymous
>>15108401 yeah you can go to Iran instead

5 hours later 15111361 Anonymous
>>15111251 Go to forklift school and then go to lumber school. Takes about a month and a couple hundred dollars. My work pays exceptionally high, I am guessing. But most will pay ~15 I am guessing...

5 hours later 15111473 Anonymous
>>15111361 i see, do your employers always look for guys by their physiques though? I mean when I work in the warehouse I'm pretty much lifting things up down all time w/ no problems unloaded all the cartons from the truck by myself with no forklift but....I look like a dyel kid!!

5 hours later 15111521 Anonymous
>>15111191 milfag->cop is pretty common & I think the cops do preferential hiring. Come to think of it vets are preferentially hired across the public sector. OP you realize your "things that produce results and not just paper pushing" is an inversion, right? Your work as a lawyer is far more valuable than strong back labor or running dogs for the bosses.

5 hours later 15111577 Anonymous
>>15111521 Perhaps my lawyering has a greater net benefit to society than my service in the military would, but I'm being way more selfish than that. To me, there really isn't much benefit to the legal work other than the cash and far more deleterious effects.

5 hours later 15111849 Anonymous
>>15111577 Well, go talk to a recruiter. They're facing huge cutbacks, but you have a JD so they'll probably want your cock. My niece had a JD (and a fuckton of debt lol) and was about your age when she joined up. She's in MI now, one of the lieutenant ranks or something. After you get out become and cop and use your law background to not fuck up cases for the prosecutors.

5 hours later 15111884 Anonymous
>>15111577 >lawyering >net benefit to society lel

6 hours later 15112468 Anonymous
>>15108619 Malmöbrah reporting in! Actually going to Northern Lappland for a trip in November. So far I have underarmour sweater "heat gear" warm jackets, decent boots, gloves and mouth protection. Anything else I should look into? I assume Jeans don't do too well in -20 Degree weather?

6 hours later 15112735 Anonymous
>>15108619 Dat feel when you've delivered food to the north from Trondheim... Those days (swe)

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