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2OEH8eoCRo0
Good. 4 years in the service was the best decision of my life.
dghlsakjg
Did you read the article? you think it’s a good thing that psy-ops soldiers are using sex as a selling point for national service?

Kids shouldn’t be lured into the forces because they think they’ll find a trad-wife or some waifu fantasy. They should know what they’re signing up for, and this ain’t it.

psychphysic
Crikey imagine having to rely on simps to man your army.
speed_spread
It's an equilibrium. You also need your army to give your simps something to do. Prevents them from starting to question authority and priorities.
rcme
> Cosplay commandos are posting nationalist thirst traps to mobilise the SIMPs – but why?

Love this tagline. But it looks like the answer is marketing?

Vecr
I don't think "simp" is an acronym or anything like that, it's just short for simpering, right? "Simp" = "One who simpers"
yucky
Simp isn't an acronym (I don't think, or at least not generally used as one), it's just slang. It's not derived from simpering though, it doesn't mean anything like that. It refers to sad men who are led around by their nose by women who have no interest in them. Those men are simps (also known as white knights, suckers, marks etc).
finnthehuman
They market everything else. So, why not?
bibanez
Because war is unambiguously suffering, only serial killers can enjoy it!
Panini_Jones
In Britain during WWI and WWII, there was a campaign where women would commonly shame men who weren't in uniform by putting white feathers on them [0]. Although arguably different, some of the same mechanisms, e.g. using sex to encourage enlistment, are at play.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_feather