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WASHINGTON—In a move that significantly restricts the eligibility of thousands of American troops to fight for their country on the front lines, senior U.S. military officials announced Wednesday that all men with girl names would now be forbidden from serving in combat roles.

The ban, which goes into effect immediately, prohibits male personnel with clearly feminine names like Jamie, Sandy, and Alexis from serving in all artillery, infantry, and armored units. According to a Defense Department memo, the military is less effective as a fighting force when it deploys men named Francis, Sloan, Carol, or Loren in active conflict zones.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Ate the onion.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So… if I want my son to be spared from the draft all I have to do is give him a traditionally masculine name like Kelly, Courtney or Ashley?

[–] RedSnt 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

if I want my son to be spared from the draft

Or Donald Trump.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 63 points 17 hours ago

You got me. It's just so plausible at this point, I ate it.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sponsored by Lindsey Graham.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

What you expect him to go by a different name? The teacher will have to report this to the parents.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago

I ate it. It tasted like... fascism.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 16 points 17 hours ago

Well, my daddy left home when I was three
Didn't leave very much to my mom and me
Except this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that my daddy ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me Sue

[–] small44@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago

They can come to canada to serve

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Whats hilarious about this is that senior commanders would be more likely to have “girls” names considering names tend to flip back and forth gender-wise. Any young Lindsay you meet today will likely be a girl, meanwhile you have old dudes like Lindsay Graham in the senate

Leslie is another one

[–] dontpanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 13 hours ago

Mitch McConnell’s actual first name is Addison.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Are you the guys on the beach who hate everything?

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Brb, changing my name to I can avoid getting drafted

(Kinda wished this was real, that'd be an epic uno-reverse)

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

There's gotta be a Jody joke in there somewhere

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

We're looking at you Terry