• frog_brawler@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Pass, although I agree with the idea of it. Joined SRA in 2022 and they took my $35, sent me an invite to a discord channel and never contacted me ever again.

    As someone that doesn’t like using discord… I’m not doing that again.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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      2 days ago

      Oof, that sounds terrible I’m sorry to hear that, and it’s good to know. I really hate the trend of lazy reliance on Discord as the sole means of communication. :(

      Same vibe as when some community solely operates out of a Facebook group. Yuck.

    • HopeOfTheGunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      “I refuse to go where young people are, and never see any young people!”

      Absolutely live the life of your choice, but if you opt out of going where a set of people are, you are less likely to encounter that set.

      Not saying the SRA couldn’t have done better here, because they absolutely could’ve, but our ass is 40-mumble-mumble, and we talk to leftist gun folks of youth online every day.

    • kreskin@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Signing up for anything socialist costs a lot. I dont know if you ever thought you’d have use for an elevated government security clearance, but your signing up for that association will be the subject of any security clearance interviews now, and the interviewer will lean toward disqualifying you for it.

      I guess public service as a career choice isn’t on a lot of peoples minds these days. Which, speaking as a member of the public, is too bad.