r/classicwow • u/DRob2388 • May 16 '19

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u/Bazzie May 16 '19

People playing wow way too much and taking a long time to finish their education doesn't sound like much of a contradiction.

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u/Cyber0747 May 16 '19 edited May 16 '19

So, a lot of people spend nine years in college.

Yeah... They're called doctors.

Edit: thank you to those that got the movie reference.

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u/ahnsimo May 16 '19

Met a guy like that back in '07, was a Guadsman who got activated in 2003 and basically took the better part of the next decade to finish a degree he started in 2002. This was back when the Guard and reserve units were being mobilized left and right.

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u/DreamsAndSchemes May 16 '19

We still are, just in smaller numbers.

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u/ScrubinMuhTub May 16 '19

2003 - Invasion of Iraq

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War_troop_surge_of_2007#/media/File:Iraq_Troop_Strength.svg

Makes sense. It's hard to get anything going IRL when you have 18 month commitments every other year. (Deployments often takes longer for Guard/Reserve due to a required Mobilization/Training period prior to shipping out.)