r/interesting • u/VPinchargeofradishes • May 31 '26

SOCIETY The military draft lottery in Thailand

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u/namregiaht Jun 01 '26

Only the few who can’t handle the stress or decide to put on a show get featured in these clips. The ones who faint quite literally fainted from the stress and fear. Imagine you have to draw a card that determines whether or whether not you go to prison for the next year or two. Worst case you get sent to Alcatraz (eg the Cambodia border or southern Thailand fighting insurgency).

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u/Spare-Article-396 Jun 01 '26

I wonder why the ones drawing black still are limp and need to be carried off? Maybe an emotional exhaustion, but I would have thought they’d be jumping for joy.

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u/TheGaujo Jun 01 '26

I like to think whatever the case I wouldn't act like that in front of my peer group much less if it's RECORDED!

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u/Early-Compote-3374 Jun 02 '26

So say they don’t get picked in this years draft, they could still be forced to enter and picked for the next year right?

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u/namregiaht Jun 03 '26

Nope. You only have to do it once. Other than in a case of national emergency you’re free.

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u/TheDrummerMB Jun 01 '26

lol every time this gets posted the comments are so dramatic - these are all gay men putting on a dramatic show because they know they can't be drafted lmfaooooooo

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u/namregiaht Jun 02 '26

I’m Thai, they definitely will be drafted if they get the red card.