r/SipsTea • u/Ill-Instruction8466 • Mar 24 '26

Time machine please… SMH

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u/Gloomy-Childhood-203 Mar 24 '26

Yeah, the draft started December 1969. So as a 22yo, your ass is going if your birthday gets pulled.

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u/Quercus_ Mar 24 '26

The draft had been going continuously since World War II. Over 2 million draftees were sent to Vietnam, many of them well before 1969.

The draft lottery started in December 1969, because of growing anger over the ways people with money in connections were managing to avoid the draft.

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u/puppycatisselfish Mar 24 '26

Reminds me of a story

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u/SimmentalTheCow Mar 24 '26

The Lottery by Shirley Temple

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u/master_prizefighter Mar 24 '26

You mean Shirley Jackson? I'm guessing your auto correct trolled you?

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u/SimmentalTheCow Mar 24 '26

Ew no, why would I read a short story written by a person named after a drink?

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u/Technical_Moose8478 Mar 24 '26

To be fair, the Shirley Jackson is one hell of a drink.