Semi-Weekly Discussion Thread - November 11, 2024

[u/tuesday_mod]

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Previous Discussion Thread

[u/Soarin-Flyin]

Was at a CFB game today and they had the jets fly overhead. Got me wondering if Musk and Vivek will be quick to cut those types of ventures. The military pays to have the armed forces at NFL games and I’m assuming the government is paying for the flyovers at sporting events. I just don’t see how you have a government efficiency agency leaving those alone.

[u/spaceqwests → u/Soarin-Flyin]

It’s for recruiting. This kind of thing is necessary and we need more of it to be honest.

[u/Soarin-Flyin → u/spaceqwests]

Asking because I genuinely don’t know, not to be snarky, but what is the return on investment? How many high schoolers or young adults are watching a game, see the jets overhead, and think they should join the armed services? Like what is the proposed theory that gets people to enlist?

[u/a157reverse → u/Soarin-Flyin]

It's probably next to impossible to accurately quantity. You can survey recruits about why they decided to join but I doubt many will say seeing the jets at a football game is what inspired them, and it's honestly probably not the motivating factor for most. BUT, the jets at football games are a reminder that the military exists and does cool things and the payoffs from that could be 15 years down the line.

Most businesses have moved to marketing practices where they can easily identify the ROI of their campaign, but it leads to really finely tuned messaging that can be kinda odd and brands can lose their identity in that as they constantly chase the current trend. I'm glad that the military is still open to the broad image appeals without a direct call to action, but wouldn't be surprised if DGE calls it out.

Side note but it appears that DGE will be mostly powerless in it's official capacity as an advisory commission. We'll see how much the Trump admin actually takes on cutting budgets.

[u/Soarin-Flyin → u/a157reverse]

Yeah it’ll be interesting. Not gonna get ahead of myself but I’d be a little pissed if cuts are made to programs like WIC or other welfare programs but the jets are apparently okay because they look cool.

[u/spaceqwests → u/Soarin-Flyin]

I don’t know either. It’s a fair question, but I’m not smart enough to answer it.