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Now playing Next United Kingdom British Army reaches out to 'snowflakes, selfie addicts and gamers' A new British Army recruitment drive targeted “snowflakes, selfie addicts, class clowns, phone zombies, and me, me, me millennials.” 03/01/2019
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