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yeah. thank you @OldNorseAnarchist and @samourai . looking at it again the military thought was a panic door. idk why it looked like an option for a second. i see the consensus here is it is worse shit, and my friend who was going that way is not sure anymore either. i am actually looking at living with roommates. checking out your video now.
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Before you consider the military, consider the UCMJ. Has lots of fun stuff in it like article 134 the general article. Basically a catch all law that means they can prosecute you for nearly everything whether it's explicitly against the rules or not. You'll also have at least 4 years of no control over where you live, where you work, who you work with, who your boss is. Your first two years will most likely be as a glorified janitor for at least a third of the time. The military incentivizes most good and talented people to leave it so that means the people above you will likely be dumb, of low character, or have a lack of planning ability. Also, the US hasn't fought a single war since its founding on behalf of the betterment of its citizens. Maybe you could argue the First Barbary War, American Indian Wars, and the War of 1812. All the others are pretty objectively not in the interest of the US and are in the interest of the high echelons of the American empire. The US has never fought a defensive war pertaining to a threat on actual US soil and citizens in the 20th century. In Afghanistan the US allied with warlord pedophiles against religious fundamentalists. Those warlords engaged in a practice called bacha bazi which is the rape of young boys. The US military instructed service members to turn a blind eye to this and threatened to punish them if they spoke out or attempted to intervene. Furthermore, the recent wars have been revealed (even within popular discourse) to be based on bullshit. Ask any sand wars veteran if it was worth watching his friends get killed for the end result produced.
I recommend getting a job like construction or something (relatively high pay low barrier to entry), getting a small place on your own, and working towards a trade or your own business.
Also, plenty of people switch careers or switch what they do within a career. A career choice doesn't have to be a life sentence. You're not at the end of your life as an adult, you're at the beginning.
Consider checking this out. I still have to, but it seems up your alley:
https://www.amazon.com/Preparation-Become-Competent-Confident-Dangerous/dp/B0FLRKZCKL