in what I would describe as an upper middle class neighbourhood

not the kids who are pussies, its the parents

So much focus is on education from birth, you almost forget to let em be rough. It’s weird you will see

I witnessed a few but I'm closing in on the 10 year mark since HS

they cancelled goddamn dodge ball when i was in middle school

See

I heard about that shit

technically never allowed again but fuck if you are telling a high school gym teacher the kids can't try to murder each-other with small kick-balls

It's crazy these days. My father, for his many fatal flaws and crucial faults, did take me and my brothers hiking, camping, biking as often as possible.

my gym teacher called it, officially, "throw and catch" 😉

in school they were just phasing out swings

and gravel was starting to be replaced with shredded rubber, on the playgrounds

My dad took me swimming at Hanama Bay which was full of dangerous shit like stonefish and moray eels

hehehe

i joined the boy scouts so i would always have a group to camping/hiking/white water rafting

wonder if they still teach rifle and shotgun shooting

and archery

I believe so

well, I guess it depends somewhat on _where_

i know people joke about them now letting girls in, but i'm 100% blaming how lame the girl scouts is

Boy Scouts now have to accept girls though

there is no such thing as boy scouts anymore

did they rename it to just "Scouts" or something?

be born a girl, you have girl scouts

the girl scouts was a joke

you don't like selling cookies?

Girl Scouts always did seem like some safe space nonsense

Taking off guys, check in later

unless you were lucky like my sister and had a really small troop where the leaders where all the dads so you could go do cool shit

The girl scouts seems like a joke to you because you don't really understand what girls get together to do

The girl scouts is _supposed_ to be a hugbox.

It's training for being nurturing.

And kind.

I thought it was manipulation training

So I'd say the girl scouts have done a pretty weak job!

How is being nurturing and kind going to help smash the patriarchy?

which leaves you fucked when there is not a cozy room with aircondition

Yeah the divorce rate has gone up under their watch

Funny how the phrase "boys club" elicits negative emotional responses, and the phrase "girls club" doesn't really exist.

Divorce court causes divorce rate to go up.

It's not magically something else's fault.