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Cocytus
07/04/2017
08:47 PM
#1
Were you ever in Boy Scouts?


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Yes
Medussa
07/04/2017
08:48 PM
#3
forced to be until I finally just refused to participate and did my homework instead.
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DevsBro
07/04/2017
08:49 PM
#4
Yep. It was fun.
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Gen_Lee_Enfield
07/04/2017
08:50 PM
#5
Yep for a few years. Then we moved, and my new friends didn't do the Scouting thing, so I didn't bother rejoining.
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glitteringfairy
07/04/2017
08:51 PM
#6
I did it for like one or two years as a child all on the promise I was gonna get to shoot guns. It never happened
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Drpooplol
07/04/2017
08:56 PM
#7
Yes, I'm an Eagle Scout. One of my favorite things about my childhood, and I want to get into an adult leadership role sometime.
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boxington
07/04/2017
08:57 PM
#8
briefly.

wasn't feeling it, and eventually got my dad to let me quit.
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nativengine
07/04/2017
08:58 PM
#9
Nah man, natives don't do that shit.
ThyCorndog
07/04/2017
09:00 PM
#10
no and I don't know anyone that's done it. I guess it's not really a big thing in nyc
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Medz2017
07/04/2017
09:02 PM
#11
I was in cub scouts for a month. Did not like it. I have nothing against it and give respect to eagle scouts.
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WilliamPorygon
07/04/2017
09:16 PM
#12
Yes, but I didn't like it and never got past the wolf level.
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SGT_Conti
07/04/2017
09:18 PM
#13
Nope. Closest was an air cadet.
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MikeArmstrong
07/04/2017
09:18 PM
#14
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TheVipaGTS
07/04/2017
09:19 PM
#15
no i wasn't a dork.
Trevor_Belmont
07/04/2017
09:21 PM
#16
Yes back in the 90s till 2002. I'm an Eagle Scout.
Cocytus
07/04/2017
09:25 PM
#17
Medussa posted...
forced to be until I finally just refused to participate and did my homework instead.

lmao
stoltenberg11
07/04/2017
09:27 PM
#18
I was till I got my eagle scout at 15. Campouts were a mixed bag of fun and miserable. Jamboree and the high adventure stuff was great fun. The week to week meetings were boring mostly. Summer camp was fun outside of the 80 degree 80% humidity miserable sleeping conditions.
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Lorenzo_2003
07/04/2017
09:30 PM
#19
TheVipaGTS posted...
no i wasn't a dork.


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Simon_Petrikov
07/04/2017
09:35 PM
#20
Yes. I have an awful memory, so I barely remember it.
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Cocytus
07/04/2017
11:14 PM
#21
Simon_Petrikov posted...
Yes. I have an awful memory, so I barely remember it.

You have a bad memory?
Itachi157
07/04/2017
11:15 PM
#22
Nope, never.
Dash_Harber
07/04/2017
11:15 PM
#23
No. I think they are called something else in Canada and I was part of a religion that greatly discouraged membership in those sorts of organizations.
Sativa_Rose
07/04/2017
11:18 PM
#24
Did cub scouts for a few years before I quit. It was eh. One of the reasons I didn't like it was because everyone who was in it at my school was older than me so I was like the little kid which I didn't like as an 8 year old.
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purplebelf
07/04/2017
11:20 PM
#25
I was a girl scout and quit when I was Junior (it goes Daisy Scouts, Brownie Scounts, the Junior Scout) in the 7th grade to play softball.
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Tmaster148
07/04/2017
11:20 PM
#26
Yes. I earned the rank of Eagle.
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Capital_Tenant
07/04/2017
11:21 PM
#27
Yeah, it was basically mandatory for 7th graders anyway.
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legendarylemur
07/04/2017
11:22 PM
#28
Yeah I got Eagle Scout. But I didn't get along with all the tryhard assholes, and people I got along with usually quit about 3-4 years in. Sooo I barely attended Scouting activities between... Life? and Eagle, which almost made me not get it.

Like, I didn't understand why those guys had that much problem with me. There were 3 guys that super tryharded, and I sorta led the 7-8 other guys who were just doing it for fun. I didn't get along with the 3 guys, but they weren't mean to the other guys so it wasn't like they had reason to feel alone. I felt pretty lonely once the 7-8 other guys inevitably quit
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stoltenberg11
07/05/2017
12:22 AM
#29
How were they tryhards? Like did they want all the knots tied perfectly or something?
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Ruvan22
07/05/2017
12:27 AM
#30
Yup - got Eagle rank and then stayed as an assistant scoutmaster for some 10 years. Met a lot of different other kids in the troop that I might not have otherwise, really helped me see what other people's experiences were like.
dragnmaninferno
07/05/2017
12:36 AM
#31
Did cub scouts for maybe a year. Don't remember why I didn't go back.
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legendarylemur
07/05/2017
01:37 AM
#32
stoltenberg11 posted...
How were they tryhards? Like did they want all the knots tied perfectly or something?

They were doing it for the college resume. They pretty much did like exactly what they needed to do to get Eagle. They weren't doing it because they liked outdoors or scouting or some shit. They'd suck up to the leads, try to screw over me and others from doing the reqs. Those 3 stuck together like a glue and even did serious campaigning against people of younger ages to vote for them and shit. It got too much, so I had to work around loopholes and whatever position that wasn't gonna require so much money, since my fam was poor.

It was just a shitshow. I lived in a neighborhood full of college crazy tiger mom spawns. I'm glad to be away from all that shit now. They ruined scouting for me. I started it for fun and went to Eagle because I liked scouting and camping.
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stoltenberg11
07/05/2017
02:02 AM
#33
I lived in a hick town so I got lucky with lots of outdoorsy types and none of the resume warriors. I don't even know how good it is for a resume tbh. It can show good leadership and commitment skills but the religious affiliation is risky sometimes. I put it on my resume for management jobs but for others I don't.
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legendarylemur
07/05/2017
02:22 AM
#34
stoltenberg11 posted...
I lived in a hick town so I got lucky with lots of outdoorsy types and none of the resume warriors. I don't even know how good it is for a resume tbh. It can show good leadership and commitment skills but the religious affiliation is risky sometimes. I put it on my resume for management jobs but for others I don't.

It was just a thing people said, whether if it were true or not. To be honest, the guys that weren't serious, a few of them were roped in by their own tiger moms, but they just screwed around or just had fun with the activities when they could. Their parents would complain to my dad that they weren't serious about getting Eagle though I was aiming for it, even asked me if I could like spur them on, but what can I do? Asians around my town in general would do anything if it increased their college chances even by a little bit. It's all just so silly looking back...
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thrashmetal14
07/05/2017
02:31 AM
#35
Im an Eagle scout
inf3rn0_munkee
07/05/2017
02:41 AM
#36
Yeah. I didn't make it to Springbok Scout though (our version of Eagle Scout) I got to the last bit and just didn't finish before I turned 18.

Scouting was some of the best years of my life, although we used to drink and smoke (not cigs) at most of our camps where there weren't any adults with us.
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Cocytus
07/05/2017
09:03 AM
#37
stoltenberg11 posted...
I lived in a hick town so I got lucky with lots of outdoorsy types and none of the resume warriors. I don't even know how good it is for a resume tbh. It can show good leadership and commitment skills but the religious affiliation is risky sometimes. I put it on my resume for management jobs but for others I don't.

Why would you think that it's a liability?
Shotgunnova
07/05/2017
09:04 AM
#38
When I was a kid, I wanted to, but no one else showed up, so they apparently just cancelled it, lol.
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Pseudo_Legacy
07/05/2017
09:04 AM
#39
Yes

and i didnt learn shit lol
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Lorenzo_2003
07/05/2017
09:07 AM
#40
Pseudo_Legacy posted...
Yes

and i didnt learn shit lol


I find this hard to believe. You didn't learn how to do any knots? They didn't make you do any team projects? No camping at all? No swimming?
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stoltenberg11
07/05/2017
09:12 AM
#41
Cocytus posted...
stoltenberg11 posted...
I lived in a hick town so I got lucky with lots of outdoorsy types and none of the resume warriors. I don't even know how good it is for a resume tbh. It can show good leadership and commitment skills but the religious affiliation is risky sometimes. I put it on my resume for management jobs but for others I don't.

Why would you think that it's a liability?

Because some people might not like that religious affiliation
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Cocytus
07/05/2017
09:14 AM
#42
Shotgunnova posted...
When I was a kid, I wanted to, but no one else showed up, so they apparently just cancelled it, lol.

Dang!

Lorenzo_2003 posted...
Pseudo_Legacy posted...
Yes

and i didnt learn shit lol


I find this hard to believe. You didn't learn how to do any knots? They didn't make you do any team projects? No camping at all? No swimming?

I learned lots of shit, or got practice on shit I kind of already knew.
BlazinBlue88
07/05/2017
09:20 AM
#43
Eagle Scout/Assistant Scoutmaster. Started in the Tiger Cubs when I was 5 and didn't quit until I got married and moved away at 25. Was a member of the OA as well and traveled out to Philmont to backpack.
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treewojima
07/05/2017
09:43 AM
#44
I got up to Star, a couple badges short of Life, before I lost interest. It didn't help that the troop was based out of a Mormon church, and the really cool scoutmaster moved away and was replaced by a tight-laced Bible thumper. It just stopped being fun.

When it was fun, though... it was a blast. We ended up becoming a Varsity troop and did all sorts of stuff alongside the Ventures like canoeing, kayaking, rafting and caving.
stoltenberg11
07/05/2017
09:44 AM
#45
What places in philmont did you hike to? i think I got to go most everywhere there other than the hard western area.
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PMarth2002
07/05/2017
09:44 AM
#46
Yeah, but I quit after cubscouts. It was just something my parents made me do in elementary school.
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NeoShadowhen
07/05/2017
10:02 AM
#47
Yeah I did it for awhile. Didn't make eagle, and frankly I don't think I ever made it past second class. I just didn't give a shit about the ranks and just focused on the merit badges that provided useful skills.

I was a BSA lifefuard, and I was in order of the arrow, which was kind of an anomaly for someone who completely thumbed their nose at rank, but I was by far the most skilled when it came to wilderness survival, and a hell of a good cook.

Good times overall.
BlazinBlue88
07/05/2017
10:11 AM
#48
stoltenberg11 posted...
What places in philmont did you hike to? i think I got to go most everywhere there other than the hard western area.

I think most of the treks (I remember there being like 30 different treks from super easy to omg hard) took you around the majority of the place. The trek we did had us going 75 miles in about 12 days. Climbed Mt Baldy and all that.
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Mako_Sharknado
07/05/2017
10:14 AM
#49
Nope. 'n I'd never even heard of it until I moved ta Utah'n literally every dude classmate had been involved
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Megaman50100
07/05/2017
10:25 AM
#50
Yea, Eagle. I never particularly enjoyed it, but I gotta say it taught me a lot of practical stuff that I wouldn't have learned in school alone.
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dragnmaninferno
07/05/2017
12:34 PM
#51
I enjoyed the cub scouts. They took us city kids camping. I appreciated that.
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