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Everyone should learn basic outdoor skills, amirite?
by Anonymous4 months ago
And I'm more likely to use these skills than 90% of the stuff I learn in school .
by Anonymous4 months ago
Here we go again
by Anonymous4 months ago
Well I don't know anyone who's used make than very basic algebra in any field . Also what country are you in I want to go to your countries school system, school barley teaches me how to do research very very very basic and it's the stuff I learnt myself before I was taught it , school does not teach public speaking, school doesn't teach u to socialise it just makes a hub to be able to socialise , school never taught me how to respect people, school never taught me how to make my own decisions or how to figure out who I am as a person .
by Anonymous4 months ago
literally every stem field uses algebra and/or calculus wtf are you talking about
by Anonymous4 months ago
why?
by Anonymous4 months ago
Because they are useful
by Anonymous4 months ago
I would agree that basic survival skills in the event you become lost while hiking or something would be useful. Starting a fire, building a basic lean-to, recognizing "clean" water vs stagnant, and some basic land navigation / determining direction with the sun are useful for anyone. But building a bow and arrow, trapping animals, etc. are probably above and beyond the needed skills for 99.9% of anyone in normal life.
by Anonymous4 months ago
Yeah I agree with that a lot more than the people saying all the skills are useful. I forgot to say about water and navigation.
by Anonymous4 months ago
useful for someone who barely leaves the house?
by Anonymous4 months ago
Yes, because the 1 time a month we leave our homes, we need to.know how to navigate in the real world
by olen994 months ago
Changing a tire. Jumping a battery. Much more useful
by emardbrain4 months ago
I agree but what I was saying about is important
by Anonymous4 months ago
It can be. I agree
by emardbrain4 months ago
I don't think this unpopular. I mean people don't talk about it a lot but wasn't aware of opposition to it. To me, it's a good idea. Also toss in everyone should learn basic car and home maintenance.
by Greedy-Mode4 months ago
Agreed I'm a teen and my dad is starting to teach me, survival , vehicle maintenance (motorbike, push bike , car ) and house maintenance (not as much as the other 2 )
by Anonymous4 months ago
Navigation, important , making a fire ,good for camping and when at parties or having a party etc, for the other stuff true
by Anonymous4 months ago
How deep into navigation is basic? Sun set in west and is to the south in the northern hemisphere? Or more?
by clarkin4 months ago
Pretty much stuff like where the sun sets and rises, where the big dipper and the southern cross are (depending on which hemisphere your in), and how to read a map also understand using signs to find your way
by Anonymous4 months ago
Ok, I agree and guess I know some basics, lol. Think I'll be long dead before the next ice age though.
by clarkin4 months ago
True , but never say never . It'd be sod's law it'd happen if you say if won't
by Anonymous4 months ago
Had to look up Sods law. High confidence I'll be gone before the next ice age. Hope I didn't jinx it
by clarkin4 months ago
Yeah I'm guessing ur not from the UK, it's a UK phrase. Yeah let's hope no one jinx it.
by Anonymous4 months ago
I fully agree. I also own camping cutlery. Not for "survival", but mainly for not needing to worry about watermarked cutlery in restaurants.
by Pale_Picture_854 months ago
I don't want to sleep in a forest, thus I don't need to
by Anonymous4 months ago
But they are good skills and they teach you stuff to help in other ways
by Anonymous4 months ago
Hmmm. I'm torn. I want to agree with you, but there's also no point. I hate to break it to you, but a zombie apocalypse isn't going to happen. The most likely "doomsday" scenario is a slow societal collapse that you'll have tons of time to prepare for. Maybe nuclear war, but there's no surviving that so no point in even worrying about it. The vast majority of civilization doesn't need basic survival skills, so it's mostly a waste of time to learn them.
by Anonymous4 months ago
I wasn't saying exactly a zombie apocalypse I was just saying that as an example , that's why I also said in brackets about an ice age . So pretty much an ice age (or the equivalent for a hot version), other types of apocalypse or a zombie one
by Anonymous4 months ago
If I'm in a zombie apocalypse I'll be the first to turn myself into zombie meal.
by Framitriston4 months ago
I wasn't only meaning a zombie apocalypse (obvious by what was in the brackets), anything like a ice age (or the warm version of it), another type of apocalypse, break down of society etc etc etc
by Anonymous4 months ago
I would be the first one to give up on that as well
by Framitriston4 months ago
Fair point
by Anonymous4 months ago
I'm pretty sure anyone who traps an animal with a snare where I live would be charged with animal cruelty.
by Anonymous4 months ago
Depending on where u are, in northern England it's fine, trapping rabbits is probs OK, defo in Scotland, but bird shooting is only aloud at certain times of year
by Anonymous4 months ago
If the apocalypse happens, I have no desire to stay alive, nor for my family to. Survival is not a moral obligation, nor is propagation of humanity.
by Anonymous4 months ago
I'd love to live in a world without society. Also I wasn't meaning exactly an apocalypse I was just using that as an example, something like an ice age (or the opposite of that) , falling of society, apocalypse etc etc
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