Summer camp

[Charismatic]

cut and shoot or some shit, huh?

[tyven]

oh man bro u were in the great state? not in h-town though huh? out in the country somewhere, huh?

dallas fort worth. it was actually p cool. my dad had a pool

[Charismatic]

man, I spend very little time up there... the only times I ever even went to dallas were for work, so I never thought it was that great.
maybe one day I will go there when I am not obligated to... but I probably won't.

[Charismatic]

and the 4 hour drive (8 hours both ways) there made the experience that much less fun each time

[Ragnell]

None of that shit.

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[Krye]

it was camp forestburg in NY, was there for 3 weeks. wake up at 6am, walk a mile to the "mess hall" to get served gruel. ok it probably wasnt gruel but it was a big boiling pot with random crap in it and a big guy served you a bowl with a huge spoon, oliver twist style. i ate there twice then said fuck it and ate rice krispie treats from the gift shop the rest of the time there. i have been addicted to rice krispie treats ever since.

the whole day was doing shit like learning to tie knots and do first aid and avoid getting raped, i am pretty sure there was a rule that fun was not allowed.

I used to go camping a lot in Boy Scouts and I'm pretty sure their entire goal was to make you as miserable as possible. I remember at Summer Camp they wouldn't let you hang out at the campsite, you HAD to be out working on merit badges, so I'd go to the arts and crafts station and chill with my friends all day.

[Blarg]

doing shit like learning to tie knots and do first aid and avoid getting rape

well how many times have you been raped since you went to the camp?

[Mertron]

well how many times have you been raped since you went to the camp?

only once

[Mertron]

im really old though so i have a pretty high success rate

[Blarg]

so maybe the camp was worth it, a necessary evil

[Xajii]

But do you know how many times he's had to fashion a God's Eye out of popsicle sticks and colored yarn since then?

Well, probably at least a couple.. but still

[Cantih]

Oh man, this just reminded me.
Right about the time Wizards bought TSR, they did this D&D (and I think M:tG) summer camp. One of my friends in jr. high actually went to it, and came back with all this 2nd ed swag and tales, and I was really bummed that I'd never be able to afford anything like that.

[Seanr]

I went to summer camps where it was more like daycare type shit, but we had presentations and field trips to different places. Older kids went on field trips every day. When i got older i ended up working as a counselor, going on field trips and amusement parks daily was the shit, even if I was over 18... I pretty much got paid to play all day

[AoE]

The one time I went to sleep away camp was one of the most baller experiences I ever had because it had so much shit for you to do. Before you go, you get a list if activities you're allowed to choose from in the span of 2 days for a total of 10 different activities. I was 8 years old so I don't remember what exactly I did but I do remember there was a go-kart course, an archery course, you could shoot air rifles, every mainstream sport, arts and crafts (if you were a faggot), swimming at the lake.

The crazy shit about all of this is that it was a catholic camp in New Hampshire. Last thing you associate Roman Catholic and New Hampshire is with fun. Thinking about it, in hindsight there weren't many girls but fuck it I was 8 years old.