Suggestions to Improve Things in America

[The Good Reverend Roger]

PE is no longer mandatory?!

We only had to take one semester of PE when I was in high school. I took mine in 9th grade and never saw the coaches ever again.

That's pretty fucked up.  Without PE class, there's no source of bitterness and life-long rage.  This means less energy, and less energy means drones.  That is in fact what is wrong with the 20-something generation...They have no stored up hatred to drive them on, and so they don't DO anything (in many cases).  Unless you count spending 5 years playing Zelda on Wii.

[Sita]

I loved PE while we had it.
It was the only thing in school that brought me out of myself and made me feel good. Now that I think about it, it's not surprising that as soon as I no longer had that my self esteem plummeted and the weight piled on.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I loved PE while we had it.
It was the only thing in school that brought me out of myself and made me feel good. Now that I think about it, it's not surprising that as soon as I no longer had that my self esteem plummeted and the weight piled on.

Can you manage a Y membership?  They're pretty cheap and they have everything you'd ever want to do, alone or in a group.  Last I checked, a single membership ran $27/month after a $50 initiation fee.

[Cain]

Everyone has to wear a fedora hat.  No exceptions.

[Cain]

I loved PE while we had it.
It was the only thing in school that brought me out of myself and made me feel good. Now that I think about it, it's not surprising that as soon as I no longer had that my self esteem plummeted and the weight piled on.

Can you manage a Y membership?  They're pretty cheap and they have everything you'd ever want to do, alone or in a group.  Last I checked, a single membership ran $27/month after a $50 initiation fee.

You do not want to know how much my gym costs.  Admittedly, my membership is abusable as fuck (all free classes, PT, transferrable membership), and I will take full advantage of that come the new year, and it's not like I'm spending the money on anything anyway...

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Everyone has to wear a fedora hat.  No exceptions.

Shit, yes.  This country has been going to the DOGS since people stopped wearing hats.  PROPER hats, I mean, not some ballcap on sideways or any shit like that.

Fedoras or flat caps.  OR GTFO.

[LMNO]

Everyone has to wear a fedora hat.  No exceptions.

Cain has the correct worldview.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Everyone has to wear a fedora hat.  No exceptions.

Shit, yes.  This country has been going to the DOGS since people stopped wearing hats.  PROPER hats, I mean, not some ballcap on sideways or any shit like that.

Fedoras or flat caps.  OR GTFO.

Coincidentally, everyone in UK should have to wear stetsons. Big fucking stetsons 

[Juana]

High school PE is why it took me so long to develop any joy in physical activity that wasn't hiking. :d And it was part of why I went to the fancy halfday high school I went to my senior year (which is admittedly one of the best things I did educationally in high school altogether).


Wool trench coats should be mandatory in every color but black.
People whose cellphones ring during moneys should be tossed off the top of the theater.
Big-ass beltbuckels - everyone should own one big enough to use as a plate in a tight situation.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

High school PE is why it took me so long to develop any joy in physical activity that wasn't hiking. :d And it was part of why I went to the fancy halfday high school I went to my senior year (which is admittedly one of the best things I did educationally in high school altogether).

Any child who hasn't had their brains smashed into the side of their skull by some hulking jock with a dodgeball...That child has missed something important.

[Sita]

I loved PE while we had it.
It was the only thing in school that brought me out of myself and made me feel good. Now that I think about it, it's not surprising that as soon as I no longer had that my self esteem plummeted and the weight piled on.

Can you manage a Y membership?  They're pretty cheap and they have everything you'd ever want to do, alone or in a group.  Last I checked, a single membership ran $27/month after a $50 initiation fee.

Sadly can't even do that. Everything wants whatever little money we get. Like our car that we've only had 6 months now needs to go in the shop. Think it's the transmission. Hoping it doesn't explode or something before we get taxes back, because there is no one to help us this time.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I loved PE while we had it.
It was the only thing in school that brought me out of myself and made me feel good. Now that I think about it, it's not surprising that as soon as I no longer had that my self esteem plummeted and the weight piled on.

Can you manage a Y membership?  They're pretty cheap and they have everything you'd ever want to do, alone or in a group.  Last I checked, a single membership ran $27/month after a $50 initiation fee.

Sadly can't even do that. Everything wants whatever little money we get. Like our car that we've only had 6 months now needs to go in the shop. Think it's the transmission. Hoping it doesn't explode or something before we get taxes back, because there is no one to help us this time.

Yeah, that sucks.  Being able to afford $27/month used to be a foregone conclusion.  Now it's an exceptional case.

[EK WAFFLR]

Everyone has to wear a fedora hat.  No exceptions.

Shit, yes.  This country has been going to the DOGS since people stopped wearing hats.  PROPER hats, I mean, not some ballcap on sideways or any shit like that.

Fedoras or flat caps.  OR GTFO.

Or trilbys or bowlers.

[Don Coyote]

Everyone has to wear a fedora hat.  No exceptions.

Shit, yes.  This country has been going to the DOGS since people stopped wearing hats.  PROPER hats, I mean, not some ballcap on sideways or any shit like that.

Fedoras or flat caps.  OR GTFO.

Or trilbys or bowlers.

NO FUCKING TRIBYS!!! THE FUCKING HIPSTERS RUINED THEM!!!!! WEARING THEM TOO BIG FOR THEIR HEADS AND CALLING THEM FEDORAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bowlers would be acceptable.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

I loved PE while we had it.
It was the only thing in school that brought me out of myself and made me feel good. Now that I think about it, it's not surprising that as soon as I no longer had that my self esteem plummeted and the weight piled on.

Can you manage a Y membership?  They're pretty cheap and they have everything you'd ever want to do, alone or in a group.  Last I checked, a single membership ran $27/month after a $50 initiation fee.

The Y - or almost any gym - is worth every penny. I love fitness. But I hated PE. Most of it was standing around waiting for other people to do stuff anyway. What ever happened to the President's Council On Physical Fitness? My kids didn't have to do it, but it was mandatory for us from 4th grade up.

4th grade: Teacher takes everybody outside and says we're doing something called the "high jump". Bar is set to chest high according to your height. Can regular people even jump over something like that? Some people seem to actually be able to clear it or almost clear it. Maybe it's possible! Run. Jump. Knock bar down with stomach. Fall on ass. Everybody laughs - I could deal with that but the teacher yells at other kids for laughing. Makes it worse, like I'm a retard or a spazz or something.

5th grade: Fake sore throat and get out of PE as long as possible. But this year they do high jump last instead of first. Same shit - fall on ass, everybody laughs, teacher yells.

6th grade: My turn for high jump. "YOU HAVE TO DO THIS IT'S MANDATORY. YOU'RE NOT SICK. JUST DO IT OR BLAH BLAH BLAH." Walk to bar. Shove it out of the way with my hand and walk through. Glare at teacher. Go to office and listen to the principal do the "You can be anything you want in this world I wish I was your age and knew what I know now how come you don't TRYYYYYY?" speech.