Man, I’m jealous. Girl Scouts didn’t teach shit about survival skills. We just half-completed crafts while everyone chatted, sitting comfortably in people’s homes. I learned more on the one or two times I joined my family for my brothers’ Boy Scouts trips than I ever did from Girl Scouts. I distinctly remember being taught about poison ivy and being shown how to build a shelter in the woods, and I still think of that sometimes when I’m out on hikes.
Would any sleepercells like to educate us AFABs on what else we missed learning?
Not a scout, but I’d wager the majority of information regarding plant types can be found in wikipedia or in any hiking pamphlet, and you can find survival books that explain core concepts like building a shelter for free on sites like Anna’s Archive (just use a VPN so your ISP doesn’t throw a fit).
I usually read a wide variety of books regarding random skills that may or may not come in handy one day - not as good as in-person demonstrations, ofc, but it works :)
(Honestly, as an engineer - most of what I know for improvising solutions in dangerous situations or to solve problems came from what I read in downloaded books XD)
Oh, I download e-pub/PDF copies of books published before 2022. Because of shadow libraries, almost all publicly available knowledge is accessible if you know the right places or have the right friends :)
Man, I’m jealous. Girl Scouts didn’t teach shit about survival skills. We just half-completed crafts while everyone chatted, sitting comfortably in people’s homes. I learned more on the one or two times I joined my family for my brothers’ Boy Scouts trips than I ever did from Girl Scouts. I distinctly remember being taught about poison ivy and being shown how to build a shelter in the woods, and I still think of that sometimes when I’m out on hikes.
Would any sleepercells like to educate us AFABs on what else we missed learning?
As someone who joined the boy scouts and only learned they suck at Smash Bros.
Your results may vary.
Not a scout, but I’d wager the majority of information regarding plant types can be found in wikipedia or in any hiking pamphlet, and you can find survival books that explain core concepts like building a shelter for free on sites like Anna’s Archive (just use a VPN so your ISP doesn’t throw a fit).
I usually read a wide variety of books regarding random skills that may or may not come in handy one day - not as good as in-person demonstrations, ofc, but it works :)
(Honestly, as an engineer - most of what I know for improvising solutions in dangerous situations or to solve problems came from what I read in downloaded books XD)
There is no substitute for hands-on training.
Also hard to trust anything you read online when AI is going to hallucinate/enshitify all data sources.
Oh, I download e-pub/PDF copies of books published before 2022. Because of shadow libraries, almost all publicly available knowledge is accessible if you know the right places or have the right friends :)
Except to join Bibliotik you need to have really specific friends :(
Archive.org alone has a ton of things. For a very large value of ton.