Why yes let’s deforest the side of a mountain so we can run down it and possibly hit trees at fatal speeds. Im fucking glad climate change is making this bougie bullshit harder to do. I went skiing once, horrible experience. Everyone in the skiing lodge was a rich white asshole and it felt like I walked into a country club, no a hitler youth recreation club. If you own a timeshare let alone an entire house at a ski resort you deserve the fucking wall!!!!

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[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Here this is a mandatory sport in school, but everyone has to buy their own equipment

It's not mandatory anymore. Even when I was in school, we went skiing maybe a few times, and this was 20 years ago. Having to buy equipment was probably a big reason for why it's not mandatory.

[–] NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

I should have said "socially mandatory". Not mandatory as in you fail your classes if you go walking instead, but it was heavily not ok if your kid doesn't take part or you can't buy the equipment for them. My kid was in school just a few years ago still, but it was more rural.

I also did substitute PE teaching for some years and saw a lot of these equipment related financial issues during those times, there was none to give from the school to improve inclusion. Not just with skiis, but with skates and other winter sport stuff as well.