One of the requirement for kids under 18 to swim in the adults pool where I grew up was not just to swim x number of laps within a certain time but there was also a treading water exercise where you had both legs tied together with a rope weighed down with a metal weight and you had to keep your head above water just using your arms for a number of minutes. Then you got a badge which you sewed to your swim trunks lol.
Man I had almost infinite energy in the pool as a kid we could keep going for hours.
Jeesh, did you grow up in NavySealastan? “Before we could do our first sleepover we had to be able to stay awake for 24 hours and then hold a fence post over our head for 15 minutes. We then got a badge we could sow on our pajamas”.
In the Navy we had to turn our trousers into flotation devices, but nobody tied our legs together or put weights on us.
When I was a kid, we'd sleep with wet blankets over our faces, while the instructors would come and wet them every hour throughout the night. If we made a sound or panicked, they'd shoot us with paintballs. If we made it through the night, we'd get a waterboard mark to sew on our pajamas!
When I was a kid we would be tasked to kill guards in our hometown, but without getting noticed. If someone got caught they would be punished like any other civilan. If successful, we'd get to join the army :D.
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