[moyta]

Part of it is you are forced to work through those kinds of issues in a hostile environment (outdoors, in the cold & wet with raccoons, bears, etc depending where your at) with other kids who are apt to get on your nerves after a while. Either you come out a more rounded person who can deal with shit blowing up in your face & making something amazing out of said explosion, or you stop showing up to go on monthly outings.

[verbify]

Just a note, it appears this was conducted in the UK which doesn't have a bear population, and barely has a raccoon population.

[JoeAltmaier]

Most states in the US have no bears. Even California, which has a Grizzly on their state flag, has the joke "There is one more bear on the state flag that there is in the state of California"

[dragonwriter]

The joke is specifically about Grizzly/brown bears. There are definitely black bears in California.

[moyta]

Yeah, I've only had to interact with bears in Alaska thus far thankfully.