Because, it’s really important to have goals.
If whatever the fuck these things are made me feel the slightest twinge of enhanced self-esteem, my next merit badge would feature a silhouette of a sad guy with a revolver in his mouth.
Sponsored, perhaps, by the Smith & Wesson® “Unlock Your Xtreme!™” Social Networking Gunmunity.
Man. It’s just so excruciating to me to imagine what your life must be like when a 160-pixel .PNG sponsored by a company that manufactures pens feels like a win.
In fact, it’s so excruciating that I’m never going think about it again.
Do I get a badge for that?
To what end I ask? I want to start a project where I work toward earning Boy Scout Merit Badges (not for real, you gotta be a scout) because they teach you some pretty cool stuff - Farm Mechanics, Truck Transportation - hello?
The current trend of offering badges for the most mundane, no-reward things in life (you went to 5 different bars tonight and at judging from the distance between them and your rate of check-in, you probably drove too!), really needs some rethinking.
