I remember my pops telling me as a kid that I had to know how to ride a bike, swim and drive a car because "you never know when you'll need it." As a kid, I always thought it was kind of stupid because you can apply that reasoning to literally anything. I guess it was different for him because he grew up poor and having a bicycle was the only form of transportation he had. Because of that, my pops made sure that I learned how to swim, ride a bike and eventually drive a car.
I never thought about how useful knowing how to swim was. All you had to do was be careful and not fall into water right? One time I was on a boat and a bunch of kids were running around. I was sitting there reading or sometihng but I had to stop and watch them. I looked around for their parents but they were nowhere to be seen. I must've looked like a pedophile on the prowl or something. Anyway, I put my phone and other things in my bag so just in case they fell overboard, I could jump into the water at a moment's notice. I'm not a good swimmer. In fact, I'm a terrible swimmer so I had to see where the nearest live saver and life vests were and put it into my plan. Luckily no one fell over and I didn't have to ruin my nice suit.
Situations like this happen and it's not always about you. I would hate to see my friend drown to death because I didn't take the time to learn how to swim. I'd hate to see my friends die in my arms because I didn't know how to drive and couldn't get them to a hospital. And you never know when you need to ride a bike to get away from something. When zombies attack and the nearest car isn't available, knowing how to ride a bike would totally save your life.
I think all guys should need to know how to do these things. Bare minimum. What don't you know?
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according to this post, id be a failure in life. =(