Did anyone ever play pretend army? back In the day at school

[Mad_Murdock]

We played cops and robbers, zoo, along with cowboys and Indians; so I guess we were just extra insensitive. Which was a top concern when we were >10?

The hate was ingrained in you early. You will probably never get it fully removed. Just like all the physiological trauma you suffered playing dodgeball

[Immitis]

No, we played pretend Pokemon. We threw oranges on the ground and screamed GO PIKACHU

then you all got scurvy and died and this is hell

[Smitzelplix]

I played army with my friends back when I was younger, we used toy guns like Nerf guns, but we also had a lot of army Micro Machines as well.

[Happy Shoplifter]

Usually superheroes or job roleplay. Mother's white bathrobe was a doctors/scientist coat, and the sofa was the operating table. Making booby traps for burglars was another favourite, i.e kitchen utensils tied to a piece of string.

[Oakshana]

You yourself are putting racist connotations on it. Children don't see it as "White Man Hero vs Indian Villain". Hell when i was a Kid i always played the Indian because I thought that using a Bow and Arrow vs a dude with a Gun was Badass.

Comparing it to "plantation owner and field worker" just shows you are dense.

I like how you ended it with "I'm not PC, but this is not PC!!"

Next Kids won't be able to play Cops and Robbers, because GUYS WHAT IF THE ROBBER DINDU NUFFIN?

Hold up. I never said Kids see it that way. Kids are pretty innocent. They only take in what they are fed. And for years and years, the idea has been generally accepted that it's cowboys versus the indians. While kids are only going to see it one side versus the other, the connotation is still there and it's still insensitive.

And yeah, I think my field worker comparison is fairly equitable.

I'm not PC. At all. I say things that go against the grain all the time. And I think we get WAAAAAY too sensitive over the smallest of topics. But I stand by the idea that whether you like it or not, "cowboys and indians" is insensitive, because it is. White man came in, effectively stole US land from the native Americans and then proceeded to shit all over them.

And you're telling me that suggesting it would come across to a native american as anything less than insensitive to an entire race of people who have been fucked over in the name of patriotism and saying it's equitable to "cops versus robbers" just brands you a complete fucking nimrod.

I'm sorry you didn't like my slave owner analogy. Would "Hey let's play Nazis and Jews!" been a better one? Because it's not all that dissimilar to what was done to the native Americans. We just shot them and took their lands instead of sending them to the gas chamber and concentration camps.

I'm sorry you're so fucking triggered over the idea that it MIGHT be insensitive. I get you played it... I played it... LOTS of people did. And none of us saw it for what it was at the time. You're an adult now and should be able tp distinguish WHY it might come off that way now.

[Wolfbear]

Me and my friends in primary school used to have a game called the "Anything Game" where we just used our imaginations to pretend to be any character or anything at all, to pretend to fight each other.

[Oakshana]

Sometimes, once we were allowed a football on the playground in middle school that all died out. In primary we played tag, army, cowboys & indians, duck duck goose, kiss chase, that sort of stuff. There was also a lot of dinosaur stuff going around, since the second movie came out when we were about 6/7.

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There were no heroes or villains when we played it, just themes, guns, war cries and so on. We didn't have good or bad guys.

No no... I get that. I TOTALLY get that. And that's how we played it.

My point is, it doesn't really change how insensitive it is.

[The Oblivion]

Actually... and I am not sure if you are American or not... playing "cowboys and indians" would be deemed pretty damned insensitive. I mean, for the core of what it is.

Historically speaking, the idea playing as cowboys (white man) are the heroes, and indians (native americans) are the bad guys... I mean, seriously? You don't see how this is insensitive to native americans?

I guess we should also play "plantation owner and field worker" too, huh?

I mean, I am by NO stretch a politically correct person or even close to a social justice warrior. Far the opposite. But even I see how playing cowboys and indians in this day and age is not socially appropriate to do.

i think you need to reevaluate ROFL kids playing cowboys and Indians is not insensitive, unless you are yourself, EXTREMELY overly sensitive. aka SJW

reading other posts, you are far along with SJW spectrum

[Oakshana]

i think you need to reevaluate ROFL kids playing cowboys and Indians is not insensitive, unless you are yourself, EXTREMELY overly sensitive. aka SJW

Let's be clear here. I am not sensitive about it. It doesn't offend me PERSONALLY.

The point I am making, the ONLY point I am making, is that it's insensitive to native Americans. Period. End of story. You don't have to agree with me. It still doesn't change the fact that the ideology behind it is insensitive to some people. That's the only point I am making. I am not going to judge anyone who does play cowboys and indians. But please, don't sit there and till me that it's not.

Because I am telling you right now, you won't get a native american to play cowboys and indians and not expect them to be offended by that idea.

[The Oblivion]

Let's be clear here. I am not sensitive about it. It doesn't offend me PERSONALLY.

The point I am making, the ONLY point I am making, is that it's insensitive to native Americans. Period. End of story. You don't have to agree with me. It still doesn't change the fact that the ideology behind it is insensitive to some people. That's the only point I am making. I am not going to judge anyone who does play cowboys and indians. But please, don't sit there and till me that it's not.

Because I am telling you right now, you won't get a native american to play cowboys and indians and not expect them to be offended by that idea.

Its insensitive to overly sensitive people seeking attention. not to anyone else. unless you want to tell me more about what my heritage deems i feel?

[Happy Shoplifter]

Some people ruin everything.

[judgementofantonidas]

Back when I was about like? 8 In middle school I used to go around the playground during recess pretending to be a fictional fantasy soldier, or some sort of dinosaur

I been playing pretend army for the last 18 years according to some.

[Orby]

Same here, everyone wanted to be Venkman or Raphael.

I know right, then I got lumbered with Leonardo, no one likes Leonardo

[PACOX]

If you didnt belong to a in a tree or woods somewhere then you was lame.

[Mad_Murdock]

Let's be clear here. I am not sensitive about it. It doesn't offend me PERSONALLY.

Because I am telling you right now, you won't get a native american to play cowboys and indians and not expect them to be offended by that idea.

That actually is an interesting question, Would Native American kids play it? The game by itself is simply two sides killing each other. There isn't a rule that says the Indian side must always lose. Now maybe in their cultural upbringing they would be shunned for the killing part. Or maybe their parents\Grand parents are still bitter about the real events and would tell them it's not a matter for playing. Maybe their version is always the Custard version and the cowboys would always lose, though that technically isn't Cowboys and Indians that US Govt and Indians

[The Oblivion]

That actually is an interesting question, Would Native American kids play it? The game by itself is simply two sides killing each other. There isn't a rule that says the Indian side must always lose. Now maybe in their cultural upbringing they would be shunned for the killing part. Or maybe their parents\Grand parents are still bitter about the real events and would tell them it's not a matter for playing. Maybe their version is always the Custard version and the cowboys would always lose, though that technically isn't Cowboys and Indians that US Govt and Indians

i played it with my family all the time. was never even the slightest issue. in fact, the argument was always who got to be indians, because we had toy bow and arrows that actually shot, where as the toy gun didnt actually shoot. LOL

i dont think anyone ever actually won either, we played until bored of it

[Puupi]

We played "hide and seek", "cops and robbers", "who is afraid of a black man?" and "ten sticks on a plank".

We stopped playing things in school. Played games once school started.


PS. English sucks, doesn't have different words for playing with toys etc. vs playing games like football. In Finnish you use entirely different verbs for those activities, can't mix them up. Anyway, "playing" is for pre-school kids, and playing after that.

[Mad_Murdock]

i played it with my family all the time. was never even the slightest issue. in fact, the argument was always who got to be indians, because we had toy bow and arrows that actually shot, where as the toy gun didnt actually shoot. LOL

i dont think anyone ever actually won either, we played until bored of it

All I'm getting out of this is "Kids play whatever is fun to them" Political Correctness be damned!

[Independent voter]

We played "hide and seek", "cops and robbers", "who is afraid of a black man?" and "ten sticks on a plank".

That's racist.

[Friendlyimmolation]

Growing up on camp Pendleton means me and pretty much every kid there did.