These are totally badass. Artist Luke Drozd is responsible for these “Alternative Scouting for Girls and Boys Merit Badges.” The badges are based on a comic strip from his Threnodies book. The patches are standard merit badge size, about 4.5 cm diameter, and can be sewn or ironed-on to your favorite jacket or scouting sash. If these had been around when I was a kid, I may have actually joined the Cub Scouts. They almost make me wanna have a kid, just to pridefully watch them try to earn some of these lovelies. The full line includes badges for Grave Robbing, Arson, Violent Revenge, Curses & Hexes, Espionage, Money Laundering, Cryptozoology, Spirit Medium, Prank Calls, Home Dentistry, Mind Control, Cannibalism, Invisibility, Time Travel, Necromancy and Mob Justice. Home dentistry! Now that’s a skill that will come in handy throughout one’s life. Math can’t help you perform a root canal. Fuck math. You can order them individually or in sets HERE. Here’s some young would-be scouts going for their merit badges in pill-popping and glue-huffing: H/T: Art Chantry

For a upcoming scout camp this summer, adults in our ward were asked to review the 131 current merit badges and select one that they could s...

These are totally badass. Artist Luke Drozd is responsible for these “Alternative Scouting for Girls and Boys Merit Badges.” The badges are based on a comic strip from his Threnodies book. The patches are standard merit badge size, about 4.5 cm diameter, and can be sewn or ironed-on to your favorite jacket or scouting sash. If these had been around when I was a kid, I may have actually joined the Cub Scouts. They almost make me wanna have a kid, just to pridefully watch them try to earn some of these lovelies. The full line includes badges for Grave Robbing, Arson, Violent Revenge, Curses & Hexes, Espionage, Money Laundering, Cryptozoology, Spirit Medium, Prank Calls, Home Dentistry, Mind Control, Cannibalism, Invisibility, Time Travel, Necromancy and Mob Justice. Home dentistry! Now that’s a skill that will come in handy throughout one’s life. Math can’t help you perform a root canal. Fuck math. You can order them individually or in sets HERE. Here’s some young would-be scouts going for their merit badges in pill-popping and glue-huffing: H/T: Art Chantry

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Alternative Scouting for Girls and Boys Merit Badges - INCLUDING NEW DESIGNS SINGLE BADGES - Choose from 24 designs. For listing for a FULL SET go here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/260254921/alternative-scouting-for-girls-and-boys?click_key=2c8b3d2f72efd37618c32a6b6d8dd46cde7df963%3A260254921&click_sum=46e08e04&ref=shop_home_recs_1&crt=1 Welcome to the Alternative Scouting movement and it's merit badges. These are the merit badges that the world deserves. The patches are (from left to right by descending row): Home Dentistry, Curses & Hexes, Grave Robbery, Violent Revenge, Survivalist, Cryptozoology, Spirit Medium, Mind Control, Espionage, Money Laundering, Cannibalism, Arson, Mob Justice, Time Travel, Invisibility, Necromancy, Bribery, Cult Leader, Home Surgery, Immortality, Soothsayer, Conspiracy Theorist, Informer and Plague Immunity Each patch can either be sewn on to you favourite jacket, scouting sash or even framed up as a worrying artwork for your guests to muse over. All are a traditional merit badge size (about 4.5cm diameter) and have a heat-seal patch. Every order comes with a doubled sided Alternative Scouting postcard showing which patches you have 'earned'.

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