The unpopular opinions thread.

That's not as unpopular as you think.

I, at least, agree with you.

I don't know any of the clubs or groups that jump in Canada, but I imagine that it's not altogether that different in practice; there are only so many ways to fall out of an airplane, and only so many types of arresting gear to parachute with. It often comes down to regulatory agencies and safety laws, which are prominent indicators of price. Most major cities in the US at least have regular companies or clubs that jump year-round. 

Military jumping is a bit of a different bag; I never did more than my Basic Parachutist skills (5 jumps in school, 8 jumps in training for deployment, 2 deployment jumps) for a total of 15 jumps (which is quite low for most Airborne Soldiers, though in fairness, I wasn't a Paratrooper and went to Airborne School as an attache for an Airborne Brigade rather than being native to the unit, so I didn't have to go through as much regular training). All 15 of my jumps were on the static line at 1250 feet above the surface. You also fall like a rock; unless it was windy like it was in Afghanistan or with an updraft (you get those all the time in Ft. Carson in the summer), your jump was typically no more than 30 - 40 seconds, and I never had a drop longer than 90 seconds. It's fun, but in a different way from skydiving.

Skydiving is more of an experience, and I prefer it to military jumping. You go up higher (anywhere from 8,000 feet to 11,000 feet in Indiana is the norm), you don't have your chute on a static line (which means it doesn't open as soon as you leave the aircraft), and so you get more velocity and speed, which makes for a more all-around awesome experience. It can be intimidating, but when you jump with a tandem (as I had to do my first 3 jumps), you have the guy who's jumping with you pull the cord since he's a professional skydiver and you're a lot more secure. When you're jumping on your own for the first time, you still jump with another more experienced diver who stays with you the whole drop and pulls his cord with you and basically keeps you cool the whole way down. My latest jump (Autumn of last year) was my first and thus far only truly 'solo' dive. It's nerve-wracking, but it's not rocket science either. If the chute is packed correctly (which you have incentive to do since you're the one packing it), it will deploy correctly. 

I don't like the Assassin's Creed franchise, I tried, I really did, so repetitive and meh.

Michael Keaton will always be my favourite Bruce.

I gave up after III. IV was a breather for the series from what I hear, but otherwise, yeah, it's all the same with a few new gimmicks. 

The last 'really good game' in the series was Brotherhood, IMO.

Indeed, we have no room to talk about racial disparity of prison populations. It is disgraceful. 

The reason I say it is an unpopular opinion to lean towards a more learning/rehab focused prison environment is that the knee jerk reaction from most people I know/interact with seems to be prison is a place for punishment/vengeance.  Seems I need a better class of acquaintance. 

I'm with you there; Here in the States, particularly in the relatively Conservative Midwest, moral absolutism is the norm, and, few more lenient Christians aside, most hold the opinion that if you commit a crime or make a mistake, you're inherently bad and incapable of anything but evil. It's seen as acceptable to crap on offenders for the rest of their lives because they deserve it (no matter how much they try to change or atone). I knew an older gentleman who used to work as a janitor at a his daughter-in-law's beauty salon warehouse who could never get a job due to being imprisoned for 9 years when he was younger and running in a gang. He became a Born-Again Evangelical Christian, and even became a Prison pastor, but nobody ever believed he was any different than the young gun-runner who shot a dude in the head during a gang shootout, no matter how much he tried to change. He told me that some woman spit on him once and said that he insulted god by trying to preach in his name with his background, and that he deserved to rot in hell no matter how much he tried to become a better person. He passed a couple of years ago, and I hope he was at peace when he did. He was one guy who kind of deserved it. 

My idea for prison system reform is a prison colony on Mars where all the inmates must fight to the death.

Because that's what you've  done Hawkeye...

I'm not, I'm doing the EXACT same thing you are.