Elon Musk

Foxes sound like a woman being attacked, it's horrifying.

The sounds most familiar to me from camping are some neighboring site hooting it up till the early hours, and the inevitable sound of someone waking up in the middle of the night, unzipping the tent, then wandering off in the bushes to pee.

xxp This one moseyed right up to the campsite, they couldn't really keep their distance. I guess it ambled off after a while. Maybe it was hoping for s'mores.

Screech owls sound like humans being tortured.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, March 12, 2024 10:04 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i heard weirdest funniest bird at night once and then did the call for a bunch of people before one finally told me it was a barred owl, cartoon ass sounding owl get real

Iirc there used to be a late night infomercial for some Faces of Death sort of video called When Animals Attack, or something like that. Mostly it was recreations, but as I remember it there is one real death in there, and it's somebody being stomped by a moose. The video doesn't show the apparent preceding several minutes of these dumb people throwing snowballs at the moose.

worth a try you know

timely article https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/moose-encounter-what-to-do.html

However, the clearest sign of imminent trouble — in the form of an animal weighing 1,000 pounds or more coming at you — is if a moose’s tongue is out and it’s licking its mouth, he said.

In that case, Mr. Libbey said, it’s no longer a question of if the moose will charge. “It’s going to happen,” he said.

licking its lips in anticipation of stomping you out

free the killfiled owl

was passing thru rocky mountain last fall during what apparently was rutting season. saw lot of rutting elk, sounded like a horror movie. not sure if i can reliably tell the difference between elk and moose but i'm pretty sure an elk would be just as capable at stomping me out

did you go to estes to see the elk did you see the marmots people getting so close to elk there is wild

raccoon fight outside your window at 3am is bad enough in a house

― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, March 12, 2024 9:02 AM (forty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I lived in a complete shithole of a house in college where raccoons had taken up residence in the dirt basement and used to hold 3AM scream quorums directly under the floorboards of my bedroom, a real treat

I love that this is what the Musk thread has become

I guess that part of the reason why I enjoy camping is the backcountry experience, to a degree— I honestly think that being uncomfortable is worth it, especially if that is what’s required to experience real wilderness. So I recognize that part of my definition is borne from a sometimes latent or contradictory dislike of modern comforts and culture and all that they bring.

We had a marmot trying to grab snacks from our backpack at Rocky Mountain National Park a couple years ago.

In the forest near me there are black squirrels that screech like monkeys. Squirrels in New Jersey are gray and pretty much silent, so the first few times I heard this I was pretty unnerved.

did you go to estes to see the elk did you see the marmots people getting so close to elk there is wild

― lag∞n, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 10:51 AM (seven minutes ago)

yeah definitely saw some people getting close to elk. the elk were overrunning the place, even some of the park rangers came out of the visitors center and were taking video on their phones, so i knew it was a special occasion

did see the marmots but it wasn't at rocky mountain

actually now that i'm thinking about it i was taking the shuttle back from bear lake when we passed an elk on the side of the ride. as we drove past it headbutted the side of the bus, i think i have video

just uploaded it in 4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6USFa7c1NE

it was bad, at other places where there were elk near the road people were stopping their cars and holding up traffic, getting out to photograph, bad!

me after a few pints

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxo8X5uIWRE

Camping with friends in college was a lot of fun. Sometimes it was car camping, sometimes we'd hike our stuff in a little ways but nothing serious.

I have carried this love of camping on with my children, but it's a very, very different experience. At the mention of "camping" my tail starts to wag because it used to mean drinking too much and staying up too late and partying with close friends. Now it means packing an absurd amount of stuff to keep the family happy and comfortable and I'm constantly trying to keep them from tracking dirt into the tent and it's a whole fricking thing. The last time we went I convinced myself that it wasn't worth it anymore. If the kids beg to go camping we'll do it, but I'm not bringing it up.

I love experiencing nature but I really, really love my bed.

we passed an elk on the side of the ride. as we drove past it headbutted the side of the bus, i think i have video

― 龜, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 11:02 AM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao this rules

Give me a few days in the Winds or Big Basin over a bed anytime.

Years ago my friends and I were passing by (relatively speaking) Yellowstone in the winter, so we decided, what the heck. We detoured to the one open entrance and had the park more or less to ourselves, except for all the elk, who clearly had the same idea. They were everywhere, from the visitor center and otherwise empty parking lot on out. We basically ignored them while we walked around, kind of keeping our distance the best we could but not really avoiding them, because we couldn't. We figured, eh, they're like deer. When we got back to a computer or book or whatever we had at the time and looked it up, we learned, no, they are not like deer.

I love that this is what the Musk thread has become

Big cats, moose, elk, other animals ... it still kind of is the musk thread ...

It's the "(Nothing But) Flowers" effect.

this counseler i had told me once "i don't go camping, i was homeless for 3 years, i'm done with living outside".

fair

I love watching Vanlife videos and also car camping. Is it camping? It's definitely fun.

a dream of mine is to get a sprinter van camper conversion - sort of like a hipster rv. smaller than your typical RV, some of em come in 4x4 configurations, they look cool and good

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ef0117579fb34c2451c73b/1667317354542-96A73B5GHHCSZ3Q585DY/20221024-IMG_9753.jpg

a more realistic one would be a honda element camper - they sell off the shelf conversion kits for these. be careful that nobody tries to steal your catalytic converter, tho!

https://www.freewaycamperkit.com/img/element-gal-1.jpg

friends have a vw camper van not the classic model a newer one its pretty sweet

tho i drove it and did not love it felt very tippy

The Honda Element aftermarket has stayed pretty warm due to the camper possibilities even though they stopped making them a long time back

I've seen some decent Ford Transit conversions and iirc at least one ilxor has experience in installing solar on conversions

龜,i like this huge nerd's videos about his van build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videos

apparently you can't link to a channel. here's the first video in the series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B8tSMOO60M

ooh looks nice - subscribed

Camping in Australia, you get to be kept awake by koalas feeling sexy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz7NEMUeqK4

I lived in a converted 14 foot UHaul box truck for four years, fwiw

one of the interesting things about vanlife videos lately is a lot of parts of the US have become (apparently) much more actively hostile towards people who try to sleep in their vehicles... would like to see a video about the no doubt constellation of many different groups who are resolutely against the vanlife concept.

you mean yuppies, NIMBYs, and frothing environmentalists who live in comfy mansions?

because there’s #vanlife and then there’s living in your car, truck, van, converted bus, whatever. the latter people are poor, and aren’t wanted around. the former hashtag types are overwhelmingly rich and can do whatever they want because they’re rich. none of my wealthy pals who have done #vanlife stuff were ever bothered by cops or neighbors— we were harassed constantly just for parking on a quiet, nearly abandoned street.

property is theft man

the vanlife folks on youtube who clearly have lots of money are who I am talking about though... they are now in fact being bothered by cops and neighbors

time for #houselife

Real Houselifes of ILX

just do the clarence thomas life (lol he doesn’t actually do that) and park at Walmart. I assume you need pretty good blinds because those parking lots are bright

vanlife account thats just pictures of walmart parking lots

I’d check it out

The best vanlife account out there, and one that's worth your time is Yagai No Moriko (Yt link) who's minivanlifeing it in the remote forests of Japan - one of the most fantastic places out there.

property is theft man

that is a correct response imo, wasn’t tryna aim at u tabes

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vs

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