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Last time I went out on a trip with the extended family (we’re roughly 20 people, give or take), it was in a rented big structure with a sleeping area, a dining area, and a kitchen, and a yard outside with a place to make a fire. We started a fire, but come dinner time they all wanted to leave the fire going and eat at the table.

I absolutely refused. No way in the world in leaving a fire unattended like that. I said we either stop the fire altogether (and restart it later), or I’ll stay watching it until someone comes to replace me.

In the end I took a plate of food and ate it by the fire alone, until someone indeed came to replace me and I went to finish the meal at the table. It turned out fine, but it really annoyed me how no one in my family saw sense. They kept trying to convince me to just come and eat dinner… as if the social togetherness somehow makes the risk of starting a forest fire unimportant?! There’s some smart people in my family, but some days I don’t understand how they can all be so blind to the obvious reality.

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brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Personally it sounds like bliss eating a good meal alone by the fire.

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- toynbee@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I generally try to avoid “this” style comments but, almost word for word, this is what I was here to say.
  
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- NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Sure, it was alright, but I do love my family too ❤️
  
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  - brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Lucky you.
    
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Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Boy Scouts taught me the rule that if you are leaving and you had a fire, that it needs to be put out to the extent that you’d willingly stick your hand into the middle.

Scared it might be hot? Put it out more.

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- HerbGrower@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  What if you put it out using all the left over hot water you made over the fire? Its going to be hot even though it is currently underwater!
  
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  - Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Checkmate atheists
    
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- anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I don’t want to stick my hand in the lukewarm piss-mud. How long do I keep going?
  
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  - Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That’s just making sure you did it right the first time
    
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Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Why would anyone make a fire, and then make food that can’t be eaten at the fire?

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Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Every time I go camping I think about all the knowledge we have lost now that this is further and further from our every day experiences and even just being a less common recreational activity.

I recently learned that the outdoor recreation curriculum was being cut from the school board I attended 30 years ago and that’s a big loss. I lived in a big city with > 50% of the population being born elsewhere and programs like these are sometimes the first opportunities these kids get to learn outdoor skills relevant to their new home.

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