Submitted 2 weeks ago by ThePJN@sopuli.xyz to memes@sopuli.xyz
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I travel for work professionally. 99% of the time I’ll travel exclusively with a backpack to carry my essentials. Its very hard to yank a backpack off someone when both straps are on, it’s very ergonomic, it frees my hands to hold my phone/boarding passes/passport/food, etc etc.
Backpacks are the objectively superior travel and everyday bag, honestly.
When I was on the travel circuit I always did a carry-on and a backpack. The backpack was usually full of job related equipment so there wasn’t much room for clothing etc. The carry-on was enough for trips of up to 2 weeks.
As I was in agricultural fields and hot temps everyday in all sorts of countries, full changes of clothing was required plus at least one laundry stop before I came home(phytosanitary rules and all). My carry-on often weighed in at 40lbs or more on those trips.
And where do you put your clothes ?
You change your clothes, right ?
Backpacks is how I learned why a lot of purse’s end up as black holes of miscellaneous shit. You think, “oh that like be handy to have just in case”, and next thing you know you’re carrying around half of a house in your backpack.
On a positive note: You become the person to ask if anything problematic happens. Like, the moment someone feels sick it’s always me who got the travel-amount of medicine ready (Ibuprofen, Talcid, Vomex and such).
You know what you can also inside a backpack? Bags. And inside those bags? Even more bags. Basically, you can carry infinite carrying capacity in your backpack! 🙃
I put a bag of holding inside another bag of holding, and I’m not responsible for the resulting black hole eating through the kitchen.
Actually, it just creates a pocket dimension. They should update those dnd rules /s
I admit: I get Bag Envy when I see something that looks durable and has a plethora of pockets. My bag is weak and puny, but this bag I see before me is epic.
Am I the only one?
No, always. I have a really good waterproof 12L bag with the rollup top clip thingy. It will survive any rainstorm. It just doesn’t have pockets
I just never stopped using them since childhood. Why would I give up on it? It’s ergonomic, keeps your hands free and unloaded, doesn’t press against your neck like shoulder bags do, and is very hard for someone malicious to take off you.
The only downsides I can see is that I cannot keep it in sight, meaning I should mind my surroundings not to hit anyone, and it can also be opened without me noticing (although Bobby bags solve this in particular).
And what is that non-dork carry instead? A suitcase like a wannabe businessman?
A fisherman vest with all those pockets?
Cargo shorts, of course.
A fanny pack. But you have to wear it with those zip off pants or you’ll never pull it off.
When I was in school I was too lazy to go back to my locker between classes so I just carried a stack of 8 textbooks with me everywhere I went. If they had fit in my backpack I would have done that, too, but my family could only afford the cheap ones.
I got a detention for using my backpack full of books as a lethal weapon. I have the English anthology in there and that’s a big book, it does some serious blood force trauma damage. It’s an awful book though.
Apparently that started a trend so the school introduced a rule that said that all backpacks must be put in lockers at the start of each day. Which was stupid because the lockers weren’t big enough for that. So everyone was forced to carry their books to and from school by hand.
Blunt* Force Trauma
Excuse me. Started a trend of kids using their backpacks as lethal weapons?
I’m young enough to not have been allowed a backpack in grade school. My locker was in the opposite corner of the school and I would always be late if I went back to my locker, so I carried 7 binders with me everywhere…
As it was told to me when I was young, “The more things you need to carry everyday, the less important you are. The less you need to carry everyday, the more important you are.”
Sadly, there is a kernel of truth there.
I used to be friends with an EMT. They’d be carrying 80+ pounds of medical equipment everywhere they went just in case something happened and they weren’t on route. Heaviest backpack I’ve ever seen.
Grand scheme I’m sure you’re right, but to the few people they saved by carying that bag, I’m sure they’re one of the most important people in the world.
Well no. Where would we be without janitors and people who repair shit. “Importance” is subjective. Ich would much rather have one person who repairs my car and need a lot of stuff, than 100 Managers.
Define “important” in this context.
I’ve been held up for my backpack twice. I just carry everything in a grocery bag now. No one cares to steal my groceries. I might need to swap back to a backpack once food prices explode
Where do you live that this has happened twice!?
I won’t dox myself, but I worked near the train station at the time, and they thought I was carrying drugs, for whatever reason. The area already had a crew that sold, openly and visibly, so I don’t know why they thought some kid just out of college was moving drugs at risk to his life in competition with dozens of armed men. If it sounds ridiculous to you, it was doubly so to me
Ergonomics vs safety is a tough trade to make
Personally I’m on Team Satchel, and also unironically think fanny packs should come back.
While we’re at it: GIVE WOMENS PANTS REAL POCKETS
Fanny packs are back in Germany for a few years now, but nobody wears them like a fanny pack, they were them across the chest.
Aren’t those crossbodies then? Uniqlo has a really popular line of them, and they’re pretty if you don’t need to carry that much
I wear one like that in New Zealand and nobody seems to think it’s weird or anything, or maybe they just don’t care cos I’m old now 😅
I sometimes move it to around my waist if I need to take my jacket/jumper off, or if my shoulder gets sore from the slight extra weight, or to wear it with a backpack as well.
I used to use a satchel but found it’s often a bit too bulky and makes my shoulder sore sometimes, however I’m finding the fanny pack is a bit too small, hence adding a backpack.
I’ve never been to Germany, but… I am glad that at least somebody, some people agree with me.
I’ve worn a fanny pack like that before, like a very small messenger bag… it was a social faux pas, for some reason, despite being incredibly practical.
Unless you have pockets with zippers, fanny packs are great for riding roller coasters if you’re only carrying a fanny pack’s worth of things. Especially one that can sit unnoticed under your shirt, since staff will sometimes make you take it off if it’s obvious.
Op is not german
I debilitating affliction if you’re a manybagger like me. You’ll then have a backpack for every occasion.
If Outward taught me anything, it’s that everything in the outside world will kill you and it’s best to just stay home.
Looking forward to the sequel~
I’m wanting to play Outward, any tips for a survival newbie?
How is this even a discourse?
Because you responded to a meme highlighting a situation that doesn’t actually exist IRL, and was instead created specifically for prompting comments.
Editor’s note: Created specifically for mild amusement. Very mild. 😀👍
Unterstellungen sind ein journalistischer Trick.
It’s the most convenient way to get my stuff to D&D sessions though
Ngl, having a backpack and a hoodie feels kinda like a hacker 😎
THEN CALL ME A DORK
It’s the best way to carry laptops which a lot of workers need to use these days.
Modern ones ain’t too shabby. Back around some time between 2014-17 an old L.L. Bean backpack I had for a really long time died and now I have a basically all black backpack that is pretty nice and easily blends in, in terms of not being something that looks as actually dorky or somewhat childish as that old blue backpack that had a grid pattern on it.
As a 40-something dude, I need a new backpack. Its got holes in it near the zippers and has seen about a decade of daily use. Backpacks are awesome.
I’m pretty bummed that when I evidently turn 100 years old, I’m going to no longer appreciate backpacks.
Have my crown
Where else am I going to keep all my Linux installer USB sticks, the bundle of cables that comes in handy every year or two, or the stuff I printed at work for my family that I need to take home?
I’ve been rocking the same Eastpak backpack for about 25 years now. Pretty impressive.
It depends on what you’re wearing. Synthetic jacket? Backpack is OK. Wool coat? Sports coat? You can dress however you want, but why did you chose that way in particular man
I like the Osprey Daylite Tote because it’s a convertible backpack<->tote so you can switch. Also qualifies as personal item on low cost airlines
Wait what does the jacket you choose have to do with backpacks?
It has to do with the “fashion language” and what each item “is speaking”.
To me, a synthetic jacket speaks “trekking”, a backpack is also “trekking”-ish so it matches in my head. But if you have a tailored wool sports coat with clean silhouette lines, which speaks “city”/“elegant”, and you slap a synthetic backpack on top it clashes to me. I guess it would also wear down the more delicate wool weaves from friction.
Say, I wouldn’t want to wear a backpack with something like this or this
But to me it would be more fitting with something like this or in general when trekking around somewhere.
Again, do what you want - I concede that backpacks are more comfortable. To me it just looks better with certain clothes and worse with others.
Me with a kick scooter
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Imagine being so scared of what people think of you that you refuse to use a backpack even when you need to carry a bunch of things.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Is anyone really, though?