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Anon builds a fire pit (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 163 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fire good.

Beer. Good also.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

Haha, yes! Easy to be happy, if by happy you mean stave off existential dread for a few hours.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 136 points 3 months ago

Sounds like dad found enlightenment

[-] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 35 points 3 months ago

I heard the crackling and popping when I read your comment

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 106 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Some men just want to watch the fire burn.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 99 points 3 months ago

There's something about fire that moves humanity.

The crackle, the flicker, the scent of smoke and wood, the glowing warmth that caresses away chills. It's hypnotic, and on such a primal level that we don't always notice it.

Staring into a fire, just in the moment is meditative. Your mind can either roam free, or empty itself out to let you float in the now.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago

The wheel and lever people will never understand this.

[-] theluckyone@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

But the people putting the wheel, lever, and fire together are really going places.

[-] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago

Screw those guys. They can take a long walk off a short inclined plane.

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

it's been a safe place for a million+ years. Fire has your back.

[-] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It does?! PUT IT OUT YOU JERK!

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Keeps the demons away

[-] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 91 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The true question is why didn't Anon come and join his dad next to the fire.

[-] Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works 53 points 3 months ago

Anon is also autistic. (Genetics are a bitch)

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago

Anons dad needs to practice fire in the winter. It is even better in the winter because it can warm you up but the weather still keeps your beer cold.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months ago

I don't see why autism would have anything to do with it. People have been sitting and staring at fires for thousands of years. It's hypnotic, and it's a good kind of meditative clear your mind kind of situation, or good time to just sit and think.

[-] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 47 points 3 months ago
[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago
[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Fire pit is pre-orb. Orb wishes it was fire pit.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Solution: get Dad an orb for those winter months.

[-] RandomGuy79@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago

He's destressing

[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 months ago

You have the deepest conversations around a fire. Everything from philosophy to art to politics, this is how man bonds with his brethren.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago

I hope Anon finds the same peace in his life that his fire pit has given his dad.

[-] johnefrancis@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

anon's Dad is dropping shrooms

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

I'm leaving this thread with an urge to barbecue that I didn't have upon entering

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 2 points 3 months ago

I need to poke a fire with a good stick.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

It is pwetty 🥺

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

When I was a little kid, if I was good then my grandparents would fill a big pot with torn-up newspapers, set them on fire, and let me watch them burn. Apparently this isn't a normal child-rearing practice. I'm not sure why.

[-] jaxxed@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Seen plenty of vets do this.

this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
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