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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 163 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There's something really cathartic about placing shit in a firepit and just watching it burn away.

[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 94 points 2 months ago

" ...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the wood burn "

[–] FlembleFabber@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 months ago

White guy detected

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[–] Sunbutt23@lemmy.world 101 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of course I know him. He’s me!

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 76 points 2 months ago
[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I didn't know it was a racial trait.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 41 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Yeah, like why does race need to be involved here? Fire should be for everyone to enjoy.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Outdoor recreation and camping was and still sort of is exclusionary to black folks especially, but there's a lot of people trying to change that

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[–] moriquende@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

White people's ancestors had to survive brutal winters. It's the reason they're white.

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[–] violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone 62 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I absolutely adore keeping the fire going. I was a white man for decades so i'm not dodging the allegations. I have never been camping where i was not the last person awake and always keeping the fire just right until all the wood was gone.

It's all about the air flow. Too much and everything burns too quickly in a roaring furnace, too little and you have no light and not enough heat. By constantly adjusting the logs you can maintain the proper air flow to keep everything just right. Rotating a log to present fresh wood to an eager flame here. Squeezing two logs a little closer to reduce the oxygen and trim things up there. A proper fire adjusting stick (and a backup) is crucial.

Give me a stack of seasoned wood, a k-bar, a magnesium fire starter and a comfy camp chair and i'm in heaven from the time the sun sets until the wood runs out.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I was a white man for decades

I feel like someone's gotta ask: Are you no longer a white man?

[–] syaochan@feddit.it 68 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Too much soot from staying near the fire

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[–] Alxe@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Probably a trans woman? From the name and Fed instance.

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[–] violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

@Alxe has it, I am now a white woman :)

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Solidarity from another former white guy and campfire enthusiast.

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[–] bstix 53 points 2 months ago (6 children)

It's all good until you experience a fire where there's two of them.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

'I was kind of saving that stick'

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

'Dude, you're choking it'

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Lol, depends on the group. I was recently at an sca event and had a fire going with another tender, and we worked great keeping the fire stoked and we're super chill about it. We even helped each other reset the stack as it collapsed and more fuel was added.

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[–] Get_Off_My_WLAN@fedia.io 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel like it's a do-or-die caveman instinct or something.

I was hanging out with a group of people in my friend's backyard. We were supposed to have a bonfire, but the wood was wet and wasn't burning. We used all sorts of fuel, fire starters, etc. I saw what looked like corner of a log turn into ember, so wouldn't give up. Never got a flame when we were there, of course.

I felt very proud though when my friend sent me door camera footage of the firepit turning into a massive blaze in the middle of night that woke her up.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Brown guy here, I like fire too

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I went to an engineering school and I am here to tell you that pyromancy is practiced by every type of person.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The best pyromancy comes from the United States, we have such classics as The German Barbeque, Korean Barbeque, Vietnam Barbeque, and California.

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[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago

You know it's American when skin colour is mentioned for no reason

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[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] lime@feddit.nu 45 points 2 months ago (4 children)

sorry you had to find out this way

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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You all laugh until the fire is in the oven of a hut with freezing temperatures outside and the fire guy is the one getting up in the middle of the night to keep the fire going. You then wake up to a cozy hut instead of spending the first two hours awake freezing in your sleeping bags.

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[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

DONT HATE it’s all he’s got

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, technically without him there would be no fire.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

be honest, the Nike gel soles are doin most of the heavy liftin’

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[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't know why, I just have to keep poking that fucker with the dedicated poking stick, then wave the burning poking stick around for a bit.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

In my experience, they’ve been Mexican or Puerto Rican. Though those are my two main travel destinations, so there might be some selection bias. Both for me and the meme

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

I know a set of brothers who all have this ingrained. They have each said at one point or another "You gotta fuck the fire."

Hope the intent has/will always be basic firepit maintenance.

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] MagicianWithABadPlan@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I too feel very seen right now.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

I kind of get that way but I've never really realized it was obsessive behavior until this meme pointed it out.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

It's me, i'm that guy. I'm fun to camp with ladies ;)

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’m the one obsessively scavenging for wood around the camp site to keep that wood pile healthy.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Evolved trait

[–] swagmoney@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago

my girlfriend is that guy. she can't sit down at a fire. she always has to be poking at it lol

[–] notabot@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago

Sabre-tooth tigers might sneak up and attack if the fire goes out, at least, I've not been attacked by one when the fire is burning, so I just can't take the risk.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

That's 100% my brother. The weirdest part, it looks so much like him I had to text him and ask if the chick in the background is an old girlfriend, because I'm genuinely not sure that's not my brother.

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[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is a white thing? I never knew that.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm black and I like fire, though aside from a fireplace visiting family once, I haven't had much opportunities to tend an open flame. I did enjoy keeping it going that one time though.

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[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

This is the campfire equivalent of that one person who makes best friends with the family dog at every party. Some of us enjoy the group but our social skills are only on par with fires and dogs.

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