Post-industrial Buddhism is what it is. Yeah like it’d be great to do that in a cave or forest or open prairie but who the fuck can afford those things?
Abandoned buildings are free as long as you don’t fuck with the native inhabitants’ meth.
who the fuck can afford those things?
Anybody? Where do you live that hanging out in the forest costs money?
Transportation to and from the forest isn’t free.
Also some places have laws against camping on public land to discourage homelessness and these would likely fall afoul of those.
I promose you those places also have laws against camping on private property in an abandoned building.
Yes, but not as many people go to abandoned buildings so you’re less likely to be seen by others and reported.
I’d be way more concerned about running into someone in a 'bando than out in the woods though.
Hiker in the woods is going to go the other way. A homebum in a bando? Who knows how they’ll react.
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What flavour of english is this
In the middle of a city, which doesn’t have nearby forests.
If we’re talking about the US, that’s no city I’ve ever seen except maybe the southwest
You’ve never seen an abandoned building in Baltimore, DC Philadelphia, Detroit, or Chicago?
Outside of the tourist zone you can find wastelands of abandoned buildings.
I’m not doubting there are abandoned buildings in cities. I’m doubting any city within the US with the exception of the southwest is more than a few miles from a forest.
I would just worry of asbestos or heavy metal contamination in the buildings, especially if I’m sleeping on or near the floor
All the good caves are taken.
Are you worried about this sort of thing in general? I would argue that these things are pretty esoteric concerns.
He can afford to disappear for a week every month?
That’s what I’m saying!
Yeah, sign me up! Not for the starvation thing, the money thing.
Uh… that isn’t normal.
Honey, there hasn’t been an ounce of “normal” anywhere since at least 2001.
oof, never thought I’d see the baseline for “normal” set to after covid.
Jeez. I totally meant to type 2001, not 2021.
*in america…
Supply of “normal” is increasingly limited outside of it, too.
I bet his friend is never worried about stupid shit.
I’d be worried about rats nibbling my nutsack while I sleep on the floor of an abandoned factory.
That is a basic survival worry. I tend to believe that humans faced with real survival issues are less negatively impacted than those who have material worries.
My stress about work is killing me.
My stress about not freezing to death leads me to do things like chopping wood, lighting fires, and maintaining my chimney. Which are all good things.
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what part of that isnt normal? The area in which we sleep can be what ever, is it just that he is alone with his own thoughts and does minimal food (most would just do rice only during these things)?
It’s normal. Anon is just detached from reality.
"All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal
