really, basic map and compass skills should be considered mandatory for anyone doing backpacking or wilderness hikes.

Practice is the key with firestarting. A lot of people can’t start a fire in a campground, with supplies and a lighter, without using an accelerant.

Edward Abbey had a story about getting stuck in some desert ravine from following this advice.

there was a case a few years back where the feds got a warrant to use somebody’s phone as a mic, even when it was turned off.

It’s got a certain simplicity to it, but there are very important caveats that don’t make such a memorable phrase.

yeah, seeing the headline, I figured it involved some careless individual and likely substance use.

You certainly can’t attack Biden for his creepiness with women/shittiness towards Anita Hill when you have Trump’s comments/affairs/cover-ups to compare it to.

I think there is something to be said for those without a uterus to shut up and not tell other people what to do with theirs...

speaking as a guy, this is a really bad take

was raised Catholic, accepted it, and didn’t think about it much.

if only they would put as much effort into protesting poly-cotton blends as they do protesting same-sex marriages...

I’m hoping that things work out that I have enough notice so that I can go on one last one-way backpacking trip.

revenge porn, upskirting/creepshots, this shit should all be illegal.

drunken cleaning blackouts are the best kind of drunken blackout.

if it’s a parking garage, will the GPS work through all the reinforced concrete? and will it be able to distinguish one floor from another? (assuming it’s using GPS, might be something else...)

I’m guessing it’s so they can outlaw procedures/devices/substances/etc. that prevent implantation in the uterine lining.

freezer burn is (as others have said) mainly from the frozen water within the food sublimating out of the food.

aluminum oxide

it’s always too many to scroll past, but today seemed like an unusually large amount of too many

“So if I saw food on the ground, I’d pick it up and eat it. It’s not a big deal.”