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@beardalaxy havic keyboard, got it on a sale — ordered a new one with cool keycaps so that's a thing

@cloutmonei @Wormwood @graf welcome to the forest service all of my veteran coworkers are like 90% sure they've seen a supernatural entity at least once

@YTFoidLover1488 @graf @Wormwood the main reason we need a log of where you are camping and stuff is not red tape government bullshit, but a bit more grim.

It's so if something bad happens we have record of who you are, also so we know there's people in this area in case we need to evacuate people (common in the summer)

@YTFoidLover1488 @graf @Wormwood hey fun fact: while technically not allowed, it's rarely enforced.

If you're in a decent spot (eg. not in a trail, near a lot of wildlife) that's not on the main drag in a popular state (Eg. Yellowstone region, all of California or the pnw) you can pitch a tent (carefully, don't damage shit) overnight and often the night person won't give a shit enough to kick you out or shake you down for a permit.

I wouldn't recommend it for safety reasons, but if you're not a moron you're probably fine.

@nugger @graf @Wormwood in the forest I work in the majority of the time, the border with Canada is just a line of trees.

I'm not even fucking joking. It's a line of fucking pine trees, and the Canadian government is like "yeah this'll work" and for some fucking reason it does.

@graf it's made better by the fact that neither side really makes a big deal out of it. It's just "whoops!" (turns around)
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@graf @Wormwood some adventures in the forest service in (state withheld)

- two garbage bins went missing, they were found several thousand miles away by the Canadians, this happened on a week without any wind or serious weather
- a staircase appeared along the Canadian border, the Canadians had no explanation for this whatsoever nor had any recollection of where it came from
- a landslide happened but then the damage was mysteriously not present the next weekday
- a government inspector arrives during a rainstorm, doesn't want to look around because "it's rainy"
- Americans have wandered into Canada and Canadians have wandered into America. Both governments are aware of this and the reaction is essentially :meru_shrug: "oh well"

@matana I knew a lot of things as a kid and didn't know others, I knew which parts of seals and whales you're not supposed to eat but I barely passed algebra.

@graf @Wormwood I've had soul crushing jobs before, I technically work for the government now (contractor) but at least my department generally leaves you alone unless you actively fuck something up.

@Wormwood That's a very ominous way of saying "people are going to try to maim or kill you, just fyi." They probably pay shit too

The only times I ever got strange looks is for the fact that physically I was very much not the norm. I'm a very tall man (thank you icelandic mom, very awesome) with long braided black hair (something I've retained from the native wide) in many places I stand out for better or worse.

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@matana yeah, my dad had a speech quirk where if it ended in "a" but was angry/yelling he'd just not say it, or change it to я.

I get asked a lot "why do you want to go strange places for holiday instead of somewhere like Mexico or Florida."

The answer is pretty simple: it's something different, I could go do the typical winter vacation in Florida or I could do some basic research, plan carefully and go visit Uzbekistan for two weeks and have an entirely different experience that you can't have really anywhere else and for less money.

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