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.

The closet burned down a while back

From my understanding of spanish gendered words, this seems the most logical. I'm by no means fluent tho... and in most circumstances it still seems silly and unnecessary to do this. If native Spanish speakers want to neuter their words, thats for them to do and let the rest of the world know about... Tumblr and American university students certainly shouldn't have been considered the authoritative voice on the matter.

edit: in conversation with a non-binary spanish speaker, this may be not at all silly and perfectly necessary... just to be clear

They are Carriers of the Bloodline

Right, but it mentions a white guy specifically.

Yeah my sister and I are both the fire keeper type.

There's at least one organization working to fix that lingering impact. Outdoorafro.org is all about linking Black Americans with the parks and wild places that have historically been off-limits, dangerous, or discouraged.

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I wonder if there is a genetic component to keeping fire for recreation or comfort.

I think all societies have a cooking on fire aspect.

The use of fire seems to play a much more active role in societies in cold climates. It seems to play a less prominent role in the tropics with warmer nighttime temperatures.

Idk i always had a hard time as hungarian, my first language, doesnt have gender. Im a very proficient english speaker, almost at a native level but i do struggle with the gender stuff sometimes. Tho in daily speech i just use they/them as a fallback so i guess that works.

Ok ill use that, its just last time i used that someone had to point out that technically the male form... i guess it still is like in spanish where multiple people with undetermined gender are adressed with the male plural right?

Brown guy here, I like fire too

Survivalists like to boast of their skills to start a fire from scratch with no modern tool. But that wasn't the main skill in ancient times. Most societies found it easier to start a fire once and then keep the flame going through several mediums. It was a practical, mundane but vital activity that everyone participated in. The calories gains from eating cooked food was our cheat code for unlocking brain power.

Really not trying to be rude.

I don’t have TikTok and don’t want one.
I want to be a part of online stuff such as this story you’re telling.
But.

TikTok is fucking cancer on a phone/device that doesn’t have an account and doesn’t (therefore) have the app installed.

Popups of all forms. Just like sketchy websites.
It’s just a red flag. That’s all.

These experiences really reinforce my decision to NOT have a TikTok.

I would love to see more people of color embracing America's wilds, if we had larger communities of color in the woods it wouldn't feel so dangerous out there. Diversity leads to people not feeling like they own a thing and can make rules about who belongs there.

I would also love to see more progressives broadly reclaim the US flag and responsible gun ownership. I feel we lost the country because we let them plaster themselves with propaganda and made it feel "gross" to support our country. We allowed the seeding of far too much "America Bad" sentiment and it led to too many young people tuning out and not caring what happens to our home.

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

Nah, the most popular language in the Philippines is tagalog and that is already a language that's gender neutral. The word 'Filipino' is a colonial artifact---they were named after some guy named Philip. In that way, it is technically gendered considering the spanish influence, but no one I know considers it gendered in any way unless you put it like 'pinoys or pinays' etc. I know filipina or pilipina or pinay is used still, but I honestly haven't heard it much except in america, but all filipino women I know, if you just asked 'are you filipino?' they would say yes.

There are quite a few black comedians in the USA who explain why. Basically life as a black man in the US is hard enough and there is no need to introduce recreational "challenges" like campingto feel fulfilled.

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

Yeah, whats the deal with "white guy"? Guys like fucking with fire. Black, white, brown, blue. If theres an alien species on the other side of the galaxy, you can bet they have something very much like guys, and the love fucking with fire.