Respect fire guy
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As someone else who was a white man for decades, ever started a fire from sratch ?
I've done it once. Pain in the ass, but the sense of accomplishment you get from starting a fire with nothing but kindling, some sticks, and a boot lace is amazing.
Pro tip: dip a paper towel in olive oil, stuff it under the main log, and light it up. Olive oil burns slow and hot.
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As someone else who was a white man for decades, ever started a fire from sratch ?
I've done it once. Pain in the ass, but the sense of accomplishment you get from starting a fire with nothing but kindling, some sticks, and a boot lace is amazing.
have tried 3-4 times but never even got a whiff of smoke! The region i camp in is generally described as 'rainforest' and while i have to assume it's possible I am missing some trick to it.
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"See no Evil, Hear no Evil" - 1989
Funny comedy, has my previous comment as a line in it."Sad Story
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Rookie fire guy using a stick.
Pro tip: Get leather work gloves. Take your fire guy skills to the next level.
The leather doesn’t get ruined?
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be honest, the Nike gel soles are doin most of the heavy liftin’
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The leather doesn’t get ruined?
Leather can take quite a bit of heat. I wouldn't leave it laying in the flames, nor would I hold anything for too long because eventually the heat does get through. But if you just wanna shift a log or something, it gives you more control than a stick.
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Rookie fire guy using a stick.
Pro tip: Get leather work gloves. Take your fire guy skills to the next level.
Always wear gloves!
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DONT HATE it’s all he’s got
That's what I'm sayin'! I'm mildly autistic and not very good socially. Even if I want to be there it can be difficult. Tending to the fire is a way I get to participate.
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That's just Ignius, Keeper of the Flame.
He's cool like that.
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This is a white thing? I never knew that.
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This is a white thing? I never knew that.
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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Always wear gloves!
Legendary fire guys don't use gloves. They have built years and years of scars, burns, and callouses on their hands. To the legends, they don't feel the heat from a burning log.
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There's something really cathartic about placing shit in a firepit and just watching it burn away.
It's also the smell of smoke. The crackling. The heat. How the poking stick feels in your hand. Poke poke
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I too feel very seen right now.
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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.
I grew up in the woods and chopped wood and did all the back-country stuff, but it wasn't until looking back way later in life that I realized that we lived in what was basically rural, racist, white America. The segregation that still exists is unfair in what it denies to children growing up. I feel like if were a black parent I might have serious reservations about taking my family out to most of rural America.
The legacy of homesteading being a "white settler" thing has left indelible marks on many places.
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This is a white thing? I never knew that.
wrote last edited by [email protected]The OP's observation is that there is at least one white guy that fucks with keeping the fire going. There can be as many others as you wish!
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It's all good until you experience a fire where there's two of them.
Oh man.
One = chill small little fire.
Two = big fire, no one's getting cold.
Three = call the fire department cause we're about to start throwing big shit on this flame. -
Of course I know him. He’s me!
