So I was just talking about Bushcraft with someone and this was sorta how it went
First they thought I was suggesting that I wanted to uproot from my modern life and live in the woods somewhere.... No, they don't get it.
Then I suggest that do they not care for the skills that we once depended on.... No, why should they, they can get places by car; They can get food from supermarkets; and so on...:11doh:
But wouldn't it be awesome if you could walk outside look up at the sky and be able to differentiate between clouds so you can identify if it's going to rain, snow, thunderstorm, etc? What about being out at night and being able to find north with the stars...... No, I can just watch the weather in the morning, and if a cloud is black then it's rain and to find north I would use a compass...:yikes:
Fair enough I say, but what about when you build a house, build it without foundations and it'll fall apart. So do you not think learning a few skills from the past could help you in your daily lives? No, because they say nothing will ever so so disastrously that they will need to know these skills.
They have a point, it is fairly unlikely. So I suggest that I find it interesting, if not fascinating how we are capable of living with just the essentials..... However that is still strange to them why that would be of an interest to me.
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Then they caught me using a microwave to heat up some soup.... You can't do that, they said, you need to make a fire first...
THEY JUST DON'T GET IT.
Modern technology is great, makes things easier, makes things safer, makes us live longer...
Primitive technology is great, it's amazing how we need so little.
What's so hard in that?