I'm not a camper. I don't see the point in pretending you are homeless (page 13)

Low-Key Lysmith

Now, this is why I backpack...

I do a lot of back country camping, too. In which case, there are no music-playing ice chests.

We were in a group camp at the far end of the campground. there was no one else around us to be disturbed by any music.

One of my favorite seasons for camping is Winter. I love snow camping above all else. If you can camp for 10 days in the middle of February on the Olympic Peninsula (which is mostly rain forest), you can camp anywhere. All those massive steelhead that you catch on the fly rod during the day kinda makes you forget that you might be cold & wet.

To insinuate that I'm not a "real" camper just because we play a little music when we're car camping is a bit ridiculous.

talesin

BTS, we are all ears. :D

tal

wha happened?

low key, maybe u aren't a real camper but Zid doesn't know she isn't a dragon

sammielee24

Sammie what the hell are u talking about?

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Your title. Not a camper - therefore why pretend to be homeless. That says it all. You are equating a tent with a homeless person. It's like saying - I love camping and pretending I'm homeless. There is a sense of snobbery in that statement because as I've said - for the majority of people who enjoy camping and see it as a social event, loving nature etc., they don't link it to homelessness. You did. That is an indicator that you see a tent and you think homeless - else you wouldn't have used that parallel. That is a subtle form of class derision - tents = homeless; not tents = family fun. It's not too deep to figure out......you could have said - I'm not a camper, I don't like the bugs or laying on the ground, I don't like using the camp bathroom facilities, I just don't enjoy it - when you make it a link between a dislike for those things and homelessness - it sounds as bad as if you said you wouldn't live in a trailer park because you aren't 'trash'. sammies

wha happened?

wow, all that over a stupid opinion on a stupid topic on a website. Lay of the caffeine bro. Have I offended the camping community with my opinion? I suppose all the hate mail I'm not getting is indicative of the fact that it's just a BS comment. Some people do come on here to pick a fight, but this is definately the weakest example of this.

Uhm I hate celery as well. Wanna make a stand for that as well? Let's call out the celery community! We have a hater over here!

BTW sport, This thread was really designed around a lake Tahoe trip, that some of us more socially equipped individuals are participating in later next month. That's all. You should go. You might even have an enjoyable conversation or two. As long as you leave that sour-puss attitude at home.

ziddina

"To insinuate that I'm not a "real" camper just because we play a little music when we're car camping is a bit ridiculous...." Low-Key Lysmith

"Real" campers go into the woods to GET AWAY from the noise of the maddening crowds...

Not drag it along with them.

On the other hand, if you were to pull out a guitar, a ukelele, a few drums, a harmonica - I'd probably wander over and ask to join in. Canned muzac is SO antithetical to what "camping" is generally about.

And as Wha Happened said, this is SUPPOSED to be a funny thread with a bit of "tongue in cheek" flavor...

Low-Key Lysmith, my initial comment, although not intended to be totally serious - did you not grasp the comedic aspect of that huge "AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH"?? - did reference a few miserable situations we've experienced while "car" camping - which is when idjuts have played their damm boom boxes until ALL hours of the night [happened to us while we were camping in the San Gabriels] and a buncha Hispanics were playing THEIR canned "yee-haw" accordion music at TOP volume in a campground in Yosemite...

Ahhh... Nothing like the screech of accordion music, bouncing off those granite cliffs... Just when one thinks one has gotten away from the uncouth elements of civilization, they drag it along and hammer your eardrums with it, too...

Even had some group come OUT INTO THE WOODS with a battery-powered TV to watch some game... That was about the weirdest "electronics-addicted camper" I've ever seen...

I'd rather see a bunch of teens nodding in bizarre but SILENT synchronization with earbuds on, than be forced to listen to SOMEONE ELSE'S idea of "muzac" while I'm camping...