itt blogs instruct you how to be a man

"He's called Gaston."

so according to the vid, waking up wet is a masculine virtue

omg the euphemism thing

and the line about how they set up camp because the dire situation FORCED THEM TO *cuts to shot of french press*

http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_fkr064llp.html

on a related note to being a man, I am listening to this on spotify today

tempting to buy, that has to be some of the best novelty music compilation packaging

also the definition of leadership is that you are capable of setting up a camp as a group without hand-holding and instruction

xxpost AP lol we have a stainless steel REI french press for camping also

french presses seem like they would be really hard to clean in the wild

yeah i don't see the major problem with the french press

percolator would be manlier, tho

*snorts, spits, adjusts crotch*

http://vimeo.com/20253107

if I were camping and wanted to make coffee that wasn't instant I'd probably pack a pour over http://i.imgur.com/NVP9E8G.jpg

the cleaning is kind of annoying but the key to camping imo is strong coffee in the morning, and french press works for me.

no way, dude, aeropress or bust

http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/e/aeropress.gif

pour over is a nice idea tho

xxpost looooooool that looks like one of those penis pumps

appropriate for bro camping
*snorts, spits*

spitting works but I don't think you're supposed to snort it

i dont have a problem with french presses, i have a problem with pretending you're trapped in a dangerous extreme wilderness situation where you must rely entirely on your manly instincts while sippin on french press coffee

you snort after the denoument

Snorting Coffee and Pitching Tents: How To Camp...Like a Man

Wild bears, sticky sap, roasting meat

I have never thrown an axe at a log though. Maybe that's what's missing from my artisan-man camping retreats

well that and the ability to pitch a tent

*spits*

if I host one of these I'm gonna plant a fake log that throws an axe at you after you throw an axe at it

haha like the apple-throwing trees in Wizard of Oz

friend makes the point, why did they call this the BETA expedition, is it because they are not ALPHAS?

one thing that cracks me up and shows exactly how out of touch I am from camping culture is the baseline assumption that coffee is going to be involved in some manner or form and the only thing at question here is the validity of the coffee maker

xp: omg lol axe-throwing log

never thrown an axe, but my lady-friend and I bring our bb guns

we could have sent someone to the hospital at jjj's bachelor party if only someone had thought to bring an axe

Imagining these guys hauling huge bags of green coffee beans with them to roast out in the wild.

Also Minnesota axe tossing, a new fad among the teeners.

I forgot coffee exactly once.

many people died that day

I feel like I do more stupid hazardous things in an average weekend than these guys did on this trip.

axe tossing is for assholes from the city who pay $3000 to go camping

betas

tossed an axe and woke up wet

the problem with this artisanal camping trip is there seems to be a severe deficit of hours spent sitting staring at the campfire while downing many beers

also lack of dancing to terrible music and pooping in scary portaloos

there is a certain part of me that is insisting that if I am spending four figures on a vacation, said vacation is going to include a comfortable bed and some combination of beach/casino/ski slope/stage show

if you wake me up to ride a motorbike to somewhere else I will punch you

i dont have a problem with french presses, i have a problem with pretending you're trapped in a dangerous extreme wilderness situation where you must rely entirely on your manly instincts while sippin on french press coffee

exactly this. i mean, the individual components are all fine, sure. rent a motorcycle and check out cool nature? ok! have some time alone camping? ok! have a artisanal food & cocktail tasting? fine.

but to combine all of these things into a single experience that you insist is about "essential manliness" is horrible screaming crazy-making nonsense and it makes me want to rend these dudes scrota from their bodies using nothing but a rusty hand trowel

quest for fire...roasted tomatoes

do they get meat brands as souvenirs?

i have no problem with people doing this as long as caity weaver gets to keep writing articles about them.

people who are so concerned about embodying a gender are funny, then sad. they don't make me angry. i'm like, oh, that's the cul-de-sac at the end of that long ridiculous road, glad i don't have to go there.

Matt P on point.

it is also funny and sad, yeah, it does make me angry because there are people who go around exploiting gender anxiety for profit, and i just think it's generally awful but also psychologically damaging and reinforces inequalities

there are people who go around exploiting gender anxiety for profit

Drop 'gender' and there's most of life explained, frankly.

to rend these dudes scrota from their bodies using nothing but a rusty hand trowel

Sounds very manly

yeah, I forgive, and kind of enjoy the campiness of intentional normative gender identification up to a point, as long as it's not misogynistic or homophobic

camping is at least part play-acting anyway

but elmo is otm re "screaming crazy-making nonsense". I have gone camping and prepared fine foods, and would get a kick out of a motorcycle ride on the way, but identifying this as "essential manliness" is really hilarious. Most of my camping experience has been with women and men, and if sleeping on the ground, cooking over a fire and taking a shit in primitive conditions is masculine, then bros should move to the 3rd world and become women

anyway:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/44c8efddb292809c4012db78e1f7c611/tumblr_mghy47xmVK1qj29d6o1_500.jpg