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    7 days ago

    I moved to Minnesota in the early 2000s and was blown away by all of the fireflies. It was magical. I’ll never forget snuggling up with someone and watching the fireflies during a thunder storm.

    The decline was unbelievably rapid. The last 6 years I was there I’d maybe see one or two the whole summer. If that.

    It’s so sad because they’re truly wondrous creatures.







  • ITT: no cult scholars. I am not one either.

    I watch a lot of Knitting Cult Lady’s content and I’ve read her book. From that I have a pretty good idea of what a cult is, which is an extreme form of group.

    So I guess the opposite of a cult would be a solitary individual.

    One point I keep seeing in these comments is religion. Religion isn’t a cult, it’s an idea. That ideology can be used by cults, but the idea itself isn’t a cult. You can believe the idea all by yourself you don’t HAVE to be part of the group.

    Yes [insert religious group you’re thinking of] is probably a cult. But it isn’t one because of the idea, it’s one because of controlling behavior and exploited labor and a bunch of other reasons.






  • Not OP. Former NPS employee. Cairns are NOT used to mark trails in national parks. Stacking cairns in a national park is considered vandalism and you should not be doing it the same way you should not be scratching your name into goddamn rocks.

    The practice of stacking cairns is so out of control I do not recommend you ever follow one on state or other lands. It is a good way to get lost following some influencer’s a.e.s.t.h.e.t.i.c pile.

    The only acceptable location for a cairn is a high energy beach environment so that the sea can wipe it away in a couple of hours.

    National parks are intended to be enjoyed as close to natural as possible. Leave. No. Trace.