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[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 131 points 8 months ago

I would like to point out that the image of the cowboy and wild west being the hot and dry southern states isn't that accurate.

The wild west was also Oregon country, now Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.

In the latter four, even now, if you go too far into the wild unprepared they won't find you.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 34 points 8 months ago

They're not called the goodlands.

[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's just called wilderness, looks beautiful, arguably more deadly.

Parks in AZ on the border of Phoenix(for example) don't have notices that cars left in the lot will have immediate search and rescue operations started to find them at dusk. Parks on the northern edge of Vancouver do.

[-] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

cars left in the lot will have immediate search and rescue

Why do they have a lot, if parking there is considered an emergency?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

You're supposed to bring your car with you portage style. It's all part of leaving no trace.

[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

Android deleted the word overnight. Specifically at dusk.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Into the wild

I see what you did there

[-] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

Exactly, there's a whole bunch of "winter" cowboys in Montana and Wyoming, lol

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

props for RDR2 for outright beginning with cowboys in hip-deep snow

[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

You can have that weather in northern Arizona though.

The closest thing we've had in a game to the temperate rainforests of the pacific northwest that a lot of the cowboys of the region had to fave would be the thick tropical jungles of Crysis and Far Cry.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 77 points 8 months ago

That really needed some punctuation. A whole lot of it.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 40 points 8 months ago

I've come to adopt a lack of punctuation at times to emphasize a certain mental state, one where cohesion and structure impede the tone.

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 26 points 8 months ago

It really does evoke a sort of manic energy

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 6 points 8 months ago

Was half expecting pepe silvia to be involved somehow 🤣

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

Just imagine the JPEG artifacts are commas and periods.

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago

bro got high af after getting home from BIOL 130

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 8 months ago

The culture that king is from hasn't evolved a system with punctuation yet

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

kids these days i tell yah hwat

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 67 points 8 months ago

I've found cowboy boots to be very slippery on snow or ice. This person's credibility is sinking fast...

[-] RemembertheApollo@kbin.social 35 points 8 months ago

And the leather soles get mushy...and the salt used to melt the ice absolutely shreds the leather just above the stitching when it dries out. Western boots suck in the snow, and it's a quick way to ruin them. Even rubber-soled ones like some of Ariat's don't last, but they're better on wet surfaces.

[-] Godort@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

It's kind of wild how tons of people in Alberta wear them considering the climate

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

If they put hiking boot soles on them they could be OK. I suppose you could add "spikes" yourself for winter. Like these: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=shoe+spikes+winter&iax=images&ia=images

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Those are riding boots, or dress boots. They also make Western style boots with rugged soles for work. I have a pair and they're outstanding on all terrain, including snow. Here's an example:

https://www.ariat.com/P13324_M_FOO.html?dwvar_P13324__M__FOO_color=BROWN&dwvar_P13324__M__FOO_width=D_Medium

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

If you step in mud, wouldn't your boot slide off?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

If you step in deep mud, and keep walking, then it could. That's not really a terrain feature where I live. Our soil has good drainage.

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago
[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

That's some letterkenny shit rt

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I got them because we decided not to wear shoes inside our house, and unlacing my work boots several times per day was a real PITA. These take about two seconds to take off or put on.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 8 months ago

You must not have enough points in style or cool.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago

I would very much like to breed this person with Cunk to see what kind of child we end up with.

[-] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago
[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago
[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Unexpected Futurama.

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[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago
[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 22 points 8 months ago

Cowboys are... prepared to exist outside - whatever could they have been thinking!? :-P

Seriously, each of those elements was intelligently designed for the purpose that cowboys had for them. I use many of those same elements myself, while people prepared only to sprint from car to indoors have a whole other thing going on.

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago

And I'm sure I would have laughed at that cowboy had I seen him while I was wearing actual winter clothes. People's brain just freeze come winter time and they become too dumb to dress properly.

[-] RemembertheApollo@kbin.social 13 points 8 months ago

Like a greentext...just made up BS. Really, the "cowboy" was the only one dressed appropriately for weather?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Nothing ever happens!*

^(*if you never leave your house)

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[-] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 8 months ago

The reverse of this is camels: they fitst evolved their adaptions to survive the cold, not the desert.

[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

That isn't the reverse, it's the same deal - adaptations to one place turn out to be beneficial in another. Also, the desert IS cold at night, no?

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Arctic deserts are also a thing (e.g. Iceland). The similarities tell the whole story:

  • Poor access to liquid water
  • Need to insulate body from temperature extremes, wind
  • Food sources are sporadically available at best
  • Need to minimize contact with ground or insulate feet

This is not to suggest that polar bears are similarly adapted to the Sahara. Rather, it's not a huge shift, but it's still a change.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago

in a similar vein rainforests do not have to be tropical, there are several temperate rainforests in europe of which the southwestern norwegian coast is apparently one

[-] Comradesexual@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 months ago

I use caps for face protection from rain.

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