this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 161 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Fire good.

Beer. Good also.

[–] Klear 22 points 1 month ago

Haha, yes! Easy to be happy, if by happy you mean stave off existential dread for a few hours.

[–] [email protected] 134 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like dad found enlightenment

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I heard the crackling and popping when I read your comment

[–] lolrightythen 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Rolando 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Namaste 🙏

[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some men just want to watch the fire burn.

[–] [email protected] 99 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There's something about fire that moves humanity.

The crackle, the flicker, the scent of smoke and wood, the glowing warmth that caresses away chills. It's hypnotic, and on such a primal level that we don't always notice it.

Staring into a fire, just in the moment is meditative. Your mind can either roam free, or empty itself out to let you float in the now.

[–] Klear 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The wheel and lever people will never understand this.

[–] theluckyone 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But the people putting the wheel, lever, and fire together are really going places.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Screw those guys. They can take a long walk off a short inclined plane.

[–] Num10ck 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's been a safe place for a million+ years. Fire has your back.

[–] redhorsejacket 7 points 1 month ago

It does?! PUT IT OUT YOU JERK!

[–] Agent641 6 points 1 month ago

Keeps the demons away

[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The true question is why didn't Anon come and join his dad next to the fire.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago

Anon is also autistic. (Genetics are a bitch)

[–] FireRetardant 67 points 1 month ago

Anons dad needs to practice fire in the winter. It is even better in the winter because it can warm you up but the weather still keeps your beer cold.

[–] Etterra 59 points 1 month ago

I don't see why autism would have anything to do with it. People have been sitting and staring at fires for thousands of years. It's hypnotic, and it's a good kind of meditative clear your mind kind of situation, or good time to just sit and think.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Etterra 7 points 1 month ago

Fire pit is pre-orb. Orb wishes it was fire pit.

[–] Rolando 5 points 1 month ago

Solution: get Dad an orb for those winter months.

[–] RandomGuy79 42 points 1 month ago

He's destressing

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

You have the deepest conversations around a fire. Everything from philosophy to art to politics, this is how man bonds with his brethren.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

anon's Dad is dropping shrooms

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

I hope Anon finds the same peace in his life that his fire pit has given his dad.

[–] 9point6 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm leaving this thread with an urge to barbecue that I didn't have upon entering

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I need to poke a fire with a good stick.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

It is pwetty 🥺

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

When I was a little kid, if I was good then my grandparents would fill a big pot with torn-up newspapers, set them on fire, and let me watch them burn. Apparently this isn't a normal child-rearing practice. I'm not sure why.

[–] jaxxed 4 points 1 month ago

Seen plenty of vets do this.