I want a retreat where they have large overhang roofs so you can sit outside while you read or sip a coffee during the rain.
This vibe is like half the hostels I’ve stayed in. One in Dublin I was just at had multiple hangout spots and a full gaming room. People would lounge around reading
library with crackling fires
That can’t possibly go wrong!
Yeah if I’ve learned anything in life, it’s that some things are simply incompatible:
Bleach & ammonia;
Water & oil;
Electricity & water;
Fire & flammable materials.
There are vanishingly few places where I both have an alcoholic drink and read a book in peace.
I wonder, would a library with a liquor license be a valid business venture?
I mean this is kinda what modern glamping is all about (just people don’t read as much anymore). You sit around drinking in the woods and chill in/by your camper/cabin.
The way I’d do it is rent a cabin or Airbnb somewhere scenic, bring your drinks of choice a bunch of books and kick back for a weekend
I would fuck with this so hard. Maybe a bring a book take a book -shelf to recycle your books too
Hm… This is a pretty achievable thing to create.
Anybody want to donate to my gofundme?
That’s what modern life took from us. Simple lives and small community.
At least were have Stranger Things and iPhones though! Right, guys?!
at least we have healthcare, we dont die at 30
Healthcare where I am is paywalled.
gotta revolt I guess
That would have been fun in the 1980s when I was addicted to books, but I’m addicted to the internet now. In my cabin summer camp or luxury hotel resort, I’m gonna need endless access to my smartphone and a strong Wi-Fi signal.
This is extremely doable. You wouldn’t even have to build anything, just find a library willing to host something like this. Some public libraries are next to public parks with fire pits.
I was thinking about this recently, I think it was because I heard that creepy secret society Dialog was doing it and I thought “ok that actually sounds pretty cool without all the extra cult bullshit.”
Basically iirc they have a matchmaking summer camp for adults (like to find a romantic partner), but removed from the Theil cult stuff A) that’s a good idea on it’s own, and B) it doesn’t have to be for meeting people, just for fun, and you can still meet people if it so happens.
Could have all kinds of arts and crafts, canoes and shit, fishing, hide and seek, scavenger hunts, cabins and lunches (etc) just like kids camps but bigger, archery and a (controlled) rifle range, nature walks, classes on plant ID and uses, building cool shit like rope swings (and that’s free labor to help expand the camp), etc! Counselors can be volunteers so poors like me could attend in exchange for working it, you could have themed ones and keep it running almost year round with some set-up for the next in between (like, 2w normal, 2w sober/recovery, 2w LGBT, 2w Clue [solve the fake murder], 2w Spooooky halloween, 2w Winter Wonderland, etc), I’d rather go in the fall personally for instance because I like the weather even without a theme.
Idk it could be a fun time.
That sounds really good, but I have a sure feeling, that would be a big, drunk shitshow. Adults are really not better than teenagers. Honestly, they are probably worse for such a thing.
I’ve been to plenty of library events where alcohol was served for free to adults in New Orleans. The library event attending crowd generally has a good amount of self-control.
Then go to the sober one. Can even do two “sober” ones, one AA sober-sober people, and one just no booze allowed but not people who quit drinking. Hell do three, the third being the no-booze-but-weed week, do that one in April, surrounding the 20th.
I’d like to have a cave with a fire in the middle for me to sit around and stare at nothing for hours.
