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I got this video served up to me randomly as well. I was amused by the random Youtube commenters all along the lines of "what a beautiful simple life this man
by kepler1 4y ago
I got this video served up to me randomly as well. I was amused by the random Youtube commenters all along the lines of "what a beautiful simple life this man leads", etc. etc.
And I couldn't help but shake my head at the naïveté / shallow internet lauding that this is some idyllic rustic life. This guy is actively choosing to live in harsh, most unforgiving conditions that require all his daily energy, hours from any kind of help. And he's going to die there as well unless something changes, and probably without anyone knowing.
As others have said, maybe he wants this because of some unresolved emotional problems. All I see is someone who is making his own life purposely hard. Perhaps there is a little to be admired here -- the unusual nature of it, and the perseverance. But this life isn't something to be desired by anyone, and I don't join in the reflexive cooing over how awesome it is once you get over the unusualness.
- yetanotherloser 4y agoWhy is it a bad thing for him to die where he has chosen to live and die? (assuming he actually has, which is really not something I'd bet too hard on, on the strength of one video). Why do you suggest it's a bad thing if nobody knows when he has died there?
- throwaway675309 4y agoThere's a weird contingent of people, specifically in IT fields who have these bizarre rose tinted transcendentalist glasses about living "naturally". Natural is one in four women dying during childbirth, natural is contracting rabies from a wild animal and slowly going psychotically insane, natural is not being able to get all the vitamins your body needs and being constantly malnourished.