In today's money that's like half a Snickers and a cupped hand of water from the fountain
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When I fill up for a road trip the pump shuts off at $100 and my tank is not even full. None left for snacks.
Summer of 2016
There is a particular kind of whimsy that you only see in posts from the before times. I’m not sure how to describe it, but I know when I see it because the first thing I do is look for a timestamp.
$100 you say... Well that gas station has a weed store next to it... I know what snacks I want.
I was gonna say that's way too much junk food for a road trip, but then I realized that's like two bags of chips and a candy bar these days.
Especially at convenience store prices.
(You can't buy road trip snacks at a normal grocery store. Just doesn't have the right vibe.)
Said "vibe" seems like it's slipping into boujie "glamping is camping" territory, ngl. 🙆🏼♂️
I have known people who do that with the focus being on hiking, nature, learning, and exploration. The nice camp helps with the exhausting effort theu put into the day.
I've also known people who just get drunk and sleep in a tent, which seems more in the spirit and far less laudable.
Yep, I've been both, for sure, and I hear ya. Not so much the drinking anymore, and the former was just as often leading a group/class for science adventures, but yeah. Camping, et al, is near to my own heart and I hold it sacred as a method of meditation and re-centering, so there's some crotchety in there re: popularizing the luxurification of the whole thing. I mean, the Ship of Theseus is an entirely different question when someone's opened a gift shop onboard. 😅
To be honest, mine'd look more like a late-teen w/ that $100, if only for the requisite weed component. 🧏🏼♂️
Nobody can afford all of those snacks anymore. Or the road trip.