“Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
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Re: “Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
#2I've been living largely outdoors and currency-free for several years. (I don't like the word homeless for many reasons.)
I've been indoors for a few months (with friends) since Corona started, since there are few places to work on a computer now.
I'm open to questions here, if anyone is interested.
Re: “Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
#3I've been living largely outdoors and currency-free for several years. (I don't like the word homeless for many reasons.) I've been indoors for a few months (with friends) since Corona started, since there are few places to work on a computer now. I'm open to questions here, if anyone is interested.
Well, my first question is, why? Why do you choose to live that way?
[Edit: Or do you do so not by choice? From your post, I gathered it was by choice, but maybe I shouldn't assume that...]
Re: “Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
#4I've been living largely outdoors and currency-free for several years. (I don't like the word homeless for many reasons.) I've been indoors for a few months (with friends) since Corona started, since there are few places to work on a computer now. I'm open to questions here, if anyone is interested.
Where do you usually defecate?
Re: “Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
#5I've been living largely outdoors and currency-free for several years. (I don't like the word homeless for many reasons.) I've been indoors for a few months (with friends) since Corona started, since there are few places to work on a computer now. I'm open to questions here, if anyone is interested.
Where do you usually defecate?
Check their profile for an answer.
Re: “Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
#6I was homeless for a period of time that extended to my first year at college. Was honestly not a bad life. I learned something fundamental... that one can get used to anything except being cold. I would go to sleep when the parks closed, around 10. Cold would wake me up at around 3 or 4 in the morning, and grab some more sleep around mid day. It’s one reason why homeless people have dogs... they serve as hot water bottles.
One thing it left me with is that it changed the way I walk through the city. For most people, streets are places they use to get from one place to another. They do not inhabit them as places in themselves. For me and other homeless, they were our homes. This changes how you walk a street... gives you something approaching a swagger.
Re: “Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
#7I've been living largely outdoors and currency-free for several years. (I don't like the word homeless for many reasons.) I've been indoors for a few months (with friends) since Corona started, since there are few places to work on a computer now. I'm open to questions here, if anyone is interested.
Where do you usually defecate?
I look for a bathroom which I can still access and use that. This can either be a public restroom or a friend's place, lately.
When I was going into this lifestyle, I was worried about it, but it's largely a non-issue.
When out in nature, I prefer to shit in the woods. It's an experience everyone should try, there's something primal about it I can't quite explain.
I don't use toilet paper because I think it's rather gross. Prefer to wash my butt clean right after.
Re: “Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
#8I've been living largely outdoors and currency-free for several years. (I don't like the word homeless for many reasons.) I've been indoors for a few months (with friends) since Corona started, since there are few places to work on a computer now. I'm open to questions here, if anyone is interested.
Well, my first question is, why? Why do you choose to live that way? [Edit: Or do you do so not by choice? From your post, I gathered it was by choice, but maybe I shouldn't assume that...]
I transitioned to this lifestyle gradually over the course of several years, starting with apartment-job-cat, through couch-surfing and short-term rentals, living out of a van, and then finally total freedom.
I chose to do it because I wanted to have more control over how I spend my time. I realized that I was spending most of my time on someone else's schedule, building someone else's dreams, rather than working on my own.
I also have a very high priority for sleeping. I generally sleep for as long as I want to, which sometimes means several times per day. This does not mesh well with having a job.
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#9I've been living largely outdoors and currency-free for several years. (I don't like the word homeless for many reasons.) I've been indoors for a few months (with friends) since Corona started, since there are few places to work on a computer now. I'm open to questions here, if anyone is interested.
Well, my first question is, why? Why do you choose to live that way? [Edit: Or do you do so not by choice? From your post, I gathered it was by choice, but maybe I shouldn't assume that...]
Is anything in our life really a choice?
Re: “Alexander the Grate” on living in the “interstices of the infrastructure”
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where do you usually defecate?
I look for a bathroom which I can still access and use that. This can either be a public restroom or a friend's place, lately. When I was going into this lifestyle, I was worried about it, but it's largely a non-issue. When out in nature, I prefer to shit in the woods. It's an experience everyone should try, there's something primal about it I can't quite explain. I don't use toilet paper because I think it's rather…
How do you wash your butt? That sounds even harder.