>>525472In three years I can apply for an AARP membership and get discounts at Denny's.
The Internet had been around for a while now, son and isn't your secret club.
And the vast majority of campers (including here in /out/) do "car camping", despite the claims of faux-backpackerfags that they're hiking up Olympus Mons erry day with only a Mora and their $300 Fjallraven pants.
Also, if you had followed the thread, you'd see that I've been camping since I was a kid and went from no sleeping pad, to air mattresses to a Therm-a-rest to a cot, all of which are valid sleeping methods for camping.