>>991448>>991465You know, maybe I should add that I've actually met some of those people, at least ones who were still alive in 2003-ish to about 2006 in Madison County, NC. I've told that story on here before, but all that came of it was the part where I took a shit in a stream became a meme for a while.
(God forbid anyone remember the part where my options were shit in the house and have it flushed into the stream, or shit directly in the stream, because there was no septic system until we finished putting it in...)
Anyway, back on topic, I'm always pretty surprised at stuff like The Grapes of Wrath. I mean, there are several people in that book wo just say "fuck it, I'm going to be a hunter-gatherer for the foreseeable future." I do think that people used to have a lot more contact with nature decades ago. Most people were outside most of the time back when farming was the most common occupation.
