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Desire Paths

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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path

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Don't really know why 2 paths were needed but alas. There is also one more to the left that is not visible.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My guess is one of the paths gets full of puddles before the other during the rain.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

Hi, username cousin!

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Could be. I remember like 5 years ago there was only one path and it was not worn down to the dirt but was just grass for quite a while

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

Because you are looking at it from the destination. People from across that field all want to reach that point you're at and their paths gather like rivers flowing together.

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Love me some desire paths, you can't ever have too many of them!

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

The Romans paved theirs down to the bedrock. 😜

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the silver car owner always parks there, and later in the day when they return to it they need their own desire path

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I probably should have waited for the car to pass. Never see anyone park there.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Planet earth. Or do you want the coordinates? The sign can also allow you to decipher the country.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Was that easier than saying the country?

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well I had no idea how accurately you wanted to know

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The simplest explanation for your evasiveness is that you stole the photo and don't know where it was taken 😔

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Here you go. The exact spot I took the photo.

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This city looks amazing, do you live there? I love Slovenia

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I do. Sadly the city is besieged by tourists every summer and it's a traffic hell.

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I get you, must be tough if you're not directly taking profit off of it. Covid times must've been sweet though, eh? Haha

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Covid was bliss. Could go around the lake and meet less than 5 people.

I do profit off it a bit since I work at the tourist office as an information dude during summers. Mostly just because the job is easy, short hours and pays alright. Also it's quite flexible and I still have not managed to finish a year at uni without any exams spilling into the august/september exam period so I need time and energy to study.

Some summer jobs just dont leave you with any of that.

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

gonna go ahead and guess these are typical walkers gravitating towards different ends of the street as they near the sidewalk, makes sense

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe. But the forked end goes to a low traffic road without sidewalk and pretty much just alleyways.

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

that's for the nighttime crime fighter route 🌝

[–] 7eter@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't it beautiful how they join? They could be straight but chose to combine.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You paint a pretty narrative. But sadly it is one path splitting into 2 and not 2 combining into one. The right fork has been there for over 10 years and the left one is younger than 2 years.

[–] 7eter@feddit.org 3 points 10 months ago

It had offspring - how wonderful ;p

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 10 months ago

In 74 years, there will be 10 paths.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Wir kannen alles, ausser...

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This is what vintage story needs...... I wonder how hard it would be to implement.....