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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 22 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

Hi, username cousin!

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

The Romans paved theirs down to the bedrock. 😜

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week 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.

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

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

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

Was that easier than saying the country?

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well I had no idea how accurately you wanted to know

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

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

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

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

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 4 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

that's for the nighttime crime fighter route 🌝

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

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

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

It had offspring - how wonderful ;p

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 1 week ago

In 74 years, there will be 10 paths.

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

Wir kannen alles, ausser...

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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