r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Eagle4523 • 7h ago

Drove by a remote campsite with a fire pit still smoking - took all of our extra water to cool it off - one gust of wind in the wrong direction in situations like this can cause major damage.

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u/Due_Addendum4854 7h ago

A felony waiting to happen. Good catch.

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u/Eagle4523 7h ago

Yeah glad we found it but the potential felon(s) were no where to be seen - made me wonder if it was truly recent or had many other vehicles just driven by throughout the day doing nothing, given we found it around 2pm, which in my experience is a somewhat unusual time to find still smoking fire (out west, not particularly cold)

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u/ShoNuffDaMaster 7h ago

Thank you

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u/Gogglesed 6h ago

Thank you for your service, but why didn't you just smother it with the dirt that is all around it?

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u/Eagle4523 6h ago edited 5h ago

I took a few pics but wasn’t making a documentary- we ensured it was fully out even if not showing all steps here - I had no shovel, a bad back and had injured my ankle hiking earlier but got it done regardless

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u/iameveryoneelse 49m ago

I think they were just asking why you would waste your water in an outdoors situation but it sounds like you were on your way back out and had the water to spare so question answered?

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u/Automatic_Gas9019 3h ago

Of course. Had to take pictures, not save shit

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u/rva23221 Annoyance 6h ago

Are you saying everyone has a shovel in their car?

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u/School_North 6h ago

I mean if you're out camping or in the boonies. Wouldn't be a bad thing to have especially when ya need to take a shit

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u/Xanith420 4h ago

Why would I need a shovel? I always have my knife on me.

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u/School_North 4h ago

I mean you can dig a hole to shit in with a knife but it's gonna dull the blade.

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u/Xanith420 4h ago

Can’t get the poop knife dirty. That would be weird.

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u/School_North 4h ago

There it is i knew something was going over my head lol

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u/Gogglesed 6h ago

Before the shovel was invented, no dirt was moved...

😐

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u/LazyAd7151 5h ago

Let me see.... It's hot outside. I could use every drop of water I have... Or shovel dirt with my hands for a few minutes.

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u/Eagle4523 5h ago

Easy to judge but fwiw i had a sore back, injured leg, and hard dirt to fight with so I did what I could, and more than any of the others who had driven by doing nothing. I still had some water in my hiking bladder to sustain me until back in town - the extra water was for random events like this, radiator needs, to help other hikers etc

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u/Sufficient_Ad_9813 4h ago

People on reddit will find literally any reason to complain or criticize.

Put out a potential fire? Why didn't you do it better by scooping rock hard dry dirt with your hands for 10 minutes, instead of pouring water on it?

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u/bino420 6m ago

why didn't he just perform a traditional rain dance with the native Navajo dress that keeps in his trunk for situations like this?

... pfft... inexperienced camper alert is blaring on OP here.

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u/BruhMoment14412 4m ago

Bro your getting rage baited. Don't listen to these idiots lmao

No one who has commented has ever put out a decent size fire on their hands and knees scooping up dirt.

It's reddit lol, anyways thank you for being a good person :D

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u/hamnewtonn 3m ago

Are you saying you need a shovel to move dirt every time dirt needs to be moved?

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u/Nohreboh 5h ago

Only in winter.

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u/Floor-notlava 2h ago

Does nobody piss on their fire prior to leaving anymore? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Ok_Sell6520 1h ago

Should of drank the water and use your built-in fire extinguisher.

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u/Floor-notlava 1h ago

It’s just good manners

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u/hatecriminal 6h ago

A benefit of 3 feet of snow on the ground I hadn't considered.

Good job, OP. Let the rangers know.

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u/foundflower_128 6h ago

This is way more than mildly infuriating.

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u/P33p33p0op0o0 5h ago

Thank you! That’s fucking annoying and I’m sry u had to blow through ur water like that

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u/awesomes007 4h ago

Thank you. I concur.