For the past few years I have lived without an address and until recently a consistent form of income. Ask Me Anything
Where do you sleep ?
How does your lifestyle compare to that of a “hobo,” “tramp,” “vagabond,” etc.? Do you consider yourself part of any defined cultural movement of that sort, or are you just sort of doing your own thing?
I consider myself a vagabond. It’s similar but the difference is a hobo or tramp does it due to a financial situation where as a vagabond or drifter does it as a lifestyle.
Is there a social or political aspect to it? I watched this Tasting History video the other day, where he talked about how post-Civil-War to Depression-era hobos had conventions and secret writing systems and lived together in “jungles” and all sorts of organized stuff like that. Is that still a thing, and do you participate in it?
Do you and your buddy arrive in town, get temporary dishwasher jobs, befriend locals and solve their personal problems, then leave town in your Corvette with background music?
I’m more likely to do stuff like mowing lawns or washing cars and yes I befriend locals. I’ve got friends all over. Helping them with their personal problems not so much.
Just jokin’ with ya, I was referring to a very old TV show called Route 66, about two buddies who drifted from town to town in a corvette. They lived hand to mouth and found drama wherever they went. You actually sound like you’ve found the life that suits you, and I admire that. If you’re ever in Seattle DM me!
I feel bad for your situation. Sorry if i’m only allowed one question but if not I have a couple?
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Do you have a car? (I’ve tried sleeping in my car and it fucking sucked every time i did, no matter what)
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What are your favourite/worst kind of places to spend nights?
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Do you travel far away frequently?
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Any cool facts about anything at all?
Don’t feel bad. I like my life. Also you can ask as many questions as you want.
Do you have a car? (I’ve tried sleeping in my car and it fucking sucked every time i did, no matter what)
Yes I do.
“What are your favourite/worst kind of places to spend nights?”
I love having sleep overs. Quality varies depending on where I’m having the sleep over. Hotels if I’m welling to treat myself. The worse places are my car and homeless shelters.
“Do you travel far away frequently?”
No, I mostly travel around my hometown or maybe New York. That’s about it.
“Any cool facts about anything at all?”
I once saw a guy win a fight against two guys at the same time. That was some Chuck Norris stuff.
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Ever try hammock camping?
How does it feel being a privileged white male with a trust fund unafraid of traveling the world without fear of rape and money issues?
I’ve traveled places in fear and i’m a dude. Hell, i’m genuinely scared to leave my house at night lmao
Guess I’m built different.
I’m a female with plenty of money issues who doesn’t have a trust fund but I do have to worry about rape from a certain type of person.
Apologies. Allow me to rephrase my question in light of this new information: what’s it like being an attractive smoke-show who can get whatever she wants and floating through life by the simple act of being a bubbly flirtatious friend and fooling an occasional gullible and desperate person who is unsuccessfully trying to get into your pants?
Yeah pretty much this and some odd jobs here and there.
I dunno why the mod removed my comment, other than being a pearl-clutching morbidly obese basement troglodyte prude.
All the power to you, girl. Live your life, and enjoy all you can that’s freely offered to you. And i know you are grateful for it because you sound like a well-rounded good person, so no need to justify your life to anyone here. I envy you and your beautiful freedom. I know what I’m about to say is a cliché Walmart shelf item, but you indeed are the epitome of live, laugh and love.
how do you tune the rear suspension for optimal angle?
also where to practice without attracting the attention of cops?
Little bit of toe-in for grip just like racecars.
You don’t really do much to the rear setup for angle things.The track.
I’ve heard that giving the rear wheels a negative camber or ‘stanced’ look improves the drift by making it a little easier to break free in the back
You heard wrong.
Less grip means less control.Also, high camber means uneven wear which is just wasting tires.
If you need less grip due to low power just pick tires that are better suited for your power level and if you need even less grip just run higher pressures.Don’t let the stance bois lie to you about their setups. They’re just trying to tuck big wheels that dont fit for aesthetics, which is fine, but why lie about it?
the closest track to me is a state over, sadly.
Yeah, that sucks. My local track is 40 minutes away.
I really don’t street shenanigans but obviously find a secluded area, keep your car quiet, and go late at night.
“how do you tune the rear suspension for optimal angle?”
Idk I’ve never been good at maths
“Also where to practice without attracting the attention of cops?”
Practice what?
drifting, of course
Oh, we’re talking about different things. You’re talking about cars and I’m talking about the lifestyle.
i was playing witcha
“If you catch my drift”
don’t try to catch drift, you might end up hurting yourself badly. too much inertia
Wait… Are we talking about plate tectonics now?
Where to practice
Tokyo, duh
I wonder if you know
How they live in Tokyo
If you seen it, then you mean it
Then you know you have to go
In what part(s) of the world do you live?
Pennsylvania, America
East or West? How close are you to the cities? Not trying to dox you or anything. I’m in PA as well. If I was in your situation I don’t think I would stay in the state.
I live East pretty close to the cities. I go there every now and then but I make sure I never stay long.
“If I was in your situation I don’t think I would stay in the state.”
I see where you’re coming from. It’s wild out here.
At what age would you say it would become unsustainable. Mainly thinking failing health.
I would say once you are too old and can’t take of yourself so about 70.
What was it like being on Portal and working with Dave?
Lol, wat?
Portal was a show on TechTV mixing live action with macinema exclusively using popular MMORPGs of the time. One of the recurring video game heroes of the show was The Drifter. The main, actual human character, was Dave.
How do you avoid being harassed by cops?
I don’t commit crime, Tyrone.
So you’re homeless but cops never bother you for sleeping in public?
I don’t sleep in public.
So not really a drifter?
Well, it depends on what you mean by “public”. I usually couch surf but if I get really desperate I sleep in a hostel or homeless shelter.
Lots of OCD trolls here, who will challenge your use of any word they think isn’t the perfect word. Just ignore them.
A drifter sleeps at their friends’ couches, not on the street, that’s called homeless.
Got any good recipes?
I work at Berger King so I know plenty but if your on the road I would say that tortilla + tomato puree + cheese + 5 mins in the microwave = great easy meal.
Yo take a flour tortilla, spread nutella all over one side of it, roll it up and cut it in half.
Hell yeah, what about like trail mix style snacks?
What does the drifter lifestyle consist of?
An intricate knowledge of Wi-fi hotspots, meeting a lot of new and interesting people, always sleeping somewhere new, a lot of hotels and restaurants and a lot of doing odd jobs for money.
Are you on TaskRabbit?
No
Doesn’t sound that different to my life.
Voluntarily or involuntary?
Voluntarily. Having a place would cost a lot of money and if I made any money I would have to spend all of it on the place. This is just cheaper.
So, explain how.
Sleeping in a car or someone else’s house doesn’t have any rent. You don’t have to pay for things like electricity, gas or water if you don’t have a place of your own.
That’s not just a drifter. That’s a freeloader.
Free loading of who? How is a friend during you a favor free loading? What if I just like hanging out with you my friends?
A friend helping out in an emergency for a few days, weeks or mayyybe months is one thing. Systematically living on somebody else’s bill only to save your own expenses is something else.
You’re of course free to do what you want, but don’t be surprised if your friends get tired of you.
I’m not “Systematically living on somebody else’s bill” I just sleep over at my friend’s every now and then.
