Comments on: In other unbreaking news, folks in Southern Transylvania are preparing for winter http://thetarpit.org/2023/in-other-unbreaking-news-folks-in-southern-transylvania-are-preparing-for-winter "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:36:48 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2023/in-other-unbreaking-news-folks-in-southern-transylvania-are-preparing-for-winter#comment-4581 spyked Sun, 01 Oct 2023 19:22:29 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=529#comment-4581 > and now, alas, not nearly as great when it comes to SSDs Anyone else making good SSDs nowadays except Samsung and Intel? although I've never tried the latter, I've just read what they say on various Reddits. As to pantsuit infestation in rural settings, I guess it depends. The girl in <a href="#fn:5" rel="nofollow">footnote #5</a> would be a particularly bad example of stayers; I guess some kids stay to help the family business, while others leave and come back after a while, while yet others get eaten by the Western mirage (most of them in Bucharest, yes, among others 'cause it's the most accessible option). I personally know a few folks who either bought a plot of land in some village or who've got parents still living the old kind of life++, with cars and smartphones. I'm sure that the former are interested in leaving the remains of citadels, while I know at least one person in the latter group who intends to return to the countryside for good; I don't know about the rest, but at least their family connections give them a good chance at that. Whether they'll take it or not, that's another question. So overall I don't know whether there's any time capsule of pastoralism to be had in the future, but as I've said many times on this blog, I strongly believe that smaller, more culturally cohesive (even if said "culture" ain't much) environments have a better chance of surviving the ongoing transformation than any urban "community" you might find in the bars, on FB/Insta or anywhere in these fine towns of ours. Besides, I have no reason to believe that there's a crisis of sheep herders among Romanians, since there's good money (and more generally resources) to be earned from this activity and it requires a level of literacy below that required to use a smartphone. > and now, alas, not nearly as great when it comes to SSDs

Anyone else making good SSDs nowadays except Samsung and Intel? although I've never tried the latter, I've just read what they say on various Reddits.

As to pantsuit infestation in rural settings, I guess it depends. The girl in footnote #5 would be a particularly bad example of stayers; I guess some kids stay to help the family business, while others leave and come back after a while, while yet others get eaten by the Western mirage (most of them in Bucharest, yes, among others 'cause it's the most accessible option).

I personally know a few folks who either bought a plot of land in some village or who've got parents still living the old kind of life++, with cars and smartphones. I'm sure that the former are interested in leaving the remains of citadels, while I know at least one person in the latter group who intends to return to the countryside for good; I don't know about the rest, but at least their family connections give them a good chance at that. Whether they'll take it or not, that's another question.

So overall I don't know whether there's any time capsule of pastoralism to be had in the future, but as I've said many times on this blog, I strongly believe that smaller, more culturally cohesive (even if said "culture" ain't much) environments have a better chance of surviving the ongoing transformation than any urban "community" you might find in the bars, on FB/Insta or anywhere in these fine towns of ours. Besides, I have no reason to believe that there's a crisis of sheep herders among Romanians, since there's good money (and more generally resources) to be earned from this activity and it requires a level of literacy below that required to use a smartphone.

]]> By: Cel Mihanie http://thetarpit.org/2023/in-other-unbreaking-news-folks-in-southern-transylvania-are-preparing-for-winter#comment-4580 Cel Mihanie Sun, 01 Oct 2023 18:27:39 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=529#comment-4580 Heh, Piatra Craiului, could also call it King's Stone. Geddit? Like the guys who made good RAM (or so I'm told) and now, alas, not nearly as great when it comes to SSDs. Hate to be a party pooper (lies), but I for one don't think there is any time capsule of pastoralism that's truly immune to the "pantsuit"-mediated force of cyberpunk dystopization. The grass may be green and the adults still seemingly sane, but just ask them about their kids. Are their faces also stuck in their tablets? Are the kids even still around at all, or have they already left for the IQ grinders of Bucharest and other "European capitals"? Heh, Piatra Craiului, could also call it King's Stone. Geddit? Like the guys who made good RAM (or so I'm told) and now, alas, not nearly as great when it comes to SSDs.

Hate to be a party pooper (lies), but I for one don't think there is any time capsule of pastoralism that's truly immune to the "pantsuit"-mediated force of cyberpunk dystopization. The grass may be green and the adults still seemingly sane, but just ask them about their kids. Are their faces also stuck in their tablets? Are the kids even still around at all, or have they already left for the IQ grinders of Bucharest and other "European capitals"?

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