Hipsters just found us

[macswan]

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-tree-removal-video-helped-me-find-god-1787699596

 

[JeffGu]

 

[cerviarborist]

"I find watching videos of people who actually work for a living, doing work, to be very meditative."

 

[macswan]

Guy in a band my band was playing with a couple years ago "wow, you have like, a real job, with like, work... A trade. Wow"

 

[TimBr]

"I find watching videos of people who actually work for a living, doing work, to be very meditative."

Where did this quote come from? I'm looking at his web page on my handheld computer, and did not see this statement.

I kind of like the kid, and I can see where he's coming from. The video was beautifully shot, and the music is great; a deliberately inspiring piece of music.

The vantage point of a climbing arborist is a really impressive thing, a view of the world that most people will never get to experience themselves. The advent of the "sport" cameras, like the GoPro, and video sharing websites like YouTube, has greatly increased the chances that normal people will be able to get some sense of what it is that climbing arborists get to experience every day.

Someone needs to contact the kid and tell him about the TreeBuzz forum and the TreeHouse forum. Then the kid needs to try it for himself a bit, low and slow like everybody else that's just starting out. I think he'd love it.

Tim

Edit: Also, I'm not a religious guy, but if there is a god, I've felt closer to it when sitting in a boat on a lake on a cool, quiet morning, or in the woods, than I have ever felt when sitting in a pew, in a church.

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

What a weirdo. Sitting there posting thoughts to strangers on the internet. Get a life bro.

 

[TimBr]

OK, I tried to send the kid an e-mail inviting him to check out the forums and saying that he should try climbing for himself. Lord knows if my e-mail will make it through his spam filters.

Tim

 

[Tree-Taylor]

What a weirdo. Sitting there posting thoughts to strangers on the internet. Get a life bro.

Bahaha this made me laugh, both due to harshness and irony.

Those were big friggen trees! Nice video.

 

[JD3000]

Infiltrated by those in skinny jeans drinking ice brewed coffee while listening to some obscure art rock band on ear buds?
Hipsters.

 

[jmaher]

I like art rock bands.. and ear buds..

 

[cerviarborist]

I like art rock bands.. and ear buds..

Here's the real litmus test. What do you think of PBR?

 

[JD3000]

I rock a pbr no problem.

Damn.

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

Here's the real litmus test. What do you think of PBR?

that same question can be used to determine ones social class

 

[jmaher]

Aw jeeze... Boys.. I'm not drinking that.

 

[Gorman]

As if "lumbersexuals" weren't fucking lame enough. These non-prescription eyeglass wearing Nancie's are going to start infiltrating our ranks. Be on the lookout for ironic facial hair, dainty un-calloused hands, former Williamsberg address, and totally shitty attitudes.

 

[jmaher]

Sheesh. Hey Gorm, how you REALLY feel about it? Lol.

 

[JD3000]

@JeffGu
Are we infiltrated by hipsters?

 

[jmaher]

That is a literal picture of me. But it was as I was getting the call to prune tilia cordata.

 

[JD3000]

Can someone explain "ironic facial hair"?

I'm lost on that one. Does me being lazy and not shaving count?

 

[Leroy]

Oh yeah, suspenders too, what type of urban tree worker is going around in suspenders? Hipster ones, that's who. Ones who say things like, "my grandfather was a logger and I am drawn to working in the outdoors."