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My Cat Passed Away Last Night. These Were His Paths

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Chris Hooley 2 years ago

❤

280points

Olive of the Meowls 2 years ago

❤️

18points

Paul C. 2 years ago

Sorry for your loss. It's hard, I know.

30points

Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago

I buried a cat a couple months ago, so I know the feeling.

12points

Catte West 2 years ago

Remember, those we truly love never leave us. They only move from the uncertainty of life to the safety of our hearts.

24points

Saracynthiasylviastout 2 years ago

This is beautiful

4points

ADHD raptor 2 years ago

:( darn onian ninjas

20points

Raine Soo 2 years ago

I'm sorry for your loss. Rest in peace, little one.

12points

Logan Garwacki 2 years ago

Sorry for the loss

10points

Rosie Red 2 years ago

That hurt :(

10points

Donna Leslie 2 years ago

♥️Sorry for your loss. It leaves such a deep trench in your heart. Its so frustrating when people downplay the loss of a pet because they're not human.

8points

Just a vampire (They/He/She) 2 years ago

Cats are some of the greatest friends we'll ever have. RIP lil buddy

5points

El Dee 2 years ago

Sorry for your loss..

4points

Mike Crow 2 years ago

I’m sorry for your loss.

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Nicole hought 2 years ago

Sweet angel baby

4points

Amanda B Bench 2 years ago

So sorry for your loss 💔 He left you something to look at for a while and picture him on ❤🐾

3points

Jamie Bryant 2 years ago

May still be using the path..😿

3points

Lenn 2 years ago (edited)

Lost our little boy not so long ago, too. Feel hugged if you want. Its hard but never forget he will be living in your memories as long as you live ❤️

2points

Noosh 2 years ago

❤️❤️💖💖

2points

T C 2 years ago

2points

Caroline 2 years ago (edited)

So sorry. My cat was run over and killed a couple of months back. Someone picked him up and took his body to the vets, so he wasn't left there like roadkill. 5 months before that I lost my dog suddenly (she was old, but seemed fine, she went downhill over days). I have my dog's ashes and my cat is buried in my sister's garden (he's back home now. He was born there and my sister's cat is/was his mum)

1point

Odette Boisvert 2 years ago

sending love from Québec!!

1point

robin aldrich 2 years ago

Awwww...

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Well then 2 years ago

I would make into a little brick pathway.

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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

*sniffle*

1point

Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago

My heart goes out to you! So sorry for your loss! Love the path. It's like he showed you the way!

1point

Dana Trahan 2 years ago

I am truly sorry 😢

1point

Susan Bosse 2 years ago

So sorry for you loss.

1point

Jamie Hall 2 years ago

Hugs

1point

Sherry Allison 2 years ago

Sad yet beautiful. I think I'd have to decorate this path.

1point

Arachnid 2 years ago

I would set them in stone to be forever remembered

1point

Billy Batts 2 years ago

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Dayonda Stribling 1 year ago

So sad to lose a good companion.

0points

Elytherial Luna 1 year ago

Good idea to remember those 🌼

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Kazuye Hir 1 year ago

This gave me tears. Our cats are so loved.

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the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago

RIP

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Zina Monceaux 2 years ago

😢

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Maryjohn deBrun 2 years ago

I am so sorry that your dear moggy passed. He is at the Rainbow Bridge having fun and telling all the other pets about how wonderful his nine lives with you were.

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EJN 2 years ago

Bless him.

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Lisa Pockat Bork 2 years ago

Very sorry for your loss

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Jane W. 2 years ago

Sorry for your loss, but I don't think the city will be spending money on cat paths.

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Khadija Hammond 2 years ago

❤️❤️❤️😪

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Anti-Nazi Freedom-Fighter 2 years ago

😢 my condolences on the passing of your fur-baby.

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Eric Forster 2 years ago

I'm so sorry for your loss.

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Merilyn Horton 2 years ago

These will bring a tear to your eye. 💔

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Lynn Morello 2 years ago

Sorry for your loss.

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Reenie Smith Shaw 2 years ago

💔

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Mickie Shea 2 years ago

As always kitties do know best.

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Not PC 2 years ago

💔

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Jackie Wacky 2 years ago

Love that you shared this. A nice tribute to your dear kitty.

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Mel Schmidt 2 years ago

May you be comforted. e588ec9e8b...e89ccd.jpg

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Crystal Inman 2 years ago

❤️

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Stan Chung 2 years ago

Is there a hidden meaning here? Did he lay there?

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Ginger 2 years ago

The pads on his feet made these paths.....

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Nancy Dickerson 2 years ago

So sorry for your loss.

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MAKtheknife 2 years ago

This is sad.

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Cake lady 2 years ago

rip

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Lisa McKay 2 years ago

😢

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Quitethedilemma 2 years ago

😭

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Leanne Hailes 2 years ago

Sweet lil pa paw prints 💙🐈💜

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Kim Hernandez 2 years ago

Awwww😭

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Miranda Idol 2 years ago

I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm so glad you took this photo.

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Becky Asbury 2 years ago

I'm so sorry 😞

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Pamelot 2 years ago

Awww. I am so sorry for your loss. 💗

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Natalie H 2 years ago

I’m so sorry for your loss ♥️

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Heather Nemanic 2 years ago

That Cat must have lived a looooong life. I mean that path didn’t happen in less then ten years…

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Loggers Ink 2 years ago

I’m so sorry x

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Peter Ledoux 2 years ago

Sorry for your loss.

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Poly Amorous 2 years ago

I'm leaving the upvotes at 666 so Lucifer will bring the kitty back

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Amy Pontious 2 years ago

😥💜💜💜

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Chantou Dunord 2 years ago

He took the way to paradise for cats 🌈

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Crystal Kelley 2 years ago

🖤🖤😔😔

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Jessica J. 2 years ago

💔

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Holly Gennaro 2 years ago

❤️

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Maggie 2 years ago

Very sad for you.

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Felicia Dale 2 years ago

💜

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AmandaKay 2 years ago

Good kitty.

0points

Mindghost 2 years ago

The cat also left pawprints on your heart :,)

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Helen Davies 2 years ago

I'm so sorry for your loss.

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Courtney Christelle 2 years ago

Put paw shaped stones in the indentations.

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Tucson Dispatch 2 years ago

THAT BEAM OF LIGHT SHINING THROUGH. I BET YOU GAVE HIM A GREAT LIFE. BE WELL.

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Dee 2 years ago

The light beam! ❤️

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Brenda Greene 2 years ago

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Chel Bolin 2 years ago

😭

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Beverly Chandler 2 years ago

Sorry for your loss...

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ravenhorse 2 years ago

❤️

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Wendy Mitchell 2 years ago

🌈🌈🌈😿😿😿❤❤❤

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Vicko Fidelis 2 years ago

Who put a bowl of onion here?

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If You Try Sometimes, You Get What You Need

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Passerby 2 years ago

How Canadian of them!

447points

When you want a shortcut, whether when going from the bus stop to the office or stopping by the corner shop, but the path designated for you seems way longer, you pick an unbeaten path instead. You soon realize that many others before you have already done that by traces it left in the grass.

Robert Macfarlane describes desire paths as “paths and tracks made over time by the wishes & feet of walkers, especially those paths that run contrary to design or planning”; he calls them “free-will ways”. JM Barrie described them as “Paths that have Made Themselves”. There’s something both fascinating and somewhat mysterious about them, so no wonder there are countless Reddit threads and communities dedicated to them.

Generations Of Bunnies Have Worn A Perfect Groove In My Neighbor's Fence

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835points

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Minath 2 years ago

It's a good idea to have a little hole like this if your entire garden is fenced as it helps hedgehogs use their usual foraging routes.

211points

After Our Dog Passed, We Turned His Desire Path Into A Forever Path

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Amanda W 2 years ago

What a lovely idea ❤️

203points

Desire Path Of A 17yo Kitty

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Nicole hought 2 years ago

Kitty needs extra loves!!

211points

To find out more about this mesmerizing community on Reddit named “Desire Paths”, Bored Panda reached out to its moderator C.M. Gillespie, who happily shared some insights. “When I originally joined the subreddit, it was about 3000 subscribers deep. I’d seen someone mention it in a comment section, likely on a post of a desire path on /r/pics or a mention in /r/AskReddit of these paths being paved following natural foot traffic on a college campus,” the mod explained.

They also recounted: “A user named SecularScience created the subreddit after someone posted a picture of a desire path on another subreddit, probably /r/pics, and a commenter noted that they have a name! It emerged out of curiosity.”

The Oval Walkways At Ohio State University Were Paved Based On The Students' Desire Paths

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Passerby 2 years ago

Well, changing the path to fit the human is easier than changing the human to fit the path. The students at my school often just cut the corners of the lawn in front of a building, as that was the shortest route. There was an attempt to stop them from doing that, but with no avail. The school finally gave up and just built a walking path through that corner of the lawn.

261points

Found This Beautiful Path Earlier This Year

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735points

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ADHD raptor 2 years ago

that looks like somthing straight out of a fairy tail :0

200points

Found A Lovely One In Dorset

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694points

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Paul C. 2 years ago

He certainly is a lovely one....Oh! You mean the path.

258points

According to the moderator of the Desire Paths subreddit, to this day, word of mouth continues to be how the community finds each other. “When someone unknowingly posts a picture of a desire path, people tag the subreddit and the community grows.”

Gillespie told us that desire paths are so fun to spot. “Once people know they have a name, they start seeing them all over the place. It’s a ‘once you see, you can’t unsee’ scenario.”

#10

Doggo Desire Path At A Local Off-Leash Park. Remember That Pavement Can Be Too Hot For Paws On A Sunny Day!

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691points

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Jennifer Norton 2 years ago

there are a couple of nature preserves in the city I live in with paved paths and on the sides of all of them are paths like this that dogs have made! I love it!

116points

#11

It Took 4 Years

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Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago

Appreciated! :D

127points

#12

The Ants In My Garage Built A Bridge Over My Glue Trap

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614points

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Greta Kolding 2 years ago

Crafty little buggers, aren't they.

306points

According to the Redditor, “If you haven’t noticed a desire path before, look for worn-down grass made by people who step off the sidewalk and decide to take the shortcut instead. They’re not the designated, paved paths. They’re paths that are trod on the grass in between.”

Interestingly, in Dutch, they’re called “elephant paths” by some people, though Gillespie said they are not sure if that term is commonly used. “I think the translation is Olifantenpaadje. Someone on the subreddit said they’re called Trampelpfad in German.”

#13

The Never Ending Path

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594points

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Bittersweetie 2 years ago

Clearly the right path

112points

#14

I'm In A Long Distance Relationship With My Girlfriend, And This Is Where I Walk When I'm On The Phone With Her Every Night

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572points

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Rae the lemon 2 years ago

awwwww

176points

#15

Ux vs. Design

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zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)

"Mankind moves like water, always prefers the shortest way possible." Architects and landscape architects who design longer "more beautiful" routes and ignore this basic traffic knowledge deserve to be shot by martial law. (This is the hill I'll die on, I'm a parcel deliverer 😡)--- Every pedestrian suffers and swears silently... What's the point in making your customers uncomfortable??! Like in the picture above: A sliiight curve in a shorter way would have been okay (like the shortcut created by "walking voters"), the paved craziness is just a sad sight.

194points

Andrew Furman, a professor in interior design and architecture at Ryerson University in Toronto, has been researching desire paths for years. According to him, they tell us something about “the endless human desire to have a choice. The importance of not having someone prescribe your path”.

“An individual can really write their own story. It’s something really powerful if you do have that agency to move,” Furman argues. Desire paths allow us to “not follow the script,” something that can be interpreted as a form of resistance. This is because in a heavily constructed city, there are “rules as to how public and public-private spaces are used”, Furman believes.

#16

At The Student Residence. I Tried To Walk The Intended Path For Once. It Was Long

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Amused panda 2 years ago

Presumably constructed with so many curves to allow disabled access without too steep an incline.

368points

#17

Superstition

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Dodomaster Lord of chickens 2 years ago

Why has it taken so long to be repaired though, I mean there's an entire path around it.

70points

#18

Desire Stairs

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554points

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Nenya 2 years ago (edited)

Bigfoot took a shortcut?

168points

#19

This College Paved Over The Desire Paths After Waiting A Year To See Where Mud Trails Formed

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554points

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Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago

Smart! ;D

158points

#20

My Dog's Desire Path Is Filling Up With Flower Petals. Looks Pretty At The Moment!

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552points

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J 2 years ago

🐾 🌺

118points

#21

Yes Yes Yes!!

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518points

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btaglln 2 years ago

"Bricked over break", the title of my new album

188points

#22

Honestly I’m Not Sure What They Expected

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492points

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Jennifer Norton 2 years ago

usually those circles are put in for cyclist so they can turn around easier. But they should have anticipated walkers not using it and paved the middle as well.

145points

#23

Desire Path Spotted On The Campus Of Monster's University

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479points

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Luna 2 years ago

That’s a super cool detail!

208points

#24

Found This As A Post On Facebook. Elephant Paths Anyone?

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470points

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Antonia 2 years ago

Is true. In a new neighborhood the counsel took pictures in the snow to see how people prefer to walk.

192points

#25

Does This Count? A Footpath So Badly Constructed Nobody Wants To Use It

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466points

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Aunt Messy 2 years ago

Looks like an ankle buster. would it kill them to level the bricks?

239points

#26

Not Sure If This Is Allowed. Swimming Paths Made By A Moorhen On The Way To And From Its Nest

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463points

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Donkey boi 2 years ago

I don't care what the rules are for this sub. I'm saying this is allowed!

270points

#27

The Sidewalks On My School’s Quad Are Not Symmetrical Because They Were Installed Based On Where The Grass Was Worn Out…

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456points

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Caroline Sinclair 2 years ago

Sensible!

134points

#28

One Step Desire Path. Shortest One Ever

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453points

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best turtle 2 years ago

laziness goes a long (or short) way

154points

#29

My College Put Sod On The Path And Put Up A Sign. The Students Listened To The Sign And Created A Path Next To The Sod

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441points

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SobyKay 2 years ago

😂

134points

#30

She’s Made A Few Desire Paths. I Like This One The Most

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435points

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Minath 2 years ago

I wonder how many times she ran that way before the path was made .

100points

#31

Google Acknowledges The Desire Paths On Our Campus

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429points

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Nizumi 2 years ago (edited)

Google did this to me in Barcelona. That "path" along the wall? Yeah - Google Maps showed that. IMG_7299-6...39828d.jpg

89points

#32

This Path In Russia Is Very Desired

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419points

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El Dee 2 years ago

Bringing home to the outside world..

73points

#33

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

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416points

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Jennifer Norton 2 years ago

cute!

96points

#34

Was Told To Post This Here, So Here I Am Posting This Here

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402points

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Jiminy 2 years ago

No.

371points

#35

Squirrel Desire Path

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401points

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Hobby Hopper 2 years ago

Straight from the tree to the benches where they get handouts.

118points

#36

Well Worn Wall Mart Path. Deepest I've Ever Seen

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394points

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T C 2 years ago

Gotta get to those savings fast.

101points

#37

It Seems We Desire A Sidewalk

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383points

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Jennifer Norton 2 years ago

it amazes me how many cities don't have sidewalks everywhere. The city I live has tons of places without sidewalks and there are people walking all the time. I mean we have 2 major sports arenas in our city and there are sidewalks there but just two blocks over... no side walks. like what?!?!!?

169points

#38

People Made A Desire Pentagram Inside A Big Roundabout

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371points

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Andi 2 years ago

so that's the Avengers secret hide out!

150points

#39

My Dad Shoveled A Path But The Rest Of The Family Decided It Was Too Far

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368points

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AffenpinscherMom 2 years ago

Oh that is hilarious

144points

#40

This Desire Path Has Slowly Disappeared Now That No One Is Coming To The Office Due To Covid... Wonder How Many Others Are Disappearing

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364points

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UKGrandad 2 years ago

Just shows that nature will repair itself once we're no longer around to continuously damage it.

259points

#41

Restrictions In Poland Hitting Hard

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354points

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zububonsai 2 years ago

🥹

73points

#42

If This Isn't A Big Enough Sign That You Need To Trim Your Hedges More Often I Don't Know What Is

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346points

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Lsai Aeon 2 years ago

My wheelchair-bound self would be stuck in the bushes

175points

#43

My Moms Path For Entering And Leaving The Lake

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341points

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Roborowski 2 years ago

Because yo mama's so ...

6points

#44

Extreme Desire Path

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339points

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Hippopotamuses 2 years ago

More like a ‘demand path’

9points

#45

Technical University Delft (Nl) Paved All Desire Paths

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321points

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sofacushionfort 2 years ago

In foreground: hair clipper guard building

275points

#46

What Am I To Do With The 2 Seconds I Saved Today?

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320points

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No you didn't 2 years ago

Type this comment.

205points

#47

My University Giving Into The Desire Path

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299points

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TKA 2 years ago

I assume they are preparing for cement?

74points

#48

Check Out The Size Of This Absolute Unit

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283points

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Linda HS 2 years ago

Looks like an”A” on the sky!! Approved!

99points

#49

Dutch Anti-Cobblestone Bicycle Desire Path

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276points

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F.clarijs 2 years ago

It's not like it feels any different

19points

#50

This Attempt At Making A Pathway Through A Park

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Debbie 2 years ago

Doesn't look much like a park... if it was an interesting park, following the curved lines would be joyfull. Now it looks like the desired path is one for haste and traversing the park as fast as possible.

137points

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#51

I Took This Two Years Ago But Just Discovered The Sub So I Thought I'd Share. Just A Bike Path Behind My Old School

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59points

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Rae the lemon 2 years ago

pretty

14points

#52

I’ve Never Seen A More Concise Or Humorous Example Of This Sub In Real Life

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58points

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ThePalm52 2 years ago

Must be a golf cart path so why would you put a 90 degree turn there. Dumb.

7points

#53

Been Walking To Work Everyday For 2 Years And I Just Realized I’ve Been Making My Own Path

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57points

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Kaid 2 years ago

Why would I do this

3points

#54

The Real Path Does Not Even Exist Anymore

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57points

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btaglln 2 years ago

Those things are so stupid

13points

#55

A Slavic Desire Path That Is Toll Free

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55points

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charli 2 years ago

i really wonder what the people who put in the boom gate were thinking

21points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#56

There’s A Sign Here That Says "Cyclists Dismount"

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54points

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AffenpinscherMom 2 years ago

I bet this is in Holland

9points

#57

Will You Take The Desire Stairs Or The Desire Ramp? (South Downs, England)

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54points

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Greta Kolding 2 years ago

Or how strong are your legs?

11points

#58

Somebody Really Thought This Design Would Be A Good Idea

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54points

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Debbie 2 years ago

Depends if his is on a hill. Going straight up in a wheelchair or with a stroller is not fun.

35points

#59

"Two Roads Diverged In A Yellow Wood"--One Shaves 250 Yards Off The Paved Trail. (See The Satellite Inset To Appreciate This One.)

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54points

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manideep kotha 2 years ago

Oh my god, I live 5 mins away from this spot !! haha

34points

#60

Does This Count? Ants Walking The Same Path Over And Over Again Made A Mark On These Dusty Tiles

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53points

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karl briggs 2 years ago

One small step for ant, one giant leap for antkind.

28points

#61

Bollards Were Installed Last Week At My Estate, Meaning All 450 Houses Have To Use One Road To Exit. In The Wise Words Of That Bloke From The Dinosaur Film "Life Uh, Finds A Way"

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52points

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Jill Bussey 2 years ago

But why were the bollards installed in the first place?

19points

#62

The Path My Dog Created So She Can Say Hi To Her Neighbor

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52points

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Bad Alchemy 2 years ago

Friendship path.

17points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

#63

My Apartment Turned A Desire Path Into An Official Path

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49points

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Livingroom Panda 2 years ago

And so, a new one was born.

6points

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#64

They Really Re-Sodded The Path

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48points

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Fembot 2 years ago

How stubborn can you get, also how people-unfriendly

34points

#65

Visitors At Parc Floral De Paris Prefer To Jump The Moat Instead Of Going The Long Way Back

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48points

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The Radio Demon 2 years ago

"Parkour!"

21points

#66

Dense Snow Melts Slower Than Regular Snow

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48points

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harpling 2 years ago

It's like an anti-desire path. Instead of being marked by something being worn away, it's marked by where something remains.

18points

#67

No, I Don’t Think I Will

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Debbie 2 years ago

yes you will, because there is hardly any grass left on the path ;)

23points

#68

Virtual Desire Path In Red Dead Redemption 2

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46points

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Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago

Such a cool detail. I love Red Dead Redemption 2

5points

#69

This Absolute Unit On The Left And His Little Brother On The Right

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45points

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RMA 2 years ago

Bike desire path left, pedestrian desire path right. Bureaucratic path centre.

17points

#70

One Of The Best I’ve Seen Irl. Taken In February

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45points

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genevieve.delangie 2 years ago (edited)

it’s so neat!

7points

#71

I'm Putting Desire Paths Everywhere I Don't Follow My Paths In Animal Crossing

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44points

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Tabitha 2 years ago

Whoa, Animal Crossing has really advanced since I used to play it as a kid!

1point

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#72

My Dog's Everyday Path

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43points

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KM 2 years ago

look at all that floof

17points

#73

What Is This, A Desire Path For Ants?!

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42points

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Duolingo’s one lover 2 years ago

That’s in my nightmares

11points

#74

In North Korea Satellite Imagery You Can Clearly See Where People Walk Across Deserted Motorways

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42points

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Chris Hooley 2 years ago

Philosophical question: Can the motorways be deserted if they were never occupied to start with?

30points

#75

What Is This, A Desire Path For Ducks?! Yes, Actually

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42points

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ThePalm52 2 years ago

In Louisiana it would be gators.

11points

#76

These Stairs Are Terrible, I Hate Using Them. Each Step Is Like Half The Height Of A Normal Step, But They're Too Wide To Comfortably Take Two At A Time

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42points

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LuckyL 2 years ago

The guy there is taking two ^^

11points

#77

When Desire Becomes Reality

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Joe Smithee 2 years ago

Staten Island, NY makes the photo list, again.

8points

#78

Social Distancing In London

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41points

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Lexi Jensen 2 years ago

:p:D

4points

#79

Kids Cheating In This Hedge Maze

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40points

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UKGrandad 2 years ago

Having the hedges so low kind of defeats the idea of a maze.

20points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#80

There’s So Much Going On Here

Final score:

39points

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Emily Doup 2 years ago

my eyes!

5points

#81

“Avoid The Bend” Desire Path From England

Final score:

39points

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N Miller 2 years ago

Doggo for scale?

23points

#82

Do Moles Count? The Path Is Out Of Sight, But Implied... I Sat And Waited For Half An Hour Before Movement Resumed On The Last Mound

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38points

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Bethan Coleman 2 years ago

Sadly my lawn looks like this

7points

#83

This One Is Bound To Cause Some Heavy Breathing For You All

Final score:

37points

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ThePalm52 2 years ago

I'm breathless.

4points

#84

My Friend Sent Me This Desire Path

Final score:

37points

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Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago

Straight up to Nirvana

1point

#85

London Desire Path Is So Dry It’s Becoming A Desire Canyon

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37points

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Chris Hooley 2 years ago

Moses' desire path?

16points

#86

The University Said No

Final score:

36points

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Saint Thomas 2 years ago

Ow shitt... No way to pass now...

27points

#87

I Needed A Miracle To Make It To Class On Time, And Here Is That Miracle

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35points

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boredkoala 2 years ago

A 3' (1m) radius is usually standard on path intersections to avoid this.

1point

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#88

A Path So Desired That The Hill Has Been Eroded Away 🙏

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34points

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Mykidsartrocks 2 years ago

Reminds me of the wall Mart in Ripley west Virginia.

3points

#89

Girlfriend Found "One Of Those Pathy Thingies You Showed Me"

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34points

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Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago

Now you got me wanting to look for them, too

1point

#90

Underwater Path Created By People Walkin Through About 2 Feet Of Water To Get To That Stone At A St Patrick's Well In Ireland

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34points

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Amanda B Bench 2 years ago

Nope. I've seen too many horror movies to be getting in water like that. Do they have alligators in Ireland? 🤣

5points

#91

This Walmart Parking Lot

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33points

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Seabeast 2 years ago

What are we looking at?

8points

#92

Do People Finger Tracing Their Desired Path Count?

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33points

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Artistic Panda (he him) 2 years ago

Nice

10points

#93

Desire Staircase

Final score:

33points

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Mrs S 2 years ago

You'll bust your backside when it's wet...

3points

#94

Doggo Path

Final score:

32points

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Helen Bennett 2 years ago

Dogs make different lines than humans do - maybe because they're running? Would dog paths be fun to cycle round?

5points

#95

So Popular It’s Worn Down The Hump

Final score:

32points

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Lexi Jensen 2 years ago

Cute doggo

9points

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#96

One Of My Favorite Local Desirepaths. Over A Small Stream, On Industrial Pipe

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32points

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The Radio Demon 2 years ago

Is that safe?

8points

#97

Desire Paths Left By People Walking Away And Stumbling Back To Their Tents At Glastonbury

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31points

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Saint Thomas 2 years ago

Does this fit in the list ? Desire paths are traced on empty spaces. Here it's just because people had to navigate between the tents.

11points

#98

Prison Football Pitch

Final score:

30points

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#99

My Neighbor Has Worn This Path To His Car Over 9 Months

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29points

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Pheebs 2 years ago

I had one of these in my front yard due to my driveway being wide enough for two cars, but not wide enough to stay on the drive approaching all doors. Finally got walkways added down the sides, and the path remnants are now gone.

6points

#100

The Rarely Seen Vehicular Desire Path

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28points

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Jennifer Norton 2 years ago

you see tons of those along the highways here in Texas. People don't have time for traffic!

7points

#101

The Path My Dog Takes Every Day To Visit The Neigbors

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25points

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harpling 2 years ago

I've just spent way more time than is reasonable trying to figure out the arrangement of legs and head on that dog. Which are the front legs? Which way is the body facing? Is the head really coming out of the side?

10points

#102

I Pass This Desire Path Often And Every Time I Laugh At How Completely Pointless It Is

Final score:

25points

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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago

If there is a desire, there is a path

13points

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What do you think ?

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Will Cable 2 years ago

Meanderthals

74points

Ian Conelley 2 years ago

Take my upvote.

8points

Sandrapocalypse 2 years ago

To & Fro-magnon

0points

boredkoala 2 years ago

Nice!! 🤣

0points

Caroline Sinclair 2 years ago

Respect to the organisations and institutions who accepted the reality of human choice! Hopefully those who are too stubborn to follow the wisdom of desire paths will see the light eventually.

37points

Wendy 2 years ago

Although this isn't always the case, sometimes architects have our hands tied in regards to this. Here in the US we have to apply ADA regulations for accessibility. This means that pathways must be within a certain slope, width etc. So in order to follow the law, we can't use the easiest path.

11points

liam newton-harding 2 years ago

Wish I could remember the name of the architect, but he would never design paths around his buildings, or campuses. Instead, 6-12 months after the building was completed, and occupied, he would come back, look at the desire paths, and have them paved, or tarmaced.

13points

Memoryerror 2 years ago

Too bad if you are in a wheelchair...

4points

Susan Bosse 2 years ago

I've never heard them called "desire paths" but I love the term.

5points

Ruth Hempsey 2 years ago

I hadn't heard the term either, despite my familiarity with them. Live and learn. 😊

2points

Dancing Armadillo 2 years ago

We had to park across the street in a designated parking lot. There was a wall that when it came to a lower spot.. everyone would hop over to get to main building vs walking farther down and back up. Women in dresses.. guys in slacks.. college kids.. all jumping over or sitting and swinging legs over to jump. It went on for about a year until a female employee tried to hop over in heels and fell pretty bad on her face.. the next week maintenance cut a pathway through the hop over spot in the wall and poured a cement pathway.

4points

Heliocracy 2 years ago

Because OSHA requires that a remediation be made when possible for workplace injuries, assuming you're in the U.S.

2points

ldao 2 years ago

I tend to avoid "desire paths" because they tend to be muddy where I live, and there's the occasional poop along the way. Pavement for me.

3points

RoanTheMad 2 years ago

We're all guilty of it, but goddamn does it show us how lazy we are lmao

3points

Cee Sparrow 2 years ago

I do not like the term "desire path." I'm just going to call them paths.

2points

the Return of Bruno 2 years ago

I wish I could post the bike trails in my neighborhood from when I was a kid, connecting every Dead End to every other Dead End, some breaks in laws, some along paper roads, and some simply in fun loops and detours through jumps. Some homeowners would put up fences or lay down logs to keep us out... it turns out that in every instance they were trying to lay claim to property that wasn't theirs!

2points

angry_waffle 2 years ago

They started to build houses on my school's desire path

2points

Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago

WE simply call them "Short Cuts" What's with this creepy 'desire' thing???

1point

I think I’m hilarious 2 years ago

The people have spoken!

1point

Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

Has anyone else here played Black and White 2? It's a god sim for the PC which involves building cities for your worshippers to live in, and in a nice little touch the people will create desire paths regardless of where you put the roads, which you're then free to pave over if you want to. You can actually see them gradually being worn into the grass as more people walk along them.

1point

Brina 2 years ago (edited)

Hahaha I played FrostPunk. As soon as I sent people out to "collect" resources, I'd wait to see what paths they took, then soon built roads over their tracks to make it easier for em. 😄

1point

DrBronxx 2 years ago

When I see the term "desire path", I think "happy trail"....

1point

somegirlwho 2 years ago

This is the kind of article that makes me like BP.

1point

Ruth Hempsey 2 years ago

Yes. Very much.

0points

John Dilligaf 2 years ago

there was a desire path beside my childhood home where me, my friends, and legions of schoolkids before us cut a path from our neighborhood to what was then the Jr High School. The school is now long closed and when I was last back there was no sign of the path.

1point

Dip thong 2 years ago

This was great. I enjoyed it. Made me think though, I think, it's nice to finally not be in a hurry.

1point

Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago (edited)

Amusing thread, though IMHO a tad mis-titled. Should have been simply "103 Desire Paths." These are not all due to architectural or planning failures.

2points

Andrea 1 year ago

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0points

Caroline Driver 2 years ago

Architects and designers very often don't even consider what humans actually want or need, they just want to show off their 'VISION'. I like these, showing the arrogance and lack of practical consideration

0points

Tim Douglass 2 years ago

While I fully understand desire paths and the reason behind them (and use them myself a lot of the time) they also tend to really offend against my sense of order. To me they are the same as the random tile in the floor that's set out of line, I just have this horrible urge to tidy it up and put things in straight lines and symmetrical.

0points

Dip thong 2 years ago

What does it say about me, that I walk where I'm supposed to as in, paved paths.

0points

Sonja 2 years ago

I once walked on the grass at my schools campus (not forbidden btw) when one of the teachers barked at me not to and harped on about the wear and tear on the grass. Of course I ignored him and went my merry way. I walked again the next time and he shouted at me not to walk on the grass and how he told me so the day before. A soft voice from behind him asked: why shouldn't she walk there? It's allowed to walk on the grass? He turned around, beet red, ready to shout at... the principal who stood behind him. On the grass. He started arguing, much more quietly, how walking on the grass made it ugly bla bla and pointed to several bald batches made by the huge amount of bunnies on the campus that had nothing to do with people walking on the grass and the principal made a sly shooing gesture against me and I left swiftly. That teacher never bothered me again but he gave me nasty glares I just replied with a friendly greeting while still walking on the grass every day like everyone else.

0points

Melia Janssen 2 years ago

This is the kind of posts I want to read from you guys, not all the Reddit copies of assholes being assholes etc.

0points

Snippers 2 years ago

Desire paths are another little thing that make me love humans. How many and how often people walk the same way, without being told to. Very cute.

0points

El Jordo Mac 2 years ago

My town has a park with a path that went straight with 2 desire paths left and right. A few years ago the paved the desire paths and removed the straight path. Now there is a desire path that goes straight. Lol

0points

Motiv B. 2 years ago

I love how the paved desire paths at the Universities look all geometric. It's pretty!

0points

Ruth Hempsey 2 years ago (edited)

All of these show the built in tendency of living beings to always go as the crow flies, the shortest and straightest way to anywhere we want to be.

0points

Daydreaming in the dark 2 years ago

we use to have a desired path that led to the back of the plaza but i guess they got tired of people not using the stairs so they got a fence blocking it

0points

Chich 2 years ago (edited)

The only thing I ever saw strong enough to overcome desire paths was our Regimental Sergeant Major,

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Will Cable 2 years ago

Meanderthals

74points

Ian Conelley 2 years ago

Take my upvote.

8points

Sandrapocalypse 2 years ago

To & Fro-magnon

0points

boredkoala 2 years ago

Nice!! 🤣

0points

Caroline Sinclair 2 years ago

Respect to the organisations and institutions who accepted the reality of human choice! Hopefully those who are too stubborn to follow the wisdom of desire paths will see the light eventually.

37points

Wendy 2 years ago

11points

liam newton-harding 2 years ago

13points

Memoryerror 2 years ago

Too bad if you are in a wheelchair...

4points

Susan Bosse 2 years ago

I've never heard them called "desire paths" but I love the term.

5points

Ruth Hempsey 2 years ago

I hadn't heard the term either, despite my familiarity with them. Live and learn. 😊

2points

Dancing Armadillo 2 years ago

4points

Heliocracy 2 years ago

Because OSHA requires that a remediation be made when possible for workplace injuries, assuming you're in the U.S.

2points

ldao 2 years ago

I tend to avoid "desire paths" because they tend to be muddy where I live, and there's the occasional poop along the way. Pavement for me.

3points

RoanTheMad 2 years ago

We're all guilty of it, but goddamn does it show us how lazy we are lmao

3points

Cee Sparrow 2 years ago

I do not like the term "desire path." I'm just going to call them paths.

2points

the Return of Bruno 2 years ago

2points

angry_waffle 2 years ago

They started to build houses on my school's desire path

2points

Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago

WE simply call them "Short Cuts" What's with this creepy 'desire' thing???

1point

I think I’m hilarious 2 years ago

The people have spoken!

1point

Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

1point

Brina 2 years ago (edited)

Hahaha I played FrostPunk. As soon as I sent people out to "collect" resources, I'd wait to see what paths they took, then soon built roads over their tracks to make it easier for em. 😄

1point

DrBronxx 2 years ago

When I see the term "desire path", I think "happy trail"....

1point

somegirlwho 2 years ago

This is the kind of article that makes me like BP.

1point

Ruth Hempsey 2 years ago

Yes. Very much.

0points

John Dilligaf 2 years ago

1point

Dip thong 2 years ago

This was great. I enjoyed it. Made me think though, I think, it's nice to finally not be in a hurry.

1point

Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago (edited)

Amusing thread, though IMHO a tad mis-titled. Should have been simply "103 Desire Paths." These are not all due to architectural or planning failures.

2points