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....and there it is! (took them longer than I thought it would to be honest)

Something something butterfly migration paths swerving to avoid lakes that no longer exist

I think it only stays there because it’s small takes less effort to follow the path than it would to actively straighten again … there’s probably some kind of mathematical equation to work out how big it would have to be to disappear completely!

Properly ❤️ the alt text!

An English park.

hedge: *grows* foot traffic: "so that's how it's gonna be. alright."

so frustrating when they use hedges or fences to try and break the desire path just let the people walk great comic

Same the chackle laugh of always defeating the designer even when they finally do the right thing XD

Thank you!

I felt a delightful cocktail of emotions

god damn

And thanks for your meaningful ALTtxt, too! 😁

Poignant encapsulation of what social media feels like right now.

True!

This is gonna appear in so many power points

The people desire curves.

As someone who's worn out her own little desire path over the years, I smiled so warmly at this. ♥

I’ve seen this phenomenon happen in my neighbourhood. Large church property has a massive grass field on a street corner. The first path people walked into existence over decades got paved.

This is the way.

love this one !!

Path, uh, finds a way.

I know very little about the subject and the alt text helped me understand better

I got that impression from the start of the alt text. It was truly epic, stonking job!

I really like how thin the last one is, like it's just feeling it out 😁

Brilliant.

So true. I did a student vacation park keeper job at Sheffield Parks in the 1970s. The only sign that kept people off the grass was "YOUR FEET ARE KILLING ME!" ...until it was stolen.

There's a bit of not-so-ancient woodland near me which has desire paths criss-crossing it. However, it's only when you follow some of them you realise that it's the (shorter) wildlife that have created many of them as they continue under long-ago fallen trees.

We used to call these "cat paths" when I was a kid. 😺

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true story 😂

tiktokers lol

Brilliant

“Presumably in a fit of rage” 🤣

That's... life.

This is such a quaint, perfect little comic. How wonderful is the human mind that it wonders where the road does not lead x

Probably should have mentioned it before this got a few thousand reposts, but I also draw comics/cartoons for work! Here’s a portfolio of some past jobs if you’re in need of a drawing for your brand/business. Cheers! chazhutton.com

ordered!

Aw nice! You got the colours just about bang on too.

Something something [x] I'm in this picture and I do not like it

at least they left the bench - and trashcan (even after adding the hedge)

That is a nice one indeed!

Slip forms ala Ken Kern, get around that. You can make round towers easily with them. That said, people use right angles for roads even with dirt and gravel...

Oh wow! Thank you!

PAVE EVERYTHING! CHECKMATE PEDESTRIANS! 😉

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I'd kill for a city building game to have this a feature.

Amazing work and amazing alt text! Everyone is thankful for that.

Bravo on the Alt Text! 😃 and very clever comic, made me chuckle.

Nah I think you’ll find in this particular drawing that I drew, the hole in the hedge is the exact perfect size.

eu ri muito obrigado

excellent alt text, nice one!

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This just scream of “Don’t tell me what to do!”

In my family’s vernacular, “sneaky paths” are the best ones to follow. The kids are grown, but we still call them sneaky paths.

Brilliant!

Did a 10k run a few years ago where a lot of runners followed a desire line rather than complete a 90 degree turn. Guys, what about the distance?!?

Love this and the comments

If you're planning a front walk border like the in this picture. Put in a stepper. You'll save a headache later, I promise. Someone will traipse through.

There has never been any attempt to establish formal footpaths of any kind. The desire paths there are as old as me, if not older. Occasionally they move in response to the environment. But it's all just people, doing what people do.

The comic timing of the final three panels is... *chef's kiss*

and the result is beautiful, too!

😂

It looks like a nightmare to mow, though.

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Love it!!!

Years ago my husband was at college doing Land Use Studies, and pointed these out to me at regular intervals. 45 years later I still say, ‘Oo look, a path of Desire.’

😅

Over the course of my college education, I watched one of these on campus go from unofficial path to fully paved. It was neat, a top 10 lesson I learned there.

Uh, this is so real...