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Re:What I learned in two years of moving government forms on... by cratermoon on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:39AM (#26514594)
Those aren't cow paths, those are people paths. Cows are not known for their tendency to walk in straight lines. Edit: notice they still had to put up fencing to keep people from cutting off even that minimal switchback.
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Re:What I learned in two years of moving government forms on... by frenchy on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:46AM (#26514693)
This might be a dialect issue. Where I'm from, "cow path" is the normal way of saying what also called a "desire path" by others. According to the wikipedia, I'm not completely out to lunch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
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Re:What I learned in two years of moving government forms on... by jimmaswell on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:48AM (#26514717)
I hadn't heard "cow path" before, but a quick google suggested it was a synonym for "desire path" so I went with that.
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