Comment on Inconsiderate fucks who litter
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 3 weeks agoHonestly I’m glad for progress too. But to me, it’s still not enough. I’m glad I didn’t get any comments about how little it was like I was thinking. I don’t care how little trash it is, I don’t want to see ANY of it! I think that’s what got me so enraged because I’ve been coming to this property for decades and never seen any amounts of trash and to see these straight up infuriated me.
I went to Iceland a few years ago and it was so clean. I couldn’t find one bit of trash anywhere, in any place of the country we visited. It made me feel sick to my stomach comparing it to my home where trash has become a literal part of the city streets. Gum and other spots and little bits of random trash fly around and it’s just another day for us.
I want so much better for our planet and society as a whole. It kills me being on a hiking trail and seeing the littlest bit of trash in the middle of nowhere. Takes me out of the experience and reminds me of the state of filth we live in and just feels so wrong to do to the one place where humans are not permanent, let alone our own neighborhoods.
I had no idea what it was like before my time, but it feels good to know we’ve gotten better about it, in some respects, especially judging by that picture. Glad we had people like you helping to make things better.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bro/sis, I pick every tiny bit I find, ALL of it. Bottle cap or glass shard? Hell no, in the bag it goes. OK, tiny bits of glass go in the river or creek, they’ll be smooth soon enough. Get a rock tumbler and you’ll see what I mean. Still find most litter unacceptable. But stay your hate a bit!
Much of what I catch is unintentional. We all lose shit in the woods and waters. I’ve picked up my own trash a dozen times. “Hey! Free coozie! Ah fuck, that’s mine.”
Wife and kids used to grief me. “Dad! Don’t go after that beer can! (from our little boat or off trail)” Now they compete to find trash. Wife makes me turn the boat around if she spies a fishing bobber. Hit the creek yesterday, didn’t find a single thing! Fuck yeah! Also, people see you picking up shit. We’re not only heroes but role models!
I clean the woods around here and have seen the “broken window” effect when I’ve been off trail for a month or two. Keeping it up? Nah, stays clean. Fight the good fight! Not a tiny bit of trash!
The important thing is to haul out more than we drop. I’ve drug hundreds of pounds of crap out of the local woods. Join the fight! (I know you already have, and you’re a welcome ally and hero!)
Wish I knew you IRL. You sound exactly like me.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Heroism echoes loudly.