WRT the image and not the text - don’t do that. Goods are replaceable, humans are not
Shoutout to yall
Submitted 3 weeks ago by RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to memes@sopuli.xyz
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SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’m wondering what this person is even doing or how they got there. And what their plan is.
The only thing that I can think makes sense is this picture was taken half way through this operation, someone else is driving, they started where the trailer was relatively vertical and stable, and as they moved forward up that incline the trailer started to tip. And then the guy died? I don’t see how this ends well.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Maybe the load was already stabilized, even at that angle, and the photo is just for show?
It is important to not do that.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Sometimes, I put other people’s trash in my pocke5 u til I find a trashcan
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
One of my biggest gamble wins: Guy in van at a stop sign threw an empty cigarette pack out of his car window right in front of the path of my bike, I picked it up and tossed it back through his window right into his lap as he’s mid-way through lighting. His surprise breaks not into anger but a self-effacing chuckle and he shrugs his shoulders at me in acknowledgement. Do not try this.
tostiman@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Based
Beth@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I was going to type this and I saw your comment. Glad I’m not the only one.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Littering is fucking gross and people who pick up trash are heroes but let’s also also consider how much of that trash generation was ever necessary or even convenient in the first place. If your consumable product has two or three layers of wrapping, or even one if that layer is of marginal utility, then maybe we should be rethinking our use of those things until the people who are manufacturing them are convinced to the same degree. Or something.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 2 weeks ago
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle are quoted in that order for a reason. For some reason we humans don’t want to think. Put burden of recycling on someone else and call it a day without wondering if it’s actually recycled. Yeah we are a scourge to the environment.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Governance isn’t “someone else”, it’s all of us organized. We’ve already bought into the propaganda of rugged individualism, by design it doesn’t work, all it nets is the self-loathing that I don’t think you realize you’re now uncritically projecting onto your entire species without even considering that I might fundamentally disagree with such cynicism. I’m not interested in circling the drain with people trained into preoccupation with personal, there are real things that can be done to cut off the problem at the source. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle must be aimed by our collective effort at concentrations of power.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Nothing pissed me off like a city with no trash cans when I still smoked cigarettes and carried the butts with me. Walked for blocks and blocks with no place to dispose of them responsibly. Fuck you, Berkeley.
FatVegan@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
We have plenty of trash cans with ashtrays, and people still litter and throw their cigarette butts everywhere. Humans are just gross.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
A lot of cities have been convincing themselves through selective studies that removing trash cans makes people litter less, because those cities don’t want to pay for updated cans or sanitation service. Which completely neglects the majority of people who don’t litter, do use trash cans, and pay a lot of tax money for government services like sanitation.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m not surprised at all just amused of course it would be fucking Berkeley. I was expecting Fort Worth because that was mine.
ulterno@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
… and then after a few days find it in their laundry :P
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Can we mention the people who either leave the dog shit on the pavement or pick it up, put it in a bag and hang it from a tree?
The streets here are full of shit, I get like 10% is probably human but it’s not hard to pick up after your dog.
Most parks even have a dog shit arena so there’s not really any excuse
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
pick it up, put it in a bag and hang it from a tree
wat didd i just read
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
re the first part:
People often hang poop bags from trees along walking trails.
my assumption is that it’s because they don’t want to carry it the rest of the walk, and will pick it up on the way back. that’s my assumption because I do this myself on private trails, and I do something similar on public trails very occasionally (I just hide it better, and I don’t forget)
what I don’t understand is how people both put it in a tree where it is visible and forget to pick it up on their way back
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
There’s an annoying trend where people hang the bags of dog shit from branches of trees, not sure why. Probably so they’re not carrying a bag of dog shit until the next bin?
Dog shit arenas are sandy areas in parks that are fenced off so dogs can be exercised off the lead, but humans being humans just let the dogs shit in there and just leave it
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Dog shit is one that I’m on the fence about. I guess on pavement, it’s pretty useless, but on dirt, that shit nourishes and keeps the cycle going. So I have mixed feelings about sealing it away in plastic and sending it to a landfill with enough other poison that the nutrients probably stay out of the cycle for a while.
christopher@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The park in my area has spots with free dog shit bags. People are usually good at picking up after their pet
The only shit I’ve seen is from the hundreds of geese that come to the park
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
People that don’t do this are no better than animals, complete savages who can only ever be made to do right by the threat of legal punishment. They are bad members of society and we would be better off if they died.
Carrot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I was going to say that this is the bare minimum of public decency, if you don’t think this is normal behavior you are a plague on this earth.
inari@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
That’s most people in Japan, since trash bins are so rare
BambiDiego@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
On the one hand, I’m proud that my son does this,. On the other hand, I need him to empty his pockets before they go in the wash, because even with a pre-wash check we only have an 80% success rate.
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Oh, good on you though!!
I can see how that’s really frustrating. Maybe a stone needs to go in with the rubbish each time to make it easier?
sepi@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
You’re welcome. I don’t like to litter.
joan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
semi-related
why do people even use straws they’re not necessary even if we just ignore the waste factor, it still tastes way better, and if you use ice, it’s colder ( my personal fav reason ) while we’re at it, lids are only needed like half the time, when you are transporting the drink
Paper straws are disgusting i say abolish the straw!!
Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In some third world countries it’s standard to use a straw with a can due to rodents urinating on cans and drying in that little lip area.
Stick to glass bottle sodas…
joan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
thank you for reminding me of my privilege in society and how silly my little issues are… not being facetious
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
i’m about to type the most privileged sentence imaginable: i wear male pants and i don’t use the pockets. i got reasons i’m not going into but i carry a bag and that bag has bags in it for trash. i’m not getting my good bag dirty i got places to go.
IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
And on the other end of the spectrum are complete fungal encrusted fap socks like the guy that comes into my job (dry cleaning counter) with their entire wardrobe of work clothes, with 1-2 cigarette butts in each pant pocket that I have to wear gloves in order to detail his shit over a trashcan cause he’s just that much of a needledick.
His job probably has smoking rules so he can’t dispose of them properly, but still, empty your pockets motherfucker!
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
What kind of “work clothes” would you put cigarette butts in the pockets but then also require dry cleaning? Do you have an idea of where this guy works?
IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
He has the name of the place in a patch on his shirts, but I haven’t seen him in a while (knock on wood) and don’t remember. Only that it’s some blue collar thing. Maybe electrical? Mechanical?
mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Me when I eat a piece of candy or mint and pocket the wrapper because it didn’t originate from the restaurant I’m seated at. xD
csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2 weeks ago
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Heck, I sometimes pick the trash I find laying around to toss it on the proper placekamen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sadly, it’s negated ten times over by all those who litter.
wereg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you for acknowledging my efforts. Sometimes my pockets become the trash can because I forget to get it out.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure if we did a study, there would be a huge correlation of assholes destroying the planet to people who litter and don’t put their cart back. Send those people to mars=utopia on earth?
😃
black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Littering in certain spaces is a counter-gentrification force that reminds people of the waste in our society. Change my mind
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I hate that in capitalism, if a community takes care of their streets, and make a safe an loving place, they are rewarded by higher rent.
Labor profiting from what I call existential labor.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
You are the trash that litters our streets if you think that littering is in any way justifiable.
black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
- That’s not a very convincing argument.
- …within the context of what I said that would be a compliment? Thanks, I guess.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You may perceive it that way, but in reality it’s just shitty asshole people being shitty assholes because they are pathologically incapable of being decent human beings.
NABDad@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
On what basis do you think littering is a counter-gentrification force?
It seems to me all it does is depress property values to make it more attractive for gentrification.
It’s not like the people buying up properties, bulldozing them, and building condos for massive profits can’t afford to push the litter to the next neighborhood.
black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
My thoughts are sort of like inverse broken windows. Make it have vibes that make the gentrifiers not wanna be around.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
If I threw all my trash on the side of the road id be there also.
Juvyn00b@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
On my days to exercise I’ll pick up trash around my block on my cool down walk. If it’s 3 miles out I’m likely to not pick it up given I’m typically on a run at that point.
epicshepich@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
When I was a kid, I used to have a runny nose all the time. By high school, I started carrying a tissue box, trash bag, and hand sanitizer around in my backpack.
JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I do this always, and even for my spliff ends (we call the cardboard bit a roach here) in a pocket ash tray.
It really bugs me when I find a rather nice smoke spot, lovely nature area, and upon my third or fourth visit there is just rubbish everywhere.
Folks have cleaned the areas, only to find them in such a state in practically no time at all.
I wish people would take more responsibility with their rubbish. It literally takes only one pocket, or a small otherwise unused compartment in my bag. It’s ridiculously easy to not litter!!
Viceversa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
People just can’t be bothered. Especially smokers: in my observations 95% or more smokers drop cig butts right where they stop smoking. And they do it absolutely automatically.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
🫡
Master_Increase_4625@indie-ver.se 2 weeks ago
Wait, you guys eventually put it in a trash can?
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
First thing I see, on the way to mount a greenhouse, right after I put an used peanuts back in my pocket.
Palantir?
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This was me today. Also I’m visiting China and man is it clean (at least where I am)
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TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Real :3 I don’t understand people who litter
Gonzako@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I just like looking at your crack when you flex to pick up my litter
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
It is a nice crack from what I’ve been told :3
Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Yeah, it’s literally free to not litter. If you have the tiniest shred of care inside, you can just not do it, at no disadvantage.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Back when I was in school we used to have a day where we would go outside and pick up trash, and I knew someone who’d litter with the reasoning of “it doesn’t matter, because I’ll be picking it back up on that day anyway”. Which to me never made much sense as a reasoning, because you’re still gonna be walking to school surrounded by all the trash the rest of the year?
Anywho, it’s not related to anything you said, but it just reminded me of it
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
it’s because the metric system is superior in every way
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’re the same ones who eat junk food. People who care nothing about their health, also care nothing about the environment.
tja@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
No I don’t think that’s right.
I like to eat junk food. I often make a pizza from my freezer. I like to eat chips. I do not litter.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Lots of people care a great deal about themselves while caring not at all about others.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I eat junk food. I treat my body like a trash can. Doesn’t mean I treat the environment I live in the same. I share that environment with other people. While I may be trash inside, I don’t extend that where it intrudes upon other people. I care more about others than myself.
I think you are wrong.
FatVegan@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
I don’t think that’s true. But seeing that the majority of litter around where i live is from McDonald’s, it might also not be completely false
teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That is not true at all. If it was, I would litter everywhere, and my body freak, health-obsessed adopted sister would never have thrown plastic wrappers cheerfully out the window of the car. (She does not do that any more, we trained her to give a shit. Hard upbringing, from which our adoption lifted her.)