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They have main character syndrome. I have seen people throw empty wrappers and cans out the window of a car at an intersection. They’ve no concept of the publi
by flappyeagle 3y ago
They have main character syndrome. I have seen people throw empty wrappers and cans out the window of a car at an intersection.
They’ve no concept of the public good. Life is just a series of hustles for them to scam their way through existence.
- the_only_law 3y ago> Life is just a series of hustles for them to scam their way through existence. Well maybe we’ll get to hear from some of them! This sounds like the exact place to find people with that attitude.
- jvanderbot 3y agoYeah, the amount of mcdonalds trash I've found in a park within 15 feet of a bin is really amazing. They just can't be bothered. The park is there to serve them, and there exist others who take the trash away for their enjoyment.
- datadrivenangel 3y agoA non-zero amount of litter comes out of bins due to wind or wildlife!
- anonymous_sorry 3y agoI used to date someone with a nicotine addiction who threw cigarette butts on the ground, or out of the window if driving. Whilst I strongly disapproved of the behaviour, she did not exhibit any of the other qualities you ascribe to litterbugs. She picked up her dog's shit, for example. I think it was just a case of it seeming like a tiny amount of litter compared to the hassle of safely and cleanly disposing of a smoldering cigarette. I agree that littering is antisocial, but if you paint everyone who does it as sociopathic, you prematurely rule out a bunch of measures that might be effective in tackling the problem.
- arp242 3y agoIn many parts of the world cigarette butts specifically are not considered "littering" and it's socially acceptable to just throw them on the pavement. Everyone did that when I was growing up.
- anonymous_sorry 3y agoCigarette filters contain plastic.
- zelos 3y agoPlus a lot of toxins from the cigarette, their purpose being to filter that out of the smoke.
- thraxil 3y agoYeah, and not to justify or minimize it in any way (just old enough to remember the US before smoking bans started up and contributing a bit of explanation of how people thought back then), but cigarette butts are also a bit less "portable" than a lot of other litter. It's something that was recently on fire; you can't just put it in your pocket to dispose of later like a candy wrapper. You need to stub it out on something first and often the convenient way to do that is to put it on the ground and grind it with your shoe. At that point it's already on the ground and now it's an extra step to pick it back up vs just leave it there. Plus, unless you were extremely careful putting it out, it might be safer to leave it on the pavement or dirt than to toss it into a garbage can where you risk starting a fire if there isn't a dedicated ash tray available. So, yeah, cigarette butts were/are commonly normalized as something slightly different than "litter" for many.
- maxerickson 3y ago"Disposing of this is too inconvenient" is more or less exactly the same as other litter.
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- nomoreusernames 3y agoi have serious mental health problems and physical health problems so i can sometimes come off as entitled just because i am in pain. but my solution to the problem of not littering is that i put things in my pockets. one can even have a small dog poop bag and put the stuff into it. but i would reason that orange peels and banana peels are ok to put into bushes. maybe this is controversial, but i do this and if you tell me off about it im gonna become defensive and write you off as porcelain lover. (a person who likes using a toilet rather than shitting from a branch in nature) i agree on most of your comment.
- soupfordummies 3y agoDo what now?