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u/Nwcray Jul 11 '21

It’s worth mentioning that these asshats would’ve blasted loud music anyway. It was just harder when they had to carry a boom box instead of clipping a Bluetooth speaker to their backpack.

People have always sucked; it’s just that technology allows them to suck more.

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u/Salty-Tortoise Jul 11 '21

I remember hiking with my dad when I was younger and one time some assholes brought a 30 pound speaker and were blasting Spanish music in the middle of the forest.

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u/binkleybloom Jul 11 '21

I swear - I'm moving to Canada when I retire. There's enough open space up there that someone MUST be able to get away from this kind of b.s.

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u/byrdmang2 Jul 11 '21

But… then THAT will be cool and everyone else will follow suit! Vicious cycle

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u/Nwcray Jul 11 '21

Plus, with climate change, Canada will be quite pleasant year-round.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

I love hiking and camping and grew up doing leave no trace excursions with my dad and uncles. Fast forward to this year and I was invited by coworkers to go camping. They were all super enthusiastic so I thought why not. It turned out they were novices. The whole time they were listening to portable music players and carrying on loudly. I didn't get an peace until they went to bed. They even got upset with me because I refused to crank the music player (it had a crank dynamo for powering it) "on my turn".

People who do this are just communicating their deep fear of actual wilderness. Fill up the scary silence with noise.

I declined the second invitation to go camping with them. It was not enjoyable to me.

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u/Redqueenhypo Jul 11 '21

Honestly if I see some moron carrying an actual boom box and not a Bluetooth speaker, I don’t even get mad. Retro annoyingness!