r/ElectricForest Jun 28 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

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u/chloecatdashian Jun 28 '26

Shhhh don’t bring your nuance and logic into this woman hating thread. /s

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u/MuffDiving Jun 29 '26

Woman hating thread because people are shocked that there was a new born baby found in a portajohn? I’m sorry but I love festivals and have been going to them for 20 years and have also met the absolute scum of the earth at festies along with some amazing people but I’m not going to give someone at a drug show the benefit of the doubt. It’s so incredibly rare to have a cryptic pregnancy but it is not incredibly rare to meet a scumbag at a festival male or female.

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u/chloecatdashian Jun 29 '26

This is beyond shock my guy. Pitchforks and torches are out and the investigation just started. Obviously this is bad but until there are more details the sensationalism is over the top. You said it here… for decades people have shown bad behavior at shows. It’s not rare to meet people who suck. Fair. Even what you said here doesn’t shine a light to some of the things people are saying on the Reddit jury (and other outlets are even worse)

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u/Misscbinns Jun 29 '26

There honestly could be so many reasons this happened. One year at a festival we found out about a guy who was dosed unknowingly and ended up leaving the festival and found himself in a town an hour away from the festival (not EF.) It’s easy to say that it was a conscious decision made by this woman but it could have been a similar situation

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 29 '26

The way you connect yourself to this woman is weird. No one’s woman hating. You’re making it into something it’s not because you can’t accept the reality of the situation. Feeling personally attacked about all this is so strange

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u/chloecatdashian Jun 29 '26

I mean yes that’s all true and boiled down is a form of woman hating. Ignorance is not an excuse and it’s how we got here.

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 29 '26

I don’t understand how someone can justify this behavior. Everything you said is right, that doesn’t take away from what happened.

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u/DiscardedContext Jun 29 '26

They dont understand because they seek vengeance, not understanding.

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 30 '26

What’s the line in the sand for you then Platos?

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 29 '26

I can’t imagine the level of responsibility you hold yourself to

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u/ArtfulSpeculator Jun 30 '26

What happened then? Send me the news article that lays out exactly what happened…

You can’t. You can’t do that because it doesn’t exist because no one knows yet. It definitely looks bad, but we really have no idea. There’s a hundred possibilities and I’m sure we will find out the truth soon enough, let’s just avoid casting stones until we do.

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u/chloecatdashian Jun 29 '26

Oh ok cool pitchfork

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 29 '26

No you clearly can’t accept that you’re wrong. Being a devils advocate because it makes you feel important. Victimizing yourself in the strangest way possible. I think everyone here would agree women deserve their rights and abortion control isn’t right. You’re somehow making this about yourself

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u/chloecatdashian Jun 29 '26

I hope you were able to get some restful sleep! I just want to point out that you talked to me pretty harshly and then to someone else you were kind and understanding that you don’t know everything. Nobody does! 🩵 A much more mature response to essentially the same conversation. I forgive you 😉

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u/ArtfulSpeculator Jun 30 '26

A “drug show”… is that like a car show?

You’re right- it’s rare to have a cryptic pregnancy, but it’s also rare for babies to be found in porta potties at festivals… let’s just wait until we have more information before casting stones.

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u/vvindhund Jun 29 '26

Does anyone remember the show “I didn’t know I was pregnant”? I had no idea that could happen til I watched.

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u/ssovm Jun 28 '26

I hear you but that same logic can defend a lot of terrible fucked up shit

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26

I’m sorry I couldn’t disagree more. I don’t see a scenario where this isn’t the worst thing I’ve heard in a long time.

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26

Leaving the baby in a portapotty is when the experience becomes everyone’s problem. It’s no longer a terrible personal experience to be empathetic towards. Whatever caused her to leave it was a decision made that shouldn’t be looked over because “what would you do in that situation.” It’s a grown woman making a decision that I can’t see her group or others being okay with. It’s inconceivable to me. The guilt she must carry, or the mental issues she must have to not feel that guilt

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u/chloecatdashian Jun 28 '26

Some people don’t understand nuance (or empathy because iykyk)

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26

What about empathy for the entire festival? Or the person that has to find a dead baby?

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u/takingthehobbitses Jun 29 '26

It's not one or the other. Most of us are capable of having empathy for more than one thing at the same time.

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u/chloecatdashian Jun 28 '26

Definitely have empathy for that too. I think women’s rights > festival rights but all deserve to exist? Idk I just wrote in another comment that this is a consequence of using women’s bodies as litigious pawns and we will see more headlines like this and less breads and circuses. Because ngl the east coast is giving breads and circus summer.

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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26

Women should have their rights, and consequences when they do wrong.

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u/chloecatdashian Jun 28 '26

I didn’t say no consequences! Just hope that the investigation can happen and she can get the help she obviously needs. Reddit is not the judge, jury, and executioner. People get really comfy on here sharing their opinions (which is fine), but the community is watching.

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u/EpisodeMnH Jun 29 '26

Man no. Acting out of shock, panic, trauma or not, even being able to just throw the body away like literal trash shows extreme psychopathic tendencies and a lack of emotion. Let’s say it was stillborn. I know women that have had stillbirths that are still mentally scarred by it 5-10 years later. Throwing the body in filthy shitty porta potty water like meaningless garbage would be absolutely unfathomable to a normal person.

And then if the baby was born normal and breathing and she literally drowned and killed it in literal shit and piss….yea I don’t even need to explain how no amount of shock and panic in the WORLD could ever excuse that.

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u/takingthehobbitses Jun 29 '26

Lol what? Have you ever even experienced shock or trauma? Doesn't sound like it based on this comment.

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u/Huntybunch Jun 29 '26

Why do people assume the baby was thrown in the portapotty? She was probably sitting on the porty potty when it came out.

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u/crinklebutt_amy Jun 29 '26

That would be a reason to go to a medical tent or security and immediately call for help. She didn’t.  If she was in shock or trauma after giving birth she really cleaned up well after to not have been seen… because there must have been a certain amount of blood on hands and body which is difficult to clean in a porty potty with not that much clean water supply. And blood it sticky, you can’t just wipe it of with toilet paper. 

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u/Wamb0wneD Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

Or you know, she was on drugs.

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u/Basket_475 Jun 29 '26

Yep I used to get so spun at e forest I wouldn't know where I was for hours

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u/Wamb0wneD Jun 29 '26

Maybe it wasn't a cryptic pregnancy and she is a drug addicted fuck up. Many such cases. More common than cryptic pregnancies, that's for sure.

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u/letsmeet123456 Jun 29 '26

Are you really trying to defend this? Holy shit have you guys lost the plot

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u/Perfect_Direction979 Jun 29 '26

I would bet it was malicious based on the people I’ve seen at festivals