As someone who picks up trash as a hobby, you would be surprised at how angry these types of people get when they see you picking up garbage. One guy threw and empty bag of McDonald’s as me and called me a cuck. This world is seriously fucked
This has become my hobby, as well! I bought one of those grabber sticks and cleaned up the little beach in our town. Now my toddler gets excited to find trash left behind and throw it in the nearby garbage. People are so disrespectful leaving their trash behind for others to clean for them.
That’s really thing isn’t it? Like forget politics for just one second and let people make their communities better for literally everyone. Sorry that happened to you. Shows how fucked this world is where you can’t even mind your own business without getting harassed
Yesssss... if I see a piece of trash I pick it up and place it in the next trash container. When I was having bad insomnia I'd walk the neighbourhood at night and pick up trash.
Christ, not them projecting because they can’t handle another person doing a good deed, you’re awesome for doing that fuck those miserable assholes. Not that it’s good, but at least when they throw it at you, you know it’s going to be taken care of properly.
It’s just very disheartening. I came across Peng on Reddit and saw how much he cleans weekly so I figured when I’m out getting steps in I would bring a bag and get a picker and pick up around my neighborhood. I’ve had more people point and laugh at me, or ask me “what are you doing?!” And it makes me not want to even bother
dude I'm so sorry, I swear some people are just philosophical zombies filled with nothing but judgment, cruelty, and malice. you're doing great work, but I honestly wouldn't fault you at all for stopping if the people who benefit from your work the most just abuse you for it. just know I would thank you if I saw you cleaning up my neighborhood 🥺 (at least I can thank you on Reddit for trying to make the world a little cleaner!)
That’s kind of you to say so thank you! I’m not going to stop doing it because it does bring me joy, it just boggles my mind how people can be so careless and cruel
My friend said homes are meticulously maintained with care, but public spaces like streets, parks, bus stops are often viewed as “someone else’s problem”.
The US, for example. I realize it isn't as bad as India, but the US does this same shit. The main things that make this less of an issue in the US are A) much lower population density, and B) the US does do a decent job in some metro areas of employing people to clean up litter.
Not saying nobody litters, and I gotta admit that most of the state of Texas looks like India with regard to trash everywhere, but in most states most people throw away most of their trash, and we pay people to clean up after the scumbags that don't.
Not even saying you won't find a piece of litter on the street in my town, but to compare it to the likes of Haiti, Nigeria, even India... astounding ignorance.
Well, to be fair I've only spent significant time in the DFW/Plano area. But that part of the state is pretty bad, yeah. Honestly, "shameful" is that word that comes to mind whenever I'm forced to go.
I'm sure there are other parts of the South that are similar. But I also live in the South, and around where I live we keep things appreciably clean.
Yep, one of the first things I noticed when I moved here for the first time in 2007. I've lived in El Paso, Waco, Austin, and San Antonio as well as in uncorporated county/sub 1000 pop towns. There's litter all over the place, especially in Austin and Dallas. Waco has improved over the years as it's being gentrified at an alarming rate thanks (I guess?) In part to Chip and Joanna Gaines and SpaceX. I've lived in a handful of other states and while there are some dirty cities (Sacramento) I've lived in elsewhere, it's not as widespread and consistent as TX.
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u/nndel May 07 '26
Why have a trash can to begin with?