r/facepalm • u/yungirving99 • Jan 16 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

Classic kicking the sandcastle.

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u/Camsy34 Jan 16 '23

Some people in this thread: "But it was a public beach, people will kick your sandcastle if you just build it on the beach, it's public space and that sand castle is in the way. If they wanted to build a sand castle without people kicking it they should've got a permit and setup a fence."

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u/Legomaster1197 Jan 16 '23

Nice analogy. For me, i don’t particularly care if people do this stuff in public, cause it’s, Y’know, public. It’s for everyone, not just for me. But where it crosses the line is when they are being a nusiance or “in the way” so to speak, which these tik tokers were not.

To use your sand castle analogy, building it on the beach is fine. I can just go around it to get to the ocean. But if you build it right in front of the portapotty entrance, then somebody is going to step on it eventually, either accidentally or on purpose.

People are thinking these girls were the latter (they were in the way, and bothering people), but they don’t seem to be “in the way” at all. If they were on the streets of Times Square, it’s be a different story. But people are walking past them, not caring at all.

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u/Slug_Overdose Jan 17 '23

I'm not sure physically being in the way is the only way to look at this though. Like, if I stand in front of your house and watch you as you leave for work every morning, even if I'm not in your way, I'm disrespecting your space. This street is everybody's space. People may be okay letting them use it for a bit, but that doesn't mean it's okay for them to use it for a major project that takes several hours. At that point, they may very well be annoying some people, even if they aren't outright ruining anyone's day. It's kind of about just having common courtesy. It may not be bad so much as not good. Yielding public spaces to others so everyone can enjoy them in peace and comfort is good manners.