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Raleigh:
Seriously, what causes people to just not give a crap and just toss their trash on the ground or out their car window?

When I was living back in the suburbs of Columbus I would just get pissed off at the occasional dog droppings in my yard by degenerate dog owners who neglected to pick up after their pets.  Now I'm living out in the country and there is so much garbage in my front ditch from people tossing out their bottles, cans, drive through bags...  I was cutting the grass the other day and I fully expect to see all the trash there, but as I made a swipe around (I'm set off a ways from the road so it's like a 15 minute circle) there was fresh trash where I just cut and there isn't a lot of traffic that travels on my road.

I can understand (but not agree with) the beer and other alcohol bottles/cans that I find, but at most that makes up about 25% of what I find, the rest is the run of the mill soda/juice cans/bottles and other food wrappings/containers.

Do they learn that from their parents or what?  I unfortunately eat a lot of fast food and other crap in my car but I've never once had the urge to toss out my trash, I wait until I get home or to my destination to get rid of my waste or at times have excess trash in my car.  More than once I've had friends (college graduates, and what I consider respectable members of society) who were going to toss ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of my car and I've had to tell them to toss it in the back or on the floor.

Rant over.

bfauska:
I don't know the answer but I too wonder... WTF!!!! how hard is it use the trash can and/or just respect your surroundings? Do these people live surrounded by filth, the only reason I can picture them being like this is that they don't mind the mess it leaves.

I'll make this next part clear so the auto sensor can clean it up if necessary.

---uvulas---, what is your ---smurfing--- problem?  Are you too ---smurfing--- stupid to be bothered by this, or do you live in a pile of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- so that it seems natural too you.

Some people are just ---meecrobs---. :soapbox:

Singapura:
Since I live in Singapore I notice littering a lot more.  Here you get a $500 fine if you so much a throw a tissue on the streets. Chewing gum is completely illegal and if you spray graffiti you get caned  :police:

danny_galaga:
hard as it is to believe in the west, there is a cultural aspect as well. for instance, i was walking down the street with my neighbour one time. we had just bought something to eat from a service station. when he had finished drinking he threw the glass bottle on the ground. he is from Congo. he is a devout christian, well educated and was a public servant. i told him that we shouldnt throw stuff on the ground here and he was quite surprised and embarrassed!

that doesnt excuse all those slobs who live here who ARENT from the congo though...

jbox:
There's somethin' rotten here (say what?)
You better hold your nose, oh (uh, uh, uh, uh)
(Hey, you disgusting slob, you better take the trash out)
Oh, boy there's a lot in here (a lot)
And every day it grows (uh, uh, uh, uh)
(Hey, you disgusting slob, you better take the trash out)
Make ya wanna throw up

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