Thetimefarm,

Ok are we just going to pretend the picture in the thumbnail doesn’t look like a veiny dick?

JohnnyCanuck,
@JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca avatar

Unblurred faces: youtu.be/0qt_WFYB8Vo

ki77erb, (edited )

As an Eagle Scout & leader in my Son’s Boy Scout troop, an avid hiker, backpacker and general outdoor enthusiast… this is incredibly upsetting. This type of vandalism can’t be undone. I hope they find them and throw a rock…I mean the book at them. Or both.

Part of the Scout Outdoor Code is “…to be considerate in the outdoors.” which means treat the land and other land users with respect and follow the principles of outdoor ethics for all outdoor activities.

tygerprints,

Why, why on earth, do people do this shit - why do they have to decimate, destroy, and uglify nature. Why are humans today incapable of having an ounce of respect for ANYTHING. This kind of abominable and sick behavior is beyond comprehension, let alone explanation. What in the name of Jesus butt-fucking christ is going on with people these days!!!!!!!

If I had my way these sick motherfucks that commit vandalism to our natural parks would not only be locked up but never allowed out into public again for the rest of their lives. And they'd be slowly tortured to death in the most gory ways imaginable. There is nothing more absolutely sick and disgusting than commiting vandalism of public spaces - nothing. And it is the most horrifice crime that cannot go unpunished, we must do more to lock up these miserable cretins and chop their hands and arms off so they can never commit such ugly sick atrocities again under any circumstances.

callouscomic,

Didn’t the government destroy a lot of ancient formations with various nuclear tests in the last century?

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I guess that makes it okay for everyone else to do it now.

callouscomic,

God the internet is insufferable. Consider for once that someone is not actively taking a side on something or defending it, but merely making overarching commentary on the entire situation.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe you should have made that clear rather than blame others for not understanding you. 22 others so far.

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

But whadabout…‽

callouscomic,

Consider that perhaps someone is laughing at the overall picture as opposed to defending a side of it.

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

“But I was just kidding!!”

betterdeadthanreddit,

The good news is that Earth will have the last laugh. These people will grow old and die in a fraction of a geologic blink. They’ll be tossed down a hole or incinerated and then finally serve a purpose as their component elements are recycled. If any monument to their memory is erected, the rain will patiently grind it to dust until it too is fully consumed. That’s assuming their grave stone (or similar marker of the fading stain they’ve left behind) isn’t knocked down prematurely by unruly future passersby.

tygerprints,

If I ran things, these sick fucks wouldn't get the chance to grow old. But I'd give them the chance to die, in prison, by being tortured to death slowly. And in fact I think that's exactly what should happen to these pieces of walking dog excrement.

NarrativeBear,

These are the same people that throw their trash out their car windows and litter in public parks and parking lots.

tygerprints,

Humans are a waste of good animal flesh. All humans are disgusting pigs. But these pieces of dog excrement that commit vandalism in public parks are by far the worst of the worst of human scumbags.

shani66,

Genuinely don’t understand the troglodytes that do this shit

troglodytis,

Hey, what did I do?

shani66,

Apparently destroyed an ancient rock formation at lake Mead

troglodytis,

I picked a hell of a day to stop drinking windshield washer fluid

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

You can stop tomorrow

betterdeadthanreddit,

That’s pretty rude to all the troglodytes who passed by that spot, thought some version of “That’s a cool rock formation!” and went about their troglodytey day without knocking it over.

troglodytis,

Ikr!

tygerprints,

These total asswipes who do this kind of shit better hope they never cross my path where they are committing vandalism. I guarantee it's the last day they'll live to see on this planet earth and make no mistake about it.

Regna,
@Regna@lemmy.world avatar

I feel similarly. My reactions were “Why?!?”, “Are you utter idiots?!” and “I hope that your hate and idiocy isn’t passed down through gene pools!”.

Edit: I agree with other posters that it’s demeaning to troglodytes for someone not a troglodyte to claim that these wastes of air and proteins are troglodytes.

theodewere,
theodewere avatar

Trump voters out there showing what they're like every day of their lives.. just destroying shit and making a mess because they're selfish, ignorant assholes..

sentient_loom,
@sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works avatar

Straight from Lord of the Flies.

Sterile_Technique, (edited )
@Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world avatar

“visitors”, huh?

…guess it falls in line with the “settlers” carrying out a genocide in Gaza, or the “protesters” who carried out an insurrection here in the US, etc.

Why is so hard for journalist to just call shit what it is?

Edit- well this rubbed folks the wrong way. Just in case my intent came off wrong:

visitors --> vandals

settlers --> invaders

protesters --> domestic terrorists

…or are we getting brigaded by MAGAts?

WindyRebel,

Just taking a stab here, but journalists can be sued for libel. While we interpret these people in this way, a court of law needs to make it official or someone can take you to court.

Journalism is still a business and a point of authoritative information.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

If you go somewhere for a short period of time, as opposed to live there, you’re a visitor.

If you vandalize it while you’re there, you’re a visitor who is also a vandal.

I am assuming these two do not live at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Sterile_Technique,
@Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world avatar

So are they being criticized for visiting or vandalizing?

This is some “calling a tsunami a wave” shit. Technically true? Absolutely. Communicating the important information? Hard miss.

We see this diminishing language all the time and it drives me nuts.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Which do you think? I think both the headline and the article made it clear what they’re being criticized for.

Sterile_Technique,
@Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world avatar

They’re tiptoeing around what the vandals are by using mitigating language. It’s journalistic dishonesty. It’s the same kind of shit as headlines about Matt Gaetz “sleeping with a minor” or calling the Jan 6th insurrection a “protest” or “riot”, or headlines that use softer or harsher wording to describe the same actions by people of different races.

They’re technically true. They all make it clear what they’re reporting on. But they do it in a way that mitigates or elevates the implied severity of the crime.

Growing pet peeve of mine.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

There’s nothing dishonest about it. They were visitors. They were destroying ancient rock formations at Lake Mead. It was entirely factual. They don’t need to be given the epithet of vandal before that has been decided in court anyway.

DancingBear,

These are the people who leave their poop in the toilet without flushing

JoeyHarrington,

Those fucks. I hate them lol

Null,
@Null@pawb.social avatar

Unfortunately Michael Caine said it best, “Some men just want to watch the world burn.” I hope social media helps these rangers find those people.

underwire212,

Hahaha I’m with the lady at the end.

“They should’ve gone down with the rock”

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

The world can’t have anything nice anymore, can it?

ChicoSuave,

Respecting beauty requires empathy. COVID showed it’s scarce.

Kyrgizion, (edited )

Worse, it exacerbated the problem. Most people today are a whole lot more selfish than they were before the pandemic. The real reason? The incredible wealth transfer from all of us to the mega-rich. During Covid, all of us got robbed blind but most people still haven’t even noticed…

Feathercrown,

That was part of it, but it also showed people like me who the average person (mostly from a particular political inclination) really is.

ripcord,
@ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

I mean, humans have been doing this stuff for thousands of years.

But we do keep doing it.

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