• quetzaldilla@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Go help clean them up, then.

    Done that plenty, it makes a huge difference and as people notice they come and help out too.

    Ya know how many toilets I’ve helped dragged out of local streams and creeks? Way too fucking many.

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        19 hours ago

        Nobody is. Kinda heartbreaking.

        What we usually do is find an empty milk jug or soda bottle to collect them in, and we have a method where rake and spread out garbage out before we pick it up in order to spot any sharps and avoid injuries.

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      18 hours ago

      If your kids are playground aged, you probably don’t have a ton of free time/babysitter money to be doing that. You could bring the kids, but I’d rather not have my small children handling used needles and condoms (just a few of the delights I’ve found on my local playground)…

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        15 hours ago

        I can think of a million completely valid reasons that may prevent someone from helping improve their community.

        But still something that we need to find the time to help improve our community and that time needs to come from our jobs, not our family, so steal as much time from your employer as you can.

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      20 hours ago

      Toilets? Like ceramic? The home appliance that you shit into everyday? People throw those into streams and rivers??

      …(Shatner.gif)But why?

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        19 hours ago

        That’s just how people are sometimes.

        I’ve also helped fished out:

        • enormous dildos
        • car engines
        • stoves
        • tires
        • a coffin (it was empty, we reported it to the cops)
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            15 hours ago

            It was like three inches in diameter, the length of a forearm, & covered in algae.

            At first I thought it was a wolf eel or something, but then I saw the balls.

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              3 hours ago

              Nice. 😏

              Though, pretty standard large size nowadays. When you have to start categorizing and classifying adjectives, then you’ve gotten to the real stuff. Let me know when you come across a flared xl chance :}