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On 4/4/24 10:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article
> <17c3434f46feeca3$51971$3384359$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com>,
>   moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/4/2024 9:21 PM, Rhino wrote:
> 
>>> There may be an easy solution to littering. Many years ago, when I was
>>> just a pup, I remember an episode of Wonderful World of Disney where
>>> they talked about the state of littering in some historic places and/or
>>> national parks, perhaps Mt. Rushmore or Yellowstone. They had a little
>>> jingle going as they showed these scenes and I still remember a snippet
>>> of it to this day: "Litterbug, litterbug, don't you care? Making a mess
>>> everywhere!" I don't think I've littered since I saw that, although
>>> there were probably a couple of other moments along the way that
>>> reinforced that. I just hold on to any litter I generate - or put it in
>>> my pocket - until I get to a garbage can. I barely even think about it:
>>> it's just programmed into my brain.
>>>
>>> I suppose you could characterize that as brain-washing and I suppose
>>> it's true but it worked and I can't find anything evil in it, unlike
>>> the sort of brain-washing/indoctrination so many schools do today.
>>>
>>> Why don't we do more of this? The world wouldn't suddenly be clean and
>>> tidy overnight but it would probably clean up gradually if we were all
>>> persuaded to litter less.
>>
>> People litter because other people litter ...preventable only by police.
> 
> A couple years ago, I was coming around the corner from the alley next
> to my house just as some purple-haired wildebeest threw her Starbucks
> frappa-whatever against my garage door, splattering most of it all over
> the door. The cup dropped to the ground as she and her pierced and
> tattooed boyfriend walked over to the their car which was parked on the
> curb and got in. I picked up the cup, which was still about 1/4 full of
> sugary glop and walked over and dropped it through the sunroof
> upside-down onto her lap and said, "Wouldn't want you to forget this."
> 
> Her screech of outrage made the half hour I had to spend cleaning off my
> garage door a lot easier to endure.


That's interesting as fuck.  I can power wash my garage door in about 90 
seconds.  You're an idiot.