r/Wellthatsucks • u/mattloaf666 • 9h ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/Sweaty_Passenger_948 8h ago

I think everybody needs to be charged with littering. Because there is no way you’re gonna go somewhere and leave it this nasty.

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u/tobpe93 6h ago

Hard to prove and enforce.

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u/Sweaty_Passenger_948 6h ago

Unfortunately, so. And I can sit here and say, I wish that this would haunt them when they go to sleep, but more than likely none of them care. But just know in my heart if you were here, I’m judging you. 😩 I doubt would bother me. I don’t know if it bothers them, but it would bother me so I’m gonna pretend like it bothers them. 🤣

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u/hunnyflash 3h ago

Maybe it's because I'm in the US, but I don't know anyone who stays to clean up after any kind of events. I guess most people aren't taking a bunch of crap with them, but this doesn't seem that wild to me at all.

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u/Sweaty_Passenger_948 2h ago

No, I’m in the US too. I just have a hard time looking at this and just thinking about how a large group of people all said hey let’s leave our trash behind. That’s totally OK. I mean, there’s literally a tent blowing in the wind. That is such disgusting behavior to me. I could not fathom leaving a tent behind first of all I paid money for that. I’m too broke just to leave it behind. And two it’s gonna get broken. It’s gonna get caught up in the weeds. It’s gonna potentially hurt the wildlife. Like where is the care for our areas? Where is the care and the respect for the owners of the land? Where is the respect for the locals? If theres even locals…. I just have a really hard time seeing that a collective group of people allowed this to happen. Where’s the accountability?

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u/Meal__Team__Six 21m ago

It’s all part of the ticket price. They expect this level of destruction and if they didn’t account for the cost of clean up, they wouldn’t be continuing the tradition.