enjoy the free piss and shit that comes with it, that's one of the reasons people abandoned them. Went years ago, our neighbours would get out in the middle of the night and just piss anywhere they felt like it.
I used to go to festivals in the early 2000s and never experienced anything like this. Maybe it was the festivals I was attending, but everyone packed their stuff out. I’m sure there were some thing left behind, but nothing like this scale.
yep. last event I went to, there was a large tent peg that had got stuck in a tree root. Someone spent hours struggling with it rather than leave it behind.
Exactly. Was at a festival where a woman's bead dress exploded. She just shrugged and walked off. About 10 of us spent a while picking it all up, and then we tracked her down and put it in her trash along with a lecture to her and her camp. We don't do that here....
Maybe you left early or yea was the size of event. Overnight events where tents are common you cant have a clean place cause at night people just chuck shit around, and whe people see mess it adds up
Yeah, I think it was the festivals I attended. I no longer enjoy that kind of thing, but I wouldn’t be shocked if those same festivals are still nothing like this.
Same. And well run festivals like Bonnaroo have trash collection procedures that work. Trash bags are handed out constantly, and there are designated trash disposal locations that people actually use.
I was at Woodstock (the original one in '94, not the one with the rapes and the fires in '99) and though it wasn't this bad there were still plenty of sleeping bags, pads and tents left behind.
As a Reading Festival veteran from my younger years, it's one of the more chaotic ones. Young crowd, lots of nutters. I've been to plenty of festivals since that are very civilised overall, and I suspect with minimal (comparatively) rubbish left behind. There will of course always be some.
The fact is that if you can afford to go to an event like this, you can afford to leave a tent behind and not deal with it. So it’s a matter of convenience.
Obviously there are some good and responsible people in the crowd, but the evidence left behind by every single festival over and over again is overwhelmingly damning for the majority of people who attend these events.
"Let’s be honest, festival goers aren’t exactly known for being fiscally or environmentally responsible."
This is tragically hilarious when you remember a lot of people who attend things like this claim to be all "pro-earth" because they use reusable grocery bags and are against seed oils or whatever the fuck social media is pumping into people's heads these days
Yeah, the hypocrisy makes my stomach turn. I’m sure the organizers often have good intentions, but the reality is that many of the event goers don’t share that altruism and the event does more harm than good.
Well, ive got the real answer for you my friends as to why they abandon tents.
They pack a bunch of stuff in. They party hard. Last thing they wana do hungover at the end of a festival and pack up a fucking tent. Ever tried squeezing one in a bag? Fuck that. Then carry all that heavy shit out? Hell nah. Thats why they leave unopened beer and shit too. its heavy
They just wana grab whatever is light, and get the fuck home to their bed so they can recover for work
Plus you know how much a festival cost? Buying two tacos and a drink is the same price as that tent. It is definately disposable in this case
Maybe they shouldn’t go to the festival and get a hangover then if they cant handle the responsibility of cleaning up after themselves. I’ve gone camping many times, it’s not hard to pack up a tent. But I’m also responsible and actually care about other people and the environment.
“Festival goers” is such a broad category of people you aren’t making the “gotcha” point you think you are here. “Festival goers” is essentially inclusive of just about every walk of life out there. There are festivals for every genre of music, there are festivals for everything but music. It’s hilarious seeing posts like this on Reddit because before you even glance at the comments, you know without fail there’ll be some friendless redditor who never leaves the house who’s convinced themselves they are in the right and completely morally superior for doing so.
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u/NoForever3645 7h ago
Let’s be honest, festival goers aren’t exactly known for being fiscally or environmentally responsible.