r/Wellthatsucks • u/mattloaf666 • 10h ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/crowhouse 10h ago

Why do so many people abandon tents?

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u/Adventurous_Emotion9 10h ago

There’s a belief that the tents left behind are taken by charities and given to homeless or those who need them. This has been debunked by organisers time and time again as not being true.

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u/Ancient-Emu-8293 9h ago

Would be pretty convenient to pretend believing that.

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u/aardvarkbjones 9h ago

Is it? Tents cost money. 

Seems insanely wasteful, both environmentally and fiscally.

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u/NoForever3645 9h ago

Let’s be honest, festival goers aren’t exactly known for being fiscally or environmentally responsible.

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u/halosos 9h ago

Shit I need to go visit the aftermath of one for a free tent

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u/your_red_triangle 7h ago

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.

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u/Fergnasty007 5h ago

I have been to over 50 camping festivals in the US in the past 15 years and this is not even close to the norm.

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u/Sailed_Sea 4h ago

camping festivals in the uk tend to be very different from those in the us, usually more alcohol and other drugs.

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u/Front-Bookkeeper2139 2h ago

And way more fun

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u/ImmortalMoron3 3h ago

Well Reading is in the UK sooo...

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u/Fergnasty007 3h ago

I was talking about him saying everyone pisses everywhere.

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u/eggs_mcmuffin 4h ago

inside the tent or outside? because most grass has piss on it at this point in history lol

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u/TrainingParty3785 59m ago

Sounds like a GREAT time. 😞

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u/Reinis_LV 44m ago

Doesn't mean they pissed on the tent. They hit the bushes

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u/mark_b 7h ago

Even if the other two replies weren't true (they are), the tents that get left behind aren't good tents, they're £20 tents off Amazon.

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u/Mehh_itsa_name 3h ago

Yea lol. People ain’t ditching MSR’s or Blackdiamonds here.

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u/godlesswickedcreep 2h ago

Well some of the tents in this video are not especially quality tents but they’re worth much more than £20.

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u/SexlexiaSufferer 7h ago

Don’t hit it with a black light