r/Wellthatsucks • u/mattloaf666 • 9h ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/BarfingRainbows1 6h ago

For those not in the UK, the modern Reading festival has somewhat become "roadmen and 16 year olds doing MDMA and Ketamine for a weekend", so its not surprising that they dont really give a shit about the state they leave the place in.

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u/doc_skinner 3h ago

What is a "roadman"?

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u/spaceman_spiffy 2h ago

Holy Moly i got an automated account warning from reddit for that explanation. I’m not even positive why. Um…google it I guess.

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u/doc_skinner 1h ago

Yeah, I think you used a banned word to describe a population of people known for this lifestyle. I looked it up, thanks

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u/Comfortable_Cod_6892 29m ago

I've had one of those trying to recently explain that hitting people with cars has a comically low punishment. It's how you word it. If the algorithm feels at all like your are promoting "something", even if that thing is objectively true and it didn't have an ulterior motive, you get hit with an account warning. 

Even just trying to explain this process has taken a lot of gymnastics.

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u/CallMeTrouble-TS 4h ago

You mean to tell me the reading festival is not about reading?

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u/elsjaako 3h ago

Reading (pronounced Redding) is a city in the UK.

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u/Key-Stage-5732 3h ago

Shit I go to camping fests in the states doing said things and most people i see pick up the best they can. Might be a few abandoned canopies that broke in the wind but nothing like this

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u/megdalena01 3h ago

Why do they keep hosting it??? Seems like a bad idea.

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u/dbxp 3h ago

The festival organisers clean it up, a long with all their infrastructure

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u/BarfingRainbows1 3h ago

Cause LiveNation exist and will do whatever they want to make more money