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re: Why is Louisiana obsessed with littering?

Posted on 8/2/20 at 9:30 pm to
Posted by Slim Chance
Member since Oct 2012
1585 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 9:30 pm to
I just throw all my trash in the bed of my truck. If it flies out I consider it an act of God and carry no blame.





I don't really do that but lots of ignorant trash in Louisiana does. Pisses me off when I see something fly out of a truck bed.
Posted by go_tigres
Member since Sep 2013
5187 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:10 pm to
I grew up poor, but my mom instilled values nonetheless. For instance, being nice is free - do it often. Or, only trashy people throw trash. I’ve taught my kids the same values. When we go out to tailgate my younger ones pick up trash in the area while we unload all the gear. I jumped a women’s arse a couple years ago for emptying one of those car wash trash bags on the concrete. She literally hit the garbage can with her door when she opened it to dump the bag.
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
10677 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:11 pm to
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This post was edited on 12/17/21 at 11:47 pm
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
63044 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:12 pm to
Trust me, this is not limited to Lousiana.
Posted by Bristol Dawg
God's Country
Member since Jul 2016
2934 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:18 pm to
Louisiana is the worst with this. I attribute it to Marsi Gras and Tiger Football Tailgating. Not kidding.
Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
10712 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:25 pm to
quote:

Do you just roll down your window and toss your Route 66 Diet Coke out the window?


I have seen this happen more times than I can count. The worst is the empty McDonald’s bag at 70 mph.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:28 pm to
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
18176 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:31 pm to
quote:

Route 66 Diet Coke


Sonic is for trashy people and fighters of the OT.

So pretty much all trashy people wind up at sonic
This post was edited on 8/2/20 at 10:33 pm
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
9463 posts
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:32 pm to
I’ve said it on here before that the chief reason as to why is because of Mardi Gras. Where else is throwing trash onto the street celebrated, and also an understood fact that someone else will pick it up for you? It’s just permeated the culture here to where nobody cares and it’s done year-round.
Posted by Bandit30
Lafayette
Member since Sep 2011
2208 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:34 am to
I live alongside a highway I pick up trash daily from stupid littering fricks. If I ever witness the crime I will probably go to jail for manslaughter I’m dead serious
Posted by SOLA
There
Member since Mar 2014
3363 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 5:14 am to
It’s incredible how many masks I see in parking lots
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23403 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 5:19 am to
I travel across the country for work. Louisiana doesn’t have so much the higher percentage of littering, it’s that everyone seems to drive a pickup truck and thinks it’s ok to leave trash in the truck bed. Do they ever wonder what happens to that trash? I can tell you where it goes.

We also don’t run our street sweepers except after parades.
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 5:22 am
Posted by Deaux boi
BFE
Member since Jun 2016
381 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 6:12 am to
Intelligent people don’t litter
Posted by LSUTigerFan247
Member since Jun 2017
3644 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 6:27 am to
Have you ever ridden the trails at Tower Trax up there north of hammond? My God it's disgusting to see the litter of cans and other garbage on every square inch of every trail through there.
Posted by monsterballads
Make LSU Great Again
Member since Jun 2013
29272 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:16 am to
by far the trashiest state in the country when it comes to litter.
Posted by Mr Breeze
The Lunatic Fringe
Member since Dec 2010
6042 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:36 am to
Leaving a shopping center yesterday, 20 mph a line of several cars approaching a traffic light to exit to the main drag, the car in front of me casually tosses a Big Gulp cup onto the clean well maintained street.

In front everyone, they just didn't care.

I was astonished at how normal this practice is to that jack arse.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
24024 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:42 am to
One of our biggest problems litter-wise is that we have 200 rain days each year. The litter just gets washed down into the storm water drainage system, which puts it out of sight. And another huge problem is that, unlike pretty much every other state, we have no system for skimming the trash out of the ditches before it enters the waterways. It collects on the bottom of every marsh and bayou and flows out to sea.

This part of our problem could be solved with a statewide water system fee of $2.00 per month. Florida does it and it collects the trash from the drainage system before it fills the waterways.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
67144 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:46 am to
LA needs somebody like prison Mike to come in and talk to the kids about the evils of littering. Hey kids, it’s cool to pick up your trash and throw it away.
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
11176 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:37 am to
Good food, good people
Posted by Limitlesstigers
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2019
3025 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:40 am to
Lots of low IQ trashy people in this state. Other states have them too, it just seems they make up a bigger proportion of the population.
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