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Frosty-Vegetable-385 t1_je4y8cc wrote

Reply to comment by FoleyisGood in 85,000 tossed nips in Rhode Island collected in 90 days. by trashgirl1986

I don’t know what’s worse: the nips or the countless people I see throwing their cigarette butts out the window of their car

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FoleyisGood t1_je52sy9 wrote

I know all the smokers in my neighborhood because the front lawns and walkways of their homes are filled with butts.

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therealDrA t1_je5gzaq wrote

Do they know that they are perceived as gutter trash by the neighbors and anyone walking by? Get a freakin ash tray people. You would still be trashy by way of smoking but at least tidy.

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socialcommentary2000 t1_je63sul wrote

No, they generally do not and I say that as a smoker that quit several years back. My place has a stoop and I am constantly telling my upstairs neighbors to keep the trash ass brother of theirs that staying with them to not dump butts off the fire escape. I still sweep them up, but would rather not have it get to that point.

This is after I dug out and gave them a really nice ornate ceramic ash tray that i had in storage so he would knock it the f*ck off.

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JimmyHavok t1_je84tx5 wrote

Smokers believe that cigarette butts evaporate before they hit the ground. I was waiting in a drive-thru one day, this ass tossed his butt so I got out and took it back to him. He acted confused at the sight of it, then started to roll up his window so I flipped it into his car. For some reason or other he didn't like that. Go figure. He started screeching about calling the police but I was gone by then if they responded.

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clambo14 t1_je5otrd wrote

Better yet, they empty their car ashtrays onto the local grocery store parking lot.

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therealDrA t1_je66nvt wrote

That is literally beyond the pail..how do people think that is acceptable as a member of society.

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Bahmerman t1_je69hpl wrote

They probably think finding a garbage can it too much effort, that sort of self centered thinking.

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PVR_Skep t1_je6i96y wrote

They're so out of breath from smoking that it's too far to walk to a trash barrel?

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Bahmerman t1_je6mdpe wrote

I don't think it's a matter of "being out of breath", but more self-centered ness. I had relatives who used to smoke but they did either empty in a trash can or wait till they got home to empty in their trash.

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BlueEyedRage t1_je7kr5h wrote

There are trashcans at every gas station, that's where I always dumped mine

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Bahmerman t1_je7u1tm wrote

I used to do the same when I smoked, I'm not lumping all smokers together.

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StankyBo t1_je851ba wrote

Smokin at gas stations. When keeping it real goes wrong.

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gelatinous_poot t1_je7c1dl wrote

Isn't it weird how smokers hate being pigeon holed as litterbugs, but only smokers could be responsible for the butts all over the place. When they banned smoking at the beach, smokers got all offended that they were being blamed for the cigarettes across the shore.

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SherbertEquivalent66 t1_je88d5y wrote

The butts may be more biodegradable. Those plastic airplane bottles will still be there in 1,000 years.

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jorwyn t1_je8c43r wrote

The butts usually aren't, and nicotine is an insecticide. I think it's pretty even

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JimmyHavok t1_je844rd wrote

Butts are a drag, but at least nicotine doesn't make your driving dangerous.

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