• brsrklf@jlai.lu
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      11 months ago

      Once I read a guy who got into an argument about that on Reddit.

      The people there were upset at the idea that a bunch of crazies would just go there leaving literal trails of garbage behind them for a stupid challenge.

      Basically the guy told them :

      _ who cares, there’s nothing alive at this altitude

      _ it’'s so extreme there is no way to attempt this in a clean way

      _ even people who go there don’t care about the vistas being ruined by shit, because they’re too busy trying to stay alive

      _ yes indeed, he wanted to do it himself one day and “you’d better believe I’ll drop all my shit over the place”

      So yeah, they believe it’s okay to pollute a place for sports because that place is “useless” anyway. Or at least that’s their excuse.

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        11 months ago

        The rich assholes that climb everest and litter everywhere make a great metaphor for humanity at large

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          11 months ago

          The army sherpas doing all the actual hard work behind the scenes really nails the metaphor.