A rare Hellbender Salamander, killed when a rock from a makeshift cairn fell on her
30 Days of De-Objectification:
Untouched
So, you’re hiking along in pristine wilderness, far from
civilization and mostly untouched by human hands, as it should be. The natural
thing to do in this setting is to start picking up rocks and stacking them on
top of each other.
Wait…what???
Seriously, though. Not even kidding.
Some people decided that the only way for them to truly
appreciate nature is to make rock cairns.
“It’s how I meditaaaaaaaaate!!111!!!” they bleat.
Odd, isn’t it, that many people meditate, but most of them don’t
feel they MUST disturb ecosystems to do so.
This, my friends, is called entitlement.
These lower colons on legs feel that their “attunement with
Nature” is more important than nature itself.
And, yes, this is a form of objectification.
In the eyes of these wastes of oxygen, nature is not
something to be respected; nature is their bitch. Everything that exists is
there to serve them.
“But muh cairns!!!1!!!”
Shut up, you gasbag.
I would trade every fuckwit who insists on making rockpiles
in the wilderness to bring back the hellbender salamander killed by a falling
rock from one of these unnecessary stacks of rocks.
However, in case you give not one single fuck about nature
(in which case, keep your worthless ass in the city), your shitty behavior also
inconveniences your fellow human.
There are cairns built mindfully by national park employees
to serve as markers.
Entitled park visitors’ cairns not only fuck with the
ecosystem, they are confusing.
Park workers have politely attempted to inform the self-centered
shitheads about why they should not be building cairns. But you know how it is
with entitled fuckwits. They don’t give a shit about anyone or anything except
themselves.
Endangered animals? Inconveniencing people? Who cares? I
need to meditate about how grate I am by stacking rocks, mmmkay!!?? How dare
you tell me that I’m being shitty for doing something shitty? I’m gonna throw a
temper tantrum now!
Entitled assholes exploit, objectify, and act defensive and
butthurt rather than trying to do better.
They don’t seem to understand the concept that some things
are not theirs to own.
Don't believe me that these rock cairns are a problem?
Then check out this shit:
Thanks to Bogleech for making me aware of this issue.
~The Cheese Hath Grated It~
Forget the cheese grater, I'm bringing out the Honey Badger
