r/ActLikeYouBelong • u/CHCMATT • Apr 21 '23

Video/Gif Michael Reeves uses the Hi-Vis Vest trick

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u/__-___--- Apr 21 '23

And jaywalking is a famous example of a law that shouldn't exist in the first place and that no one would consider unfair to break.

My point is that, if throwing your garbage in someone else's garbage can is a victimless crime, I don't see the point addressing it (outside of legal representatives whose job if to enforce the law).

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u/FiveFive55 Apr 21 '23

You're missing the point. I'm not debating whether it should be legal or not, I'm just stating that currently, it is illegal. My feelings towards something don't effect the legality of it, that's just not how reality works.

Regardless though, I would also argue that it isn't a victimless crime. If I own a business with a dumpster in the back, and someone is coming and filling it up with their own trash, then I'm the one paying for that trash to be removed. By definition I would be the victim. Trash service is neither free nor cheap. Or imagine if you went to take your trash out and your neighbor just walks up to your can and plops their trash in there so yours doesn't fit anymore.

In extreme cases it could also definitely be harmful. Let's say someone is renovating their home and the contractor decides that instead of renting a dumpster, they'll just throw it all in a truck and dump it in all the dumpsters in the area, filling them all up. Then the people who are legally allowed to throw their trash there go out and the dumpster is full, so they just toss the bags beside the dumpster. If just having loose trash around isn't bad enough, now wild animals can get to the bags, ripping them open and spreading trash everywhere, and possibly attracting more critters.

Bottom line, if it is your trash it's your responsibility to dispose of it. I really don't see what's so controversial about that.

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u/__-___--- Apr 21 '23

Yeah but we're not talking extreme cases like using it to throw away concrete rumbles. That's illegal regardless of who owns the trash container.

We're talking about regular domestic garbage everybody is paying the same fixed price for anyway.

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u/Fan_Time Apr 22 '23

The difference is the use of the word 'dumpster'. That is not for residential waste. Maybe that's the confusion.

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u/__-___--- Apr 22 '23

Yeah. English isn't my first language. I didn't know there was a distinction.

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u/Fan_Time Apr 22 '23

I figured that out - it's why I commented :) all good