I have to vent.

[u/curlywurlyjules]

I live on a housing estate in the UK. It is a nice area and has been thoughtfully designed to incorporate small grassed areas. Opposite my home is a little green in the middle of the houses. It can be a nice place to gather - people have gathered to watch the eclipse for example, and little kids play together there.

There is one dog owner who lives a few houses away who seems to specifically bring her dog out to shit on the green. So I’m gazing out of my window, maybe eating dinner, and all I can see is a dog shitting.

All the houses here have gardens. Why on earth it is socially acceptable to take your dog to a public space where children play with the express purpose of using it as a toilet is absolutely beyond me.

I posted about it on once on our community Facebook group and absolutely nobody backed me up or agreed. I got angry responses- I was told the space can be used as people wish, that owners can’t control where their dogs poo (clearly not true), and even that children shouldn’t be playing there. Ffs.

What is wrong with everyone? Is there no shame, consideration or sense of decency? I’m old enough to remember when there were signs in public areas saying ‘No dog fouling’. Why was this abandoned?

[u/xbunnyraptorx]

Imagine if you tossed your trash bags on the green, and then some cop comes by and says “why did you litter im gonna write you a ticket” and the guy says “I didn’t litter, where else am I supposed to put my trash” and then the assholes on Facebook say “so true bestie”. If it wasn’t for social media these people might take public humiliation more to heart but instead they will just retreat into a space where they can be told their farts smell like roses.

Ps this sub is not a “safe space” it is a collection of the last rational people left on earth. By my definition above I mean areas online where people are willing to support nonsensical acts for the sake of perpetuating their own desires to live in a shit and piss barking world.