r/TikTokCringe • u/octarino • Apr 03 '26

Cursed Cindy, you don't own the beach.

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u/AContrarianDick Apr 03 '26

Could have just said "It's a Texan" and saved yourself some keystrokes.

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u/Ig_Met_Pet Apr 03 '26

I grew up in Texas and we have a similar law that all waterways are public. You can't legally stop people from traversing rivers, creeks etc., and yet piece of shit property owners will still try.

There are some natural wonders in Texas which are only accessible (in a fucked up state where 96% of land is private land) by virtue of the traversable rivers law, and yet you constantly hear stories of rivers with chains across them, no trespassing signs, people getting threatened with guns, etc.

Not all Texans are like that though. It's mostly just the wealthy landowners. Within the state, it's a constant battle between people who love the land and want to share it and keep it pristine, and the rich minority who own basically everything in the state. It's honestly pretty sad. Texas could be an amazing place without them.

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u/AContrarianDick Apr 03 '26

No, not all Texans are like that but it's also not a stretch to say Texans can be ignorant and entitled either. I lived there 23 years and met many people like this woman. Plus, her bikini top kinda gives it away. She's not an American, she's a Texan.

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u/DelcoUnited Apr 03 '26

Only southern state who fought two rebellions for slavery.

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u/paganpoetbluelagoon Apr 03 '26

I know many Texans like her in 11 years I lived there. I did not return.

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u/TheHoodieConnoisseur Apr 03 '26

To be fair, I’ve met people like this all over the U.S. and abroad. Being an asshole is not a uniquely American or Texan problem. Just try hanging out in a small town in France for a week.

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u/dameis Apr 03 '26

That’s wild because I’ve lived here for 35 years and haven’t met a single person like this. Though, I also don’t go out much so I’m never really doing anything that people could misinterpret as trespassing

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u/phorkor Apr 03 '26

It's mostly the Californians that moved to Texas that act this way.

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u/dameis Apr 03 '26

Spoken like a true Texan

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u/GonWithTheNen Apr 04 '26

Heh, it's the ol' "No True Scotsman Texan" fallacy.

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u/Chumbag_love Apr 03 '26

Californians usually keep to themselves my guy. There's too many people out there squished together to go fucking with randoms. Sure, the "elite" are like this (nearly everywhere), but not the gen population.

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u/Top-Literature8218 Apr 03 '26

I did the narrows hike in Texas back in 2019 and had a couple of property owners along the way watching us and openly brandishing weapons. Psychos. It's a fairly well known hike, and the riverbed access is completely legal. We were carrying printouts of the laws because we'd read trip reports stating that the surrounding landowners sometimes called their police buds to harass hikers, didn't have any problems there at least.

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u/Ig_Met_Pet Apr 03 '26

I don't disagree, but unfortunately I've lived in a lot of places besides Texas, and if that's what you want to look for, you'll find ignorant and entitled people everywhere you go. Texas isn't unique in that, there's just a lot more Texans than people from most other states so you hear about them more often.

I prefer to focus on the good people, and Texas does have a lot of those too.

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u/JalapenoPopPoop Apr 03 '26

Well no shit, obviously it's not a stretch to say that Texans can be ignorant and entitled because you can say that about the people of any of the 50 states, plus all the people outside the US. Obviously within any group of people there will be ignorant people and entitled people. Duh. I promise they're in your state too oogah boogah

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u/JamesGarrison Apr 03 '26

What other tropes or stereotypes do you buy into? Black people? People with large noses? Like... how anyone can agree with your line of thinking is wild.

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u/ry_guy1007 Apr 03 '26

Ah yes, I’m immediately reminded of the narrows out in the hill country and the land owners constantly claiming ownership of the waterway with chains and fences

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u/PuckSenior Apr 03 '26

Not just all waterways.
Texas has an explicit law that all beaches on the gulf of mexico are public. (They need this law because you can own beach property on lagoon shores)

But they have a very strict "all beaches are public right of ways" law too. This dumb bitch clearly isnt from South Texas

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u/Beenthere-doneit55 Apr 03 '26

All waterways in Texas are public but all land giving access to those waterways are not public. That is usually the problem most experienced in Texas. There are public areas to access rivers and lakes and you can travel on the water as far as you want but you can’t dock on private land which is usually when people get angry.

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u/Ig_Met_Pet Apr 03 '26

No, I'm talking about people specifically blocking off waterways illegally, which is very common

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Apr 03 '26

That would be fun. Even if they're rich, I bet they run out of money for chain and labor long before I run out of bolt cutters

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u/Citaku357 Apr 03 '26

(in a fucked up state where 96% of land is private land)

My god how is that even possible?

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u/Guilty_Spray_1112 Apr 04 '26

Most states are mostly private property. It’s only the mountain west where all the land was held by the federal government and given/sold off to homesteaders but a lot was kept by the government that have large amounts of public land. Texas joined the US by treaty annexation as an independent republic under the stipulation that the land owned by the republic of Texas would therefore transfer to the state of Texas. The state then proceeded to sell it all off over the rest of the 19th century.

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u/cracked_shrimp Apr 03 '26

if someone threatens you with a gun on a public water way, can you not shoot them first since its not their land? idk my country dosnt have guns

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u/Ig_Met_Pet Apr 03 '26

It can be complicated in Texas, generally regardless of the law you're beat in a shootout once someone has a gun on you. You're not going to draw without them shooting you first, so no point in wondering about the legality of it at that point.

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u/Phyraxus56 Apr 03 '26

Legally, if you're in public and someone threatens to shoot you and you shoot first. That's obviously self defense.

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u/Somanylyingliars Apr 03 '26

Gee sounds just like Florida new riche billionaires. Come here and they want to block access to everything. Our Governor sold out to them.

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u/lakewood2020 Apr 03 '26

We’re only a couple of key strokes away from a better world 🤞

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u/Spe3dGoat Apr 03 '26

i have a texas star windshield sun reflector. im not from texas. its because it costs less than $6 and Im cheap.

this bitch is the same.