Who knows maybe contemporaries were complaining about cave paintings and petroglyphs as we complain about graffiti. "We had a perfectly nice, clean wall and you had to fill it up with your puerile boastful drawings of your pretend hunting...
Yeah... in addition to the safety issue of obscuring road signs, I dislike the participation in the consumption of modern plastics, hydrocarbons, industrialization and mass manufacturing... it rankles right along with the AI slop of "harmless"...
Yeah I can’t say that one is better than the other (and I’m not condoning any of it) but I guess I expect it. It’s a part of what humans do, we mark things and places we’ve been. It has happened is happening and will happen. Modern plastics...
Mason marks were part of the building process for sure but graffiti made by pilgrims who left crude scratched drawings when and where they shouldn’t have on stone they didn’t own or build has gone on for a long time.
There is, of course, an argument to be made that it is more destructive... carving into something... think of reasons why we are no longer permitted to molest the Saint in the cathedral...
As a climber, I do not climb outside -- the resin we use...
Pilgrims were scratching graffiti on stone buildings a thousand years ago I don’t know why we should be surprised about the modern version of the practice. I’m not saying it’s great but it’s certainly nothing new.
It’s pollution. It’s no different to the local foxes that leave their scat on my patios and steps “I was here and it’s mine”.
“I looked up from my‘phone and there wasn’t any noise so I made some.”
And no it’s not just the Francés, though...
I’ve switched to the one bottle system (one-bottle.com) that’s been mentioned by someone else. It’s the best of both worlds. The internal bladders are a pain to refill and you’re never sure how much you have left.
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