Deus Ex Machina wrote:
time_to_go_now wrote:quabillion wrote:I had the running lights on while camped on the beach at Padre island.
I forgot about them being on and went to bed.
After a few hours the folks in the tent next to me began making noises about the lights. I overheard them through the open window and rushed outside to shut them off. Felt really embarassed and foolish, and have never had them on again (cept going down the highway of course)
When you are asleep, how can you see any lights?
I just don't get it...don't play your radio too loud. Don't have a fire if the smoke blows into someone elses campground. Don't leave lights on as it may disturb others. Don't run your $89 genny. People...we need to be a little more tolerant of others. They paid the same amount to stay there as you did.
Okay, I'm not sure if you are saying we need to be "more tolerant" of the loud and selfish, or the other way round...
Let me say this...
People pay their $$, and it gives them the right to NOT have to listen to your taste in music at 110 Decibels, NOT have to breath in the smoke from your smoldering campfire, and NOT have to listen to your cheap-assed generator, not to be blinded by you tacky-assed lights, not to have to listen to your screaming, undisiplined children, and not to have to listen to your drunken blatherings, etc, etc.
Noise and light are intrusive, silence and darkness are not. When was the last time you heard ANYONE, EVER, in your entire LIFE complain that someone was being too QUIET or their campsite was too DARK?
The point is, have fun, enjoy yourself, but NOT at the expense of your neighbor who is trying to do the same thing.
I LOVE my blue LED lights on my awning, but I do NOT use them when it intrudes on someone in the next site.
I LOVE my music and a BLAST it at full volume when camping in winter and I'm the only one in the campground. Otherwise, I put on my Bluetooth headphones and blast it in MY OWN ears. SAME THING, except I don't ruin my neighbor's camping trip.
I spent $1200 on my Yamaha generator, not for my neighbors, but because I can't stand the noise MYSELF. Even so, I STILL go to my neighbors and tell them that if my generator bothers then, please let me know.
My campfire always burns hot and cleanly, or I put it out. I don't maintain a smoldering smudge-pot all day long. Firestarters from Walmart are dirt cheap, it's easy to start a good hot fire from scratch, ain't gonna bankrupt me.
Lord know, I never, EVER cut through someone elses campsite. My personal space is IMPORTANT to me, so I respect the space of others.
It's called CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS, and their right to have a pleasant vacation also.
I would tell those who don't have that basic courtesy (ME! ME! ME! attitude) what I really thing of them, but that would get my post deleted, and that would not promote the message I am trying to convey. Beside, the only ones who will listen are those who share the same ethics. You can't fix stupid, and you can't fix the inconsiderate. I'm just happy if I can help reinforce those ethics, and make those people feel they are not alone out there.
It's simple, treat others as you would have them treat you. Go to church once every year or two and it's a simple thing to learn.
Lest you think you are all that important and privileged above others, remember you are only one six-billionth of the population of this planet. You are only a turd on a speck of dust in the grand scheme of things. Treat all the other turds on specks of dust humanely and we all have a better time.
It's easy, it's simple, and it doesn't really hurt that much. Some even get SATISFACTION from it.
Hey, I think I just gave a sermon on humanity. Welcome to the church of Deus Ex (tongue in cheek, of course).
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