Instagrammers Are Killing California's Field Of Poppies

[Yavin4]

[NutmegYankee]

1. Another reminder that people really suck. nt

[Mosby]

2. im out of data, can someone give me a one sentence summary

Please?

[Yavin4]

3. People are trampling and destroying the Poppy field to take pics for Instagram. n/t

[Igel]

4. Two takeaways.

"I'm not actually hurting things. Look at all the things I'm doing that I've convinced myself are actually environmentally aware."

"I'm better than everybody else who *are* hurting things. Because I'm smarter and more sensitive."

Nearly every person interviewed in this very non-random sample falls into this category.

At the same time, most of those who were there in background footage shots were staying on trail or areas already labeled "restoration" (which just seems to mean "it's trashed but please keep off because if you do it'll probably grow back with time&quot .

In other words, my general impression (and no more than that) is that not only are they deluded in thinking themselves better in being more sensitive and more enlightened, they also feel more privileged to actually step off the trail.

(I'd point out that obviously they're also typically much older and more conservative looking, all obviously staunch (R), but then the stark snark would probably be deemed offensive, so I won't go there.)