Butte des Morts, Wisconsin - 8-2-2020 Extinction level event

[Nevilledog]

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I searched the photo and found it posted on Reddit saying it was from August 2, 2020

[rzemanfl]

1. There will be a lot of used boats for sale cheap up there

when these folks die.

[0rganism]

2. sadly, "these folks" includes a lot of people not partying on the "Hill of Death"

family, friends, the people who work at stores where the Irresponsible Fools shop, their families and friends, and so on.

at some point, we'll decide we need to fix this crap, and re-start the economy. then we'll adopt the "Italian" model (full lockdown, permits required for travel outside the home, masking and distancing mandatory). until then, we're just farting around, playing fast and loose with lives.

[BamaRefugee]

4. "playing fast and loose with lives" has ALWAYS been the American way...it's just always been the

lives of People of Color that were considered trash, to be disposed of.
Until a WHOLE BUNCH of white folks drop dead, this kind of stuff will be repeated ad nauseum.

[0rganism]

5. dead-on accurate

unfortunately, the antipathy for "Black Lives Matter", while paradoxically phrasing itself as "All Lives Matter", has developed as "No Lives Matter" since we're heading toward a cultural norm where every life is as worthy of respect as the heretofore-privileged White Lives.

rather than accord significance to black people's lives, the assholes would sooner devalue lives across the board

[2naSalit]

8. +1

[rzemanfl]

6. Tell me about it. I live in Florida with DeSatan's Drumpf ass kissing and

Prick Scott's shitty unemployment system.

I used to live in Wisconsin and don't know WTF happened up there. I suspect the Irresponsible Fools care more about their boats than they do about other people.

[ornotna]

3. Found this

https://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/2020/08/03/oshkosh-sand-bar-bash-draws-criticism-after-photos-videos-emerge/5572153002/

OSHKOSH – An annual event on Lake Butte des Morts is under scrutiny after photos and videos surfaced over the weekend on social media showing large crowds during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Sand Bar Bash, an annual event that benefits Old Glory Honor Flight, was scheduled for Saturday. Photos and videos appeared to show a mass gathering with little social distancing.

The Oshkosh Northwestern cannot independently verify that all images were from 2020, though time stamps on multiple platforms indicate they were taken on Saturday, the day of the event, which was promoted on Facebook and was listed on the Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau website.

[mahina]

7. Dang that is a lot of white people. I hope it goes better

Than it looks like it will. Holy smokes that is a whole new level of ignorant.

[2naSalit]

9. And it's all white folks...

There's going to be a lesson on evolution in this somehow.

[Amishman]

11. Stupid mass gatherings is something we've seen in all areas with all demographics

The giant Philly street party a month or two ago stuck with me, and that was a very different crowd

[Silent3]

10. Even in a non-pandemic world...

...there's nothing about being in a packed crowd like that that looks appealing to me.

Being an introvert, that's not too surprising I personally feel like that. But even trying to put myself in an extroverted mindset, it's hard to imagine anyone being eager for that kind of bodily density and (almost certainly) noise.

[ms liberty]

12. I grew up on the west coast of Florida.

I've never been on the beach, any beach, when there was that kind of crowd. It's just not worth it. That is not fun.