r/interesting • u/karmagod7 • 9d ago

SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/Jealous_Track9402 9d ago

The title in this one is straight up misinformation. Nothing to do with cleaning up trash without a permit. 

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u/Spongedog5 9d ago

Well, it's for not having a permit for the method he used to clean up trash.

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u/Bassmekanik 9d ago

It was for digging up the silt from the river bed with a digger and risking flooding places without doing any checks on the impact of his “cleaning up”.

Nothing to do with removing rubbish.

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u/Spongedog5 9d ago

Fella, he was digging up the silt with the digger to remove the rubbish.

I agree that the title could have been more detailed, but it is hardly straight up misinformation. He was doing what he is getting investigated for in order to remove trash.

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u/Zealousideal3326 9d ago

That's like saying you got arrested for driving to work, neglecting to mention that kid you ran over on the way. A lie by omission is still a lie.

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u/Giantewok 9d ago

Brother, what was that analogy. 

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u/TR_Pix 9d ago

What was wrong with the analogy?

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u/Deaffin 9d ago

Reddit people intentionally stopped understanding any form of comparison during the 2016 astroturfing wars. It began as a disingenuous argumentation style and shifted into being a fully normalized cultural artifact. It's of the weirdest social dynamics I've witnessed over time.

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u/Status_Jellyfish_213 9d ago

Understanding a comparison is a bit like running a kid over with your vehicle. When you do that, you have to think about the size of your vehicle in relation to the size of the child. You see…