What Is Wrong with People?

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At a local restaurant, I go to the loo. Despite the fact that there is a sit-down toilet two feet to the left, and a trash can one foot behind, someone has chucked a huge wad of toilet paper in the urinal. What is on the mind of someone who acts like this? I struggle to comprehend it.

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  1. Crosbie1:40 AM

    Based on observing litterers in the street, I conclude some people get a buzz out of littering. Not a major buzz, just a small sustaining buzz on the way to next drink, smoke, fight, or whatever. Perhaps it's the thrill of transgression.

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  2. Anonymous5:14 AM

    It could have been a kid. Hey, at least it isn't like in SoCal, where the newly immigrated Mexicans throw their poo paper into the trash can (stinking up the whole place). I guess they can't plush toilet paper in a lot of places in Mexico.

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    1. Anonymous6:04 PM

      *flush

      Man, I swear that I've all of the sudden become a QWERTY dyslexic.

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  3. Anonymous10:09 AM

    Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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  4. Jonathan Finegold Catalán2:31 PM

    This is completely off topic, but what's the Sowell book you suggest reading (with the discussion on Say's Law)?

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    1. gcallah2:39 PM

      Jonathan, here.

      All Sowell's history of thought books are worth reading!

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  5. Lorenzo6:13 PM

    Never attribute to malice what might be explained by clumsiness :)

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