Seems like most people just go out in “nature” (easily accessible walkpath that you can drive to) so they can “look” (take instagram pictures) of the “nature” (cool looking rocks). They don’t give a fuck about actually preserving nature or protecting wildlife or letting nature exist for the sake of it existing.
>take car into paved road into national park
>park in paved parking lot in pristine area
>walk on crowded trail
>wait in line to take picture
>leave
>cross it off their “bucket list”
>leave
>”wow, national park was breathtaking”
Just look how fucking mad the mountain biking “community” got when they were told they couldn’t bring their disruptive hobby into wilderness areas anymore.
Look how fucking mad the instagram “community” got when they were told they couldn’t trample wildflowers anymore for their photos.
Look how fucking mad the Europeans get over the fact that some US nature isn’t “easily accessible” (we don’t have a train that takes you to the top of the mountain)
Look how people hate on places like the Everglades or Indiana sand dunes, saying they “shouldn’t be national parks” because there aren’t photogenic rock structures to pose under.
Nature needs to be gatekept harder. It needs to be less accessible and there should be vast swaths of wild set aside where NOBODY can go. We need to preserve these lands for the sake of the wildlife and biodiversity. Fuck your Instagram pictures, you’re trampling the foliage and degrading the rocks. Fuck your backpacking, you’re creating human habitat and leaving fucking trash all over the place. Fuck your 4 wheelers and mountain bikes and fucking speakers blasting music.
Nobody understands the actual importance of nature, they just feel entitled to go into it and disrupt it and take pictures of it.
Pic related, the Appalachian trail, americas “premier wilderness hiking trail” where you cross a road or parking lot on average every 3 miles