# People who publicly litter, in broad daylight! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 12, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-publicly-litter-in-broad-daylight/946263 "2021-07-12T02:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-publicly-litter-in-broad-daylight/946263/17 "2021-07-12T16:56:09Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I don’t understand why so many smokers think it is fine to toss their butt on the ground. Anybody else remember this Pit thread? > [@Steophan, throwing cigarette butts on the ground IS littering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-throwing-cigarette-butts-on-the-ground-is-littering/558078): > > In [this thread about public behavior that annoys (but isn’t Pit-worthy)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582798), Steophan keeps asserting the absolutely indefensible position that discarding cigarette butts on the ground, whether lit or extinguished, is “not really littering”. And ya know, that offense (the littering) might not be Pit-worthy, but the willful self-deception and delusional thinking that he exhibits in trying to justify and defend his attitude and position is Pit-worthy, at least to me. It fucking is littering, you jac… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-publicly-litter-in-broad-daylight/946263)._