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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

so many tourists are some of the nicest people I've ever met, but, taken in aggregate, everyone is trash. in any population large and wealthy enough to travel recreationally, there's gonna be a bucket of assholes who ruin it for everyone else.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn05dd4pz0jo

https://apnews.com/article/israel-museum-roman-statues-damaged-tourist-arrested-c1f793f1df00d477adac3e651e5751a7

https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/social-issues/tourist-destroys-two-priceless-2-200-year-old-terracotta-soldiers-after-jumping-into-the-display/ar-AA1FRWbY

search for your country of choice and you'll almost certainly find some prick who acted like a prick on holiday.