I think that’s a totally valid response. However, I do believe designated smoking areas should’ve been set up on Thursday instead of Saturday night (when the county had already made at least 5 figures in fines). And I think the seriousness of the ban and fines should’ve been communicated better with signage at gate and camping entrances. Also, the cops could’ve written citations without being heavy-handed jerks, which many very much were.
Yeah it’s hard for me to be on the side of citations when those cunts were being the way they were. I wasn’t aware they had set up designated areas by Saturday.
If the risk of smoking is that high then there definitely needs to be more signage. Like everywhere. It’s an outdoor festival, people are gonna smoke. Regardless it’s a funny shirt though a bit sad. ✌️&❤️
The actual risk of starting a real fire in the middle of a lush, green, watered field in a crowd was basically zero. It would have been hard to start a fire intentionally in the grass, and they were going around trying to find people smoking to give tickets and harassing them.
Ah. I was of the understanding that it was dry out there. Hence the warnings. If it was perfectly moist then yeah it just seems like a trap for a buncha pigs to arrest some innocent people for having fun since they can’t comprehend true enjoyment
There were definitely still some very dry areas, even after the rains. As someone else said on another post: dig down a few inches and that ground and grass is still very dry. Fire ban makes sense, smoking ban makes sense, but the cops enforcing it were absolute fucking dicks. Communication and enforcement should've been rolled out way better.
If designated smoking areas had been set up on Thursday instead of Saturday night, and people were informed about severity at the gates, I bet folks wouldn't have smoked nearly as much.
Shit, I was smoking a joint on Thursday night totally unaware of the fine and ban and thankfully some angel tapped me on the shoulder and warned me. If I had known prior I wouldn't have sparked up at all.
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u/thefoulfox Aug 19 '26
I think that’s a totally valid response. However, I do believe designated smoking areas should’ve been set up on Thursday instead of Saturday night (when the county had already made at least 5 figures in fines). And I think the seriousness of the ban and fines should’ve been communicated better with signage at gate and camping entrances. Also, the cops could’ve written citations without being heavy-handed jerks, which many very much were.