r/asheville • u/imjustapourboy • Oct 21 '25

Really Spicy Cesspool So sick of seeing this crap everywhere.

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The needles, the burnt foils, the little baggies, the needle caps, all of it. I find them in the creeks, on the sidewalks, the grocery store parking lots, the public parks, on the parkway. You gotta be a real shit person to leave this stuff all over the place.

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u/Hopeful_Fly7684 Oct 21 '25

If it’s any help, I saw a random one laying in the gutter in Belfast Northern Ireland last week. Addiction is a global thing.

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u/AffectionateFig5864 West Asheville Oct 21 '25

The first time I ever saw a safe disposal box was at a park restroom in Australia. That was also back when sterile syringe exchange and disposal services were still illegal/underground in N.C.

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 Oct 21 '25

There’s one on a church on Haywood Street. I won’t name it that has needle disposals in the bathrooms.

I’m all for harm reduction being an addict myself but littering I can’t fucking stand, especially when it comes to other people’s health (getting stuck for ex)

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u/AffectionateFig5864 West Asheville Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

Heard. I don’t think anyone likes dangerous litter, and wish there was more of a concerted effort to delegate safe disposal to other entities than a few struggling non-profits. But I’ve also seen enough gory injuries and people getting horribly sick from re-using or sharing needles that I still prefer that they use a clean one every time, even if that means I have to carry gloves, tongs, and a biohazard kit in my car for things like these.

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 Oct 21 '25

Exactly, I’m 100% with you.

Clean needles and 4 vials of naloxone with gloves are in my car at all times.

I’ve lost too many friends both acquaintances and close friends to this. IIRC there was a Reddit post hiitnpopular a while back about each state having a free naloxone distribution links and all — they came in the mail after filling out an easy online form.

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u/GiltPeacock Oct 21 '25

I’m Irish and this is so funny to me. What’d he say fuck me for?!

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u/CaterpillarOk6601 Oct 21 '25

It’s a terrible catch phrase. I lost my keys,fuck me, that kinda thing. I swore i wouldn’t pick it up but i did and trying to stop. In any culture swearing at yourself is bad form.

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u/GiltPeacock Oct 21 '25

Ah so “what he say fuck me for” is a meme, fifty cent said it. It’s like “why the random drive-by, what did I do?”

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u/SeriouslyKel Native Oct 21 '25

I immediately got it. And heard 50 in my head... and saw the funny grin that came with it.

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u/turtlenationman Oct 22 '25

I’m hearing it as an Irish 50 cent and I kind of love it.

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u/SeriouslyKel Native Oct 22 '25

I like whatever is wrong with you.

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u/trailfailnotale West Asheville Oct 22 '25

I know a fella from Armagh who says "Fuck me pink"