Why do you think muggles seem to find vandalising caches so fun and amusing?

[+Angusp2]

Hi Geocachers!

I was wondering what other geocachers think about cache vandalism and muggling.

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

From

Angus

[Kantron]

Hi Geocachers!

I was wondering what other geocachers think about cache vandalism and muggling.

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

From

Angus

 

Down here in Hawaii, I would tend to think that it is bored teenagers who would do that kind of thing. I personally think it is

 

1. they don't understand what geocaching is about. People can be afraid of what they don't understand

 

2. they are afraid that if they don't do vandalize it, their friends will brand them as a "geek" or a "nerd."

[Kantron]

Hi Geocachers!

I was wondering what other geocachers think about cache vandalism and muggling.

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

From

Angus

 

Down here in Hawaii, I would tend to think that it is bored teenagers who would do that kind of thing. I personally think it is

 

1. they don't understand what geocaching is about. People can be afraid of what they don't understand

 

2. they are afraid that if they don't do vandalize it, their friends will brand them as a "geek" or a "nerd."

[+CanUK_TeamFitz]

Hi Geocachers!

I was wondering what other geocachers think about cache vandalism and muggling.

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

From

Angus

 

how do you know it's just muggles doing it...?

[+briansnat]

I think they come in 3 major categories.

 

1. Bored teenagers

2. Eco warriors who see geocaching as a scourge on the level of clear cutting and strip mining

3. Disaffected former geocachers with an axe to grind against an individual cache owner, the local community in general or this website.

[+Unkle Fester]

I think they come in 3 major categories.

 

1. Bored teenagers

2. Eco warriors who see geocaching as a scourge on the level of clear cutting and strip mining

3. Disaffected former geocachers with an axe to grind against an individual cache owner, the local community in general or this website.

4. Disaffected current geocacher with an axe to grind against an individual cache owner, the local community in general or this website.

[+BlueDeuce]

I think they come in 3 major categories.

 

1. Bored teenagers

2. Eco warriors who see geocaching as a scourge on the level of clear cutting and strip mining

3. Disaffected former geocachers with an axe to grind against an individual cache owner, the local community in general or this website.

4. Disaffected current geocacher with an axe to grind against an individual cache owner, the local community in general or this website.

 

In attempt to elicit a reaction.

[+CanUK_TeamFitz]

4. Disaffected current geocacher forum member with an axe to grind against an individual cache owner, the local community in general or this website.

 

[+okie-wan]

It's a general decline in our morals. What kind of a person would vandalize a church?

[+BlueDeuce]

Gold Five: Stay on target.

[+slowdownracer]

Simply because they can................

 

and knowing nobody can do anything about it.

 

[+TheChagnons]

Does it help at all when Geocaching info is placed in the caches? I am thinking probably not with teenagers though... :-/ I have come across quite a few caches that don't have the geocaching info sheet in them in my travels.

[+Team Cotati]

Gold Five: Stay on target.

 

What target?

[Mr.Yuck]

Simply because they can................

 

and knowing nobody can do anything about it.

 

 

Both sentences are 100% correct. I think they're both sentences, the one has like 15 periods after it.

 

I think it's mostly kids, and they're trying to be cool. I'd like to think most adult muggles will put it back after they figure out what it is. I've seen several caches that were put back, even a couple after being taken home.

 

I don't really think the "disaffected former Geocacher" thing is really that common. Unless of course it happens to your cache.

[+Castle Mischief]

Gold Five: Stay on target.

 

What target?

 

It's that exhaust port about two meters wide.

[+Matt_B_Good]

Ever see the Simpsons episode with Stampy the elephant? Some people are just jerks.

[Chiroptera lover]

Because any time a cache gets messed with, we as a community tend to blame alleged muggles. After that it becomes a circular vocabulary issue.

[+PatrickInChicago]

I think the majority are people who don't know what they are and pick them up, teenagers or otherwise. Also, animals, construction and maintenance equipment, groundskeepers, etc account for a number of missing caches.

 

There are an awful lot of "drunken idiots" in the world, though, who genuinely enjoy making other people unhappy, or who are just so wrapped up in their own selfishness that they don't care what impact that has on others. My perpetual example of this sort of idiocy is the person who throws the McD bag full of trash out of the window. There is no possible excuse. Nobody can honestly say they didn't know it was wrong. Unless the bag of trash spontaneously caught on fire, the only possible reason is idiots behaving badly because they feel like it. Because they can, as someone else said. The same thing is true for people who knowingly take or vandalize geocaches.

 

I detest people like this, whether caching or littering or other behavior. I can't even say it strongly enough. If I were an old-worlder, I'd spit every time I referenced these people.

[CacheNCarryMA]

Gold Five: Stay on target.

 

What target?

 

It's that exhaust port about two meters wide.

 

I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They weren't much bigger than this topic.

[+agilefox]

Gold Five: Stay on target.

 

What target?

 

It's that exhaust port about two meters wide.

 

I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They weren't much bigger than this topic.

 

Then man your ships. And may the Force be with you.

[+Castle Mischief]

It's a general decline in our morals.

 

Nostalgia is great.

 

Are you suggesting that caches are being vandalized at some increasing rate or are you thinking back to some mythical golden age when kids played in the streets after dark and nobody locked their doors?

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Hi Geocachers!

I was wondering what other geocachers think about cache vandalism and muggling.

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

From

Angus

 

 

Simple.............. it comes down to p-a-r-e-n-t-i-n-g.

 

Sorry if that offends anyone, 'tis the way I feel about today's society.

 

[+bittsen]

Hi Geocachers!

I was wondering what other geocachers think about cache vandalism and muggling.

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

From

Angus

 

 

Simple.............. it comes down to p-a-r-e-n-t-i-n-g.

 

Sorry if that offends anyone, 'tis the way I feel about today's society.

 

 

You are dead on. The day that people stepped in and said you can't spank your kids was the day society went downhill.

 

Not sorry if this offends anyone.

[+Team A & M]

Funny this should come up. On Sunday, we were at a family get-together, and we were trying to explain Geocaching to a friend's boyfriend. It was obvious that he thought caching was stupid, by the comments he was making. Someone told him that there are 3 caches on the trail that he walks his dog on every day, and he said he was going to find all three of them and destroy them.

 

I think there are just a lot of jerks out there, who don't understand that people aren't always interested in the same thing that they are. I think that they think they're being funny, and don't understand the financial part of it, either. People may think Geocaching is stupid, or whatever they think, but they need to remember this: some people do it for their health... hiking is a great way to lose weight, do cardio, and for me, keeps my knees from hurting (strange, I know). What better incentive than to have a Geocache at the end?

 

Maybe we should start a Geocaching Awareness Day.

Edited September 23, 2009 by Andrea106

[+TheChagnons]

Hi Geocachers!

I was wondering what other geocachers think about cache vandalism and muggling.

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

From

Angus

 

 

Simple.............. it comes down to p-a-r-e-n-t-i-n-g.

 

Sorry if that offends anyone, 'tis the way I feel about today's society.

 

 

You are dead on. The day that people stepped in and said you can't spank your kids was the day society went downhill.

 

Not sorry if this offends anyone.

 

I completely agree....

[+Castle Mischief]

Hi Geocachers!

I was wondering what other geocachers think about cache vandalism and muggling.

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

From

Angus

 

 

Simple.............. it comes down to p-a-r-e-n-t-i-n-g.

 

Sorry if that offends anyone, 'tis the way I feel about today's society.

 

 

You are dead on. The day that people stepped in and said you can't spank your kids was the day society went downhill.

 

 

Think of all the wars, crime and violence that hitting a person smaller than yourself has put a stop to throughout the years.

 

Not sorry if this offends anyone.

I think that attitude contributes more to a vandalism mindset than choosing to not smack your kid.

Edited September 23, 2009 by Castle Mischief

[Zoptrop]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals

[+Wogus!]

I don't see what some muggles find so fun about destroying cache containers.

Because a certain percentage of the population are jerks.

[+Chrysalides]

Gold Five: Stay on target.

 

What target?

 

It's that exhaust port about two meters wide.

Oh, best post I've read all week! Where's the high five emoticon? Ah..