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agrotourism_ t1_je4jkzj wrote

What areas have you tackled so far if you don’t mind me asking? Also what city/town had the most so far?

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FoleyisGood t1_je4l4au wrote

Come to east providence and collect 85,000 more

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bosmacks t1_je4mapf wrote

There really needs to be a ban on these things, for so many reasons.

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sunnyd69 t1_je4n33h wrote

They need to be worth what cans and bottles are, then it wouldn’t be a problem.

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Intelligent_Berry914 t1_je4np6c wrote

I was out walking the dogs the other day, I counted at least 15 during my short neighborhood walk. bringing a little garbage bag with me for next time... Fireball seems to be the nip of choice in NP

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HeWhoIsNotMe t1_je4qf7q wrote

I'm just wondering who is walking around with nips in their pocket.

Does RI just have a massive number of alcoholics who can't get through 5 minutes of their day without taking a sip? Is this a homeless thing?

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trashgirl1986 OP t1_je4qzlq wrote

Replying to HeWhoIsNotMe (#2,445,198)

It’s not who is waking around , it’s who is driving around and tossing them so they don’t get caught . Alcoholism is sadly on the rise . It’s not just a homeless thing. Addiction doesn’t discriminate

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assholetoall t1_je4rh12 wrote

It's so bad we found a handful of full nips not long ago.

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bigbadape t1_je4s1he wrote

What percentage of these are fireball?

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monkey-seat t1_je4sggb wrote

Replying to HeWhoIsNotMe (#2,445,198)

An older, uppercrusty Newport woman was complaining to me about picking up fireball nips on the beach every morning. In her pearls and blazer, she said, “Daaahling, why can’t they just use a small flask like rest of us?” 😂

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waninggib t1_je4tf5g wrote

I genuinely always wonder why we don’t use funding to create jobs to do things like this regularly.

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Kriegenstein t1_je4uc9y wrote

Replying to HeWhoIsNotMe (#2,445,198)

I go to a sandwich shop that sells nips and from my random observations it's contractors and landscapers. Every time I am there waiting for my sandwich to be made at least 3 people will buy a 6 or a 12 pack of them.

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MrRigby632 t1_je4ylnc wrote

Beer and a shot after work. It’s Southcost culture.

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Familiar_Ad1485 t1_je4yrd0 wrote

It’s indicative of life in Rhode Island for many many people… completely miserable & soul sucking, so a certain percentage will always choose to self-medicate with alcohol.

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laterbacon t1_je50m1g wrote

Replying to UncleJimmee (#2,445,689)

yea anything that isn't factory sealed is an open container. There's an exception for bringing home an open bottle from a BYOB restaurant if you didn't drink it all but it has to be in the trunk and in a bag.

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RedditModsRLazy t1_je545ln wrote

I’d bet 75% of those came from people who say shit like USA #1

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husband1971 t1_je57l10 wrote

Don’t make them out of plastic in the first place. 1 ounce of liquid can easily fit in some sort of “potato chip bag”-shape thing. Think “ketchup packet”. Just bio-degradable. There are better options out there, I’m sure, and they have never seen the light of day.

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Abaraji t1_je58lr1 wrote

For those wondering, that's about 945 a day

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mightynifty_2 t1_je5a34j wrote

Replying to johnsonutah (#2,446,288)

They have their purpose. Nips can make for fun little gifts, be put into piñatas, be snuck into the movies or other places that overcharge for alcohol, and more. Banning something instead of fixing it is rarely a good idea. Not to mention how many people will simply go to the next size up if nips are banned, meaning more alcohol use.

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mightynifty_2 t1_je5aqlu wrote

Banning nips is not the solution here. If you do, most of these kinds of people will simply get the next size up. People will just be more drunk and throwing bigger bottles on the ground. People litter all kinds of things, I don't know why nips in particular get so much attention. Littering is the real problem and banning nips won't solve it. And I say this as someone who's bought maybe one or two in my entire life for stocking stuffers.

Oh, and to avoid being misconstrued: fuck the people who litter. Just carry it to a trash can you pieces of shit.

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foobiscuit t1_je5b120 wrote

Go a bit north into North Attleboro for a calm 30k more minimum.

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liqquidlunch t1_je5bqj9 wrote

can these nips be soled to the bottle recycle places? if they can be then the homeless people should be out there getting these things

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ManchurianPandaDate t1_je5ds1k wrote

Wait... is this correlated to the amount of drinking going on there ? Like.. we’re those 85 thousand bottles mostly all consumed within those 90 days ?

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Keelija9000 t1_je5efy1 wrote

That law seems to be making a whole lot more sense. I still see nips at my local liquor store. Any word on that?

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citrus_mystic t1_je5fpj6 wrote

Replying to bosmacks (#2,444,415)

Something needs to change, but if they ban nips, I really hope they increase services for people struggling with alcoholism.

There are a lot of folks who use nips to keep the side effects of their addiction at bay, while being able to better control how much alcohol they’re consuming. Get rid of nips and people are going to have to buy the bigger bottles. Addicts aren’t particularly known for their self control and I could see a lot of alcoholics ending up drinking even more if nips are taken off the market.

A lot of people don’t have much empathy for addicts and alcoholics, which I can understand, but my concern is that getting rid of nips may result in folks drinking more than they would of nips were available. More drunk people out there and on the road…

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void2it t1_je5gld0 wrote

Looks like someone opened the backdoor to my truck.

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therealDrA t1_je5gzaq wrote

Replying to FoleyisGood (#2,447,813)

Do they know that they are perceived as gutter trash by the neighbors and anyone walking by? Get a freakin ash tray people. You would still be trashy by way of smoking but at least tidy.

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ToadScoper t1_je5hfnq wrote

Many towns here in MA have outright banned nips while other towns have emplaced sin taxes. Bottle deposits may be a decent first step but it's a band-aid policy; if the issue is pollution only a ban would make a visible difference

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OmegaNomos t1_je5izej wrote

Am I the only drunk out here that has the decency to throw empties in the trash??

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zsmorris1 t1_je5jw54 wrote

Next do facial masks we should ban them too since they get littered.

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citrus_mystic t1_je5kjhr wrote

Replying to therealDrA (#2,450,898)

Safest is in the trunk because if anything were to happen, a cop is simply less likely to see it if it’s in the trunk. But I believe that as long as it’s sealed in a bag, it’s not considered an open container.

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appslap t1_je5n4ub wrote

Replying to johnsonutah (#2,446,288)

They are allowed for carry on, on planes. TSA approved in a quart size bag. I’m about to go on vacation and it’s clutch to bring them. I am by no means an alcoholic and cannot fathom littering these on the ground.

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tru3no t1_je5swo9 wrote

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo should pay for this they are the ones with the mayor input into this problem.. if not, they can return to selling glass bottles

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providence-engineer t1_je5udxd wrote

I wonder how many nips are sold in Rhode island each day? If this is reflective of the rate, that means 10 percent of all people in the state are consuming 1 a day.

Frankly, are we protecting people from drunk driving charges by offering these for sale?

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socialcommentary2000 t1_je63sul wrote

Replying to therealDrA (#2,450,689)

No, they generally do not and I say that as a smoker that quit several years back. My place has a stoop and I am constantly telling my upstairs neighbors to keep the trash ass brother of theirs that staying with them to not dump butts off the fire escape. I still sweep them up, but would rather not have it get to that point.

This is after I dug out and gave them a really nice ornate ceramic ash tray that i had in storage so he would knock it the f*ck off.

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Bahmerman t1_je6mdpe wrote

Replying to PVR_Skep (#2,458,118)

I don't think it's a matter of "being out of breath", but more self-centered ness. I had relatives who used to smoke but they did either empty in a trash can or wait till they got home to empty in their trash.

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Z010011010 t1_je6zsnq wrote

Replying to appslap (#2,451,842)

>14 CFR 135.121(a) >No person may drink any alcoholic beverage aboard an aircraft unless the certificate holder operating the aircraft has served that beverage.

Just so you're aware, you can bring mini-bottles onto an airplane, but you're not allowed to drink them.

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appslap t1_je783jv wrote

Replying to Z010011010 (#2,461,903)

I was on a flight a few months ago and the flight attendant said “I just have to pour them for you”. Also it’s not really difficult to just get a coke and pour my own whiskey into it. I’m not getting too saucy.

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Slight_Heron_4558 t1_je795zu wrote

I just picked up all the litter that managed to blow into my yard through the fence. It was a lot. People suck. I wonder what % of humans it is that are ruining everything for the rest of us?

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Z010011010 t1_je79co7 wrote

Replying to appslap (#2,463,708)

Yeah, it's to prevent people from getting shithoused and unruly on a commercial flight. It's just a legal framework for them to be able to cut you off if you're getting sloppy.

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gelatinous_poot t1_je7c1dl wrote

Replying to Frosty-Vegetable-385 (#2,446,838)

Isn't it weird how smokers hate being pigeon holed as litterbugs, but only smokers could be responsible for the butts all over the place. When they banned smoking at the beach, smokers got all offended that they were being blamed for the cigarettes across the shore.

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outer_fucking_space t1_je7cmsg wrote

“If I just throw them out the window, they won’t know that I’m wasted!” -said the idiots who do this.

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monkey_trumpets t1_je7h6zi wrote

So is it that a good portion of the general population are alcoholics?

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ManchurianPandaDate t1_je7jbjq wrote

Replying to ziddersroofurry (#2,462,750)

Yo I used to drink a lot, I don’t drink at all anymore but at one point I was buying those nips and I could never bring myself to chuck them out the window like I’ve seen soooooo many people do, it’s absolutely wild. I don’t understand why people throw garbage everywhere

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RivalSFx t1_je7nt61 wrote

I'm amazed that all us Rhode Islanders had the environmental consciousness to throw all our let's get fuk'd up nips in one pile!

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D_Wildecard t1_je7r15w wrote

omg you should see how many there are in Pawtucket

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chrisct625 t1_je7rhee wrote

CT added a 5 cent fee to each that goes to the town the are sold in to clean up liter. They are still everywhere. Alcoholics don’t care. They drink these on the way home from work and need to dump them so no one knows the drink. We know.

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ziddersroofurry t1_je7sb21 wrote

Replying to ManchurianPandaDate (#2,466,158)

I've never been much of a drinker but I used to collect them whenever I saw them because they make great little potion bottles for miniature dioramas. I probably have 20 or 30 in a box somewhere. It just bums me out people toss them out like that. Just put it in your pocket and toss it in a trash can. At least it'll end up in a landfill. Not that that's much better.

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Mick536 t1_je7ze84 wrote

That’s about 950 bottles a day. I’m impressed.

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froststomper t1_je807cb wrote

you’re awesome and I really appreciate what you’re doing, nips are a huge problem where I live too, I work for parks and it’s the second most frequent piece of litter we find on the seacoast.

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earthlings_all t1_je81ct8 wrote

Thank you for doing this!

Also- why are these so popular?

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JimmyHavok t1_je84tx5 wrote

Replying to therealDrA (#2,450,689)

Smokers believe that cigarette butts evaporate before they hit the ground. I was waiting in a drive-thru one day, this ass tossed his butt so I got out and took it back to him. He acted confused at the sight of it, then started to roll up his window so I flipped it into his car. For some reason or other he didn't like that. Go figure. He started screeching about calling the police but I was gone by then if they responded.

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MizLucinda t1_je85f3i wrote

I walked down a street in providence a few years ago and was shocked at how many fireball nips I saw. Had no idea that’s a bit of a thing there.

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jorwyn t1_je8ccmq wrote

Replying to StankyBo (#2,470,930)

No. The ones that don't say "whisky" don't contain any and are lower ABV, but otherwise the label and bottle looks the same. So they are getting sued for not having enough, but they definitely all have alcohol.

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Zestyclose-Ad-7576 t1_je8m0o1 wrote

I have been picking these damn things out of my yard for 15 years. When I walk my dog, I can tell the route user takes. People on the next door app for my neighborhood know who the culprit is but nothing changes.

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vanlife22 t1_je8qnno wrote

Is it cause it's cold? I don't see people ripping nips across the rest of the country

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letsfukk t1_je9hp8x wrote

Pawtucket is loaded with them. I was walking thru slater park and they are everywhere. This state got an alcohol problem. I see people drinking them everywhere, on the bus, at parks, mostly people sitting around doing nothing. Kennedy plaza is like an out door bar.. Its crazy

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DeanOMiite t1_je9hr5n wrote

I was walking with my daughter in our neighborhood the other day and she counted thirty of these things in about a hundred foot stretch. We live in a quiet neighborhood, nothing around but single family homes, an assisted living facility, and a farm. She thought they were hand sanitizer.

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R3dd1tBro t1_jeai0yz wrote

Come visit Pawtucket, we probably contributed half of that. I can only imagine once the soccer field is down. Yeesh

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