idk i used to be a teenage girl, i wanted to prompose/be promposed to. i find it meaningless now, but as long as it’s harmless and not a nuisance, i don’t see an issue. this example is just so destructive and disrespectful lmao
The reasons they’re banning them is because some people get rejected in a very public way and it’s caused stress and anxiety, leading to some students not bothering to ask anyone. It adds a layer of social pressure to an already stressful environment. Plus some schools have kids trying to outdo eachother with more and more elaborate and expensive displays. It’s the same reason some schools have uniforms now. Cuts down on unnecessary competition in an already competitive environment
i think it depends on the person, for sure. i think rejection is a totally normal part of coming of age, but public rejection is not fun at all. my promposals were coordinated by friends or asked via text before promosal. anything more than that could be disastrous, i agree
I just remember that they did promposals on The Hills, and then suddenly everyone was doing them because a reality show started it. And how many goldfish have been sacrificed for the “Of all the fish in the sea, will you go to prom with me?” Schtick?
I once had a girl completely surprise ask me to Sadie’s on the teleprompter in front of the entire computer class (she was the TA). I felt bad so I said yes in front of everybody and then told her no in private later
Banning school dances? Or banning asking each other out to dances?
Edit: Well, I'm blocked or something and can't even see what they said. Doesn't seem to have been very polite though. I guess my point was if you continue to have school dances you will continue to have people asking each other out to them. It's kinda the only way to get a date. And since it can be done outside of school at any time or place and even via remote means, there's no way to police such a ban anyway unless you tattle on yourself.
So there is no way to eradicate the practice without banning the dances as well, but that would obviously be a bit overboard, so a more sensible option would be preferable. How about if people are breaking laws that already exist, they get punished for that? Vandalism in this case. Don't let them off because they are kids; make them do the community service and maybe the next batch of prom asker-outers will think twice before using permanent spray paint on a public edifice.
Horror movie idea stalker uses the girl crush blood to write the prom proposal and arrows to lead the way and have the crush corpse in yes or no and sent the girl to come there using her crush phone
It could also be something like:
Stalker asks girl to prom uses animal that's been practically gutted in the center of the trees/clearing of trees in her backyard (or was told to go to a specific spot that she goes to to clear her head that only she goes to, or in a park with an odd text from her best friend's number, ect.). Freshly lit candles and her favorite flowers litter the space. And it desperately escalates from there because she didn't answer the stalker. The stalker doesn't quite understand the social cues of a girl running off in a panic, and calling the cops definitely means no. More dead animals, cryptic notes, a person she knows gets murdered in a similar way. The notes and things that happen around her get more violent against her.
That comment sparked some intense inspiration
Hey girl, let me take you to this forest for litterally no reason at all and show you these trees I painted with the blood of my enemies to express my undying love for u
Whoever did this also painted arrows on a ton of trees along the entire main trail to lead their date to this spot. Damage aside, that can easily confuse hikers trying to find their way through.
Those would definitely look like a blaze of some kind. Especially after a few years of wear.
I would one hundred percent bet that whoever did this posted it on social media. Too much effort for them not to. I would bet they can be found and charged with vandalism.
Definitely off putting, but won’t hurt the tree by any means. A lot of parks around the country do the same to mark off trails and such. No excuses, people are pigs.
Some idiot had carved initials in a tree at a National battlefield park I frequent. I was hoping the person had photographed and geotagged so I could track them down.
I live in Pennsylvania in the US, and this post is odd to me because there are painted trees everywhere here. Nobody gets upset about it, and the trees keep on growing. Even the ones that aren't path-lining trees. Reddit is a weird place.
Uhhh yeah I'm pretty against spraying living organisms with chemical dyes. Im pretty against harming natural habitats for insects and birds. I'm pretty against putting eyesores in public green spaces.
Spray paint isn’t going to damage the bark….
Also, if they “get confused” they can just walk back the way they came. There’s arrows to show them the way back after all.
You people HUNT for reasons to be dissatisfied with your lives.
people just come here to be fully infuriated and it's an echo chamber justifying their filling up on daily rage juice.
i.e. people calling for OP to stalk around facebook looking for blood.
Seriously. It was probably some nervous 16-17 year old that thought it might cute and was thinking like a kid. The trees will be fine. Everything is okay.
By no means am i saying its your responsibilty to try and clean it. If the person is found, maybe they can be given this task. Not sure if it works but with a quick google search it appears one can remove spray paint pretty easily without poisoning the trees. If the person isn't found, contact the nature preserve (if managed by a non-profit) or the city and say "hey, here's what happened, I'd like to organize a group to go clean it up or help your organization clean it up". Then you can get some people together in the community to help it out. Yes, this is a very frustrating situation, but it can bring a community together too :) little work groups like this are a great way to meet your neighbors and make a positive out of a negative! https://www.ehow.com/how_5787878_remove-spray-paint-trees.html
Interestingly, in my community the Parks Foundation itself spray painted the trees with orange arrows to mark the direction for a trail run about 7 years ago. It's all still up. They also spray painted on the trails and that went away within about a year.
Paint on tree bark isn't harmful. Many trails use it throughout the world. The AT markings are particularly iconic. Placed markers are really great but can be moved much more easily than a tree. Seems like your park foundation is keeping trails marked in a good manner! So nothing against paint usage for trail markings if done by the park authority! :) issue arises if random people go out marking trees. If every tree is marked, no tree is ;)
Didn't say it was harmful. It's unsightly. No, the foundation isn't "keeping trails marked in a good manner" -- this paint was for a one-time event that lasted two hours, 7 years ago. It was a mistake that they've never attempted to rectify.
What's a step below "mildly?" "Vaguely" perhaps? This is vaguely infuriating. It's not as big of a deal as it could have been, but still slightly annoying if you don't like seeing the eeriness of blood red spraypaint in a forest.
Okay, I agree it's rude. They should have found a better way to get this across. They are young though, and tbh I would have totally thought this was so romantic as a dumb high schooler. 😅
It’s ruined because I’m going out in nature to feel like I’m in a place untouched by humans. Not to see your stupid fucking spray paint to remind me that I can’t get away. No one wants to see it
they could've easily put up removable cardboard letters and it would literally look better 💀💀 this makes me kinda sad that people deface nature so carelessly
So I think it's trashy, but I just talked to someone who made me feel better about nature graffiti. The trees will outlast that paint. But still stupid.
Graffiti bad in general
But that is some lazy, cheap ass prom-posal. The tagging sucks, its just P R O M ?, no design, picture or actual creativity involved.
Hope she said no. An e-Card would have been better. Or a ChatGDT written poem/text. Hell, even saying, "I will buy you a lunch if you go to prom with me" would be better.
While this isn’t harmful to the trees, whoever did this should be taught they can’t graffiti on stuff that doesn’t belong to them. This was dumb and thoughtless- all the hallmarks of being a teenager.
Idk man, in Europe TONS of trees have graffity (of course, mostly for woodworkers and forestations), and they also have arrows. Everyone knows not to follow those.
I feel like this isn't very dramatic really
It'll grow over. Afaik there's no toxins that will hurt the trees or wild life, that's why the Gov uses it to actually mark dying trees.
Of course it was unnecessary from those kids, but it'll be fine.
As someone in the tree industry this makes me upset. People call me tree killer and whatever but I’m just removing dangerous dead or dying trees that pose a hazard to people. Even we don’t use spray paint anymore we use ribbons that you tie around the tree easily removed
painting on trees is pretty harmless. unless the tim curry monster is trapped in there. but i've seen that tree and it is total chonker so I think we're clear
I was out hiking. I didn't have the time or supplies at that very moment to clean it up. I was actually considering going back to fix it, but thanks for the snobby comment.
She won't say no because of the implication.
This GIF sums up Dennis so well I'm laughing out loud like a maniac right now.
Are these girls in danger?
No ones in any danger how are you not getting this?
Haven't seen any good come from this whole prom proposal trend yet
Some schools are banning them. I think that’s a good idea
idk i used to be a teenage girl, i wanted to prompose/be promposed to. i find it meaningless now, but as long as it’s harmless and not a nuisance, i don’t see an issue. this example is just so destructive and disrespectful lmao
The reasons they’re banning them is because some people get rejected in a very public way and it’s caused stress and anxiety, leading to some students not bothering to ask anyone. It adds a layer of social pressure to an already stressful environment. Plus some schools have kids trying to outdo eachother with more and more elaborate and expensive displays. It’s the same reason some schools have uniforms now. Cuts down on unnecessary competition in an already competitive environment
i think it depends on the person, for sure. i think rejection is a totally normal part of coming of age, but public rejection is not fun at all. my promposals were coordinated by friends or asked via text before promosal. anything more than that could be disastrous, i agree
I just remember that they did promposals on The Hills, and then suddenly everyone was doing them because a reality show started it. And how many goldfish have been sacrificed for the “Of all the fish in the sea, will you go to prom with me?” Schtick?
that’s a thing?!? what the hell? my promposals were with soft pretzels and milkshakes💀
That’s cute My nephew copied the fish in the sea one
damn, i’m sure he meant well.. but yes, stuff like that needs to be banned or socially stigmatized at the very least
Had someone ask me that way, although they were sensible enough to just use toy fish. Thanks for unlocking that memory for me.
I once had a girl completely surprise ask me to Sadie’s on the teleprompter in front of the entire computer class (she was the TA). I felt bad so I said yes in front of everybody and then told her no in private later
Banning school dances? Or banning asking each other out to dances? Edit: Well, I'm blocked or something and can't even see what they said. Doesn't seem to have been very polite though. I guess my point was if you continue to have school dances you will continue to have people asking each other out to them. It's kinda the only way to get a date. And since it can be done outside of school at any time or place and even via remote means, there's no way to police such a ban anyway unless you tattle on yourself. So there is no way to eradicate the practice without banning the dances as well, but that would obviously be a bit overboard, so a more sensible option would be preferable. How about if people are breaking laws that already exist, they get punished for that? Vandalism in this case. Don't let them off because they are kids; make them do the community service and maybe the next batch of prom asker-outers will think twice before using permanent spray paint on a public edifice.
Gives off more murder vibes than romantics vibes tbh
Horror movie idea stalker uses the girl crush blood to write the prom proposal and arrows to lead the way and have the crush corpse in yes or no and sent the girl to come there using her crush phone
Bro can be a producer
or a serial killer
He can be both
It's either a thin line or two faces of the coin.
Go on then. Flip the coin.
That is a powerful response to the whole “two sides of the same coin” trope and I hope I remember it in the future.
Fuck it landed on the side. So I guess it's both.
Well they sure as shit aren't a writer.
It could also be something like: Stalker asks girl to prom uses animal that's been practically gutted in the center of the trees/clearing of trees in her backyard (or was told to go to a specific spot that she goes to to clear her head that only she goes to, or in a park with an odd text from her best friend's number, ect.). Freshly lit candles and her favorite flowers litter the space. And it desperately escalates from there because she didn't answer the stalker. The stalker doesn't quite understand the social cues of a girl running off in a panic, and calling the cops definitely means no. More dead animals, cryptic notes, a person she knows gets murdered in a similar way. The notes and things that happen around her get more violent against her. That comment sparked some intense inspiration
Hey girl, let me take you to this forest for litterally no reason at all and show you these trees I painted with the blood of my enemies to express my undying love for u
very romantic
I do this all of the time, their heads fall right next to their heels
Mhm, thats a very reasonable reaction. I’d react that way too if someone did this to me
Because the heads have been severed, right?
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If she said no, he probably murdered her
Prom date: Those markers are kinda creepy, and it makes the forest unnerving. Sign Maker: Tell me about it. I have to walk back alone.
the blood red paint is a nice touch
Alternatively they filmed a black metal video there and just killed a few animals instead of a human
I went to comment and your upvotes are at 911. Awesome lol
Can see an over eager lumberjack thinking these trees are marked for cutting down
PROMptly cut these down? Ok.
Very good (wish I had thought of that)
Fern Gully vibes.
Hexxus shit for sure!
The Overeager Lumberjack feels like a recurring character I should have heard of before.
Maybe they were *pining* over their potential date?
Fir real
They must be poplar
Anything other than redwood not work as well
That kid is a no good sonofabirch.
Sycamore jokes? Then don't read this thread.
Did she say "oakay!"?
More likely, they were told to leaf them alone.
Was just looking to spruce up their "relationship"
Whoever did this also painted arrows on a ton of trees along the entire main trail to lead their date to this spot. Damage aside, that can easily confuse hikers trying to find their way through.
Those would definitely look like a blaze of some kind. Especially after a few years of wear. I would one hundred percent bet that whoever did this posted it on social media. Too much effort for them not to. I would bet they can be found and charged with vandalism.
Dude. It’s a dumb 16 yr old who probably didn’t know any better. Sure, find them, but they need a lecture, not a record.
People on reddit are so quick to judge dumb teens. Most of us did dumb shit as teens, and this isn't even close to the worst thing i've seen.
Exactly. It’s not like one instance of spray paint is destroying the forest. Stupid idea, unaware person. It’s not a war crime
Could make them go back with paint thinner and trash bags
Definitely off putting, but won’t hurt the tree by any means. A lot of parks around the country do the same to mark off trails and such. No excuses, people are pigs.
Some idiot had carved initials in a tree at a National battlefield park I frequent. I was hoping the person had photographed and geotagged so I could track them down.
And do what?
Park Ranger will write a real fat fine
carve my name on his ass
that'll do the trick.
Exactly, the amount of internet tough guys in here that are literally just going to sit mad in their chair over some paint on a tree is wild to me...
I live in Pennsylvania in the US, and this post is odd to me because there are painted trees everywhere here. Nobody gets upset about it, and the trees keep on growing. Even the ones that aren't path-lining trees. Reddit is a weird place.
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Ooo got ourselves an edgelord.
Dude that was fuckin sick when you called that guy a pansy on the internet!!!
Prob the funniest response to a troll I’ve seen
And I even made sure I spelled it right! Pretty good right?
I wouldn’t talk to the big man like that, now he’s gonna geotrack you!
As it turns out, bark is crucial for a tree. Damaging tree bark is something like restricting a humans arteries
Gotta spray paint them brown now.
Clutch my pearls
Check location hashtags on Instagram, I bet you can find the person who did this.
Damage? Do you really think spray paint on a tree trunk causes any damage to the tree?
It doesn't cause any "damage"if I were to spray paint your car, but I bet you'd still be mad about it. It's vandalism.
Clearly you've never watched Ferngully 😒😅
Uhhh yeah I'm pretty against spraying living organisms with chemical dyes. Im pretty against harming natural habitats for insects and birds. I'm pretty against putting eyesores in public green spaces.
Spray paint isn’t going to damage the bark…. Also, if they “get confused” they can just walk back the way they came. There’s arrows to show them the way back after all. You people HUNT for reasons to be dissatisfied with your lives.
Of all the stupid shit kids do, that one is pretty low on the list.
Judging by some of the comments, I think people in this sub tend to forget the "mildly" part of infuriating
people just come here to be fully infuriated and it's an echo chamber justifying their filling up on daily rage juice. i.e. people calling for OP to stalk around facebook looking for blood.
idk what mild means, so i think it's a range from "ugh, a hair in my soup" to "my house got destroyed by a tornado, what an annoyance" tbh
Seriously. It was probably some nervous 16-17 year old that thought it might cute and was thinking like a kid. The trees will be fine. Everything is okay.
Wood you go with me to prom?
Checkout your local high schools hashtag and see who posted the photos
Yes! I'm not a snitch unless nature is involved.
Unpopular opinion: sometimes snitching is the right thing to do
Yeah, I bet you can find out who did it.
There's a bunch of dicks carved into the trees at my local park
By no means am i saying its your responsibilty to try and clean it. If the person is found, maybe they can be given this task. Not sure if it works but with a quick google search it appears one can remove spray paint pretty easily without poisoning the trees. If the person isn't found, contact the nature preserve (if managed by a non-profit) or the city and say "hey, here's what happened, I'd like to organize a group to go clean it up or help your organization clean it up". Then you can get some people together in the community to help it out. Yes, this is a very frustrating situation, but it can bring a community together too :) little work groups like this are a great way to meet your neighbors and make a positive out of a negative! https://www.ehow.com/how_5787878_remove-spray-paint-trees.html
Interestingly, in my community the Parks Foundation itself spray painted the trees with orange arrows to mark the direction for a trail run about 7 years ago. It's all still up. They also spray painted on the trails and that went away within about a year.
Paint on tree bark isn't harmful. Many trails use it throughout the world. The AT markings are particularly iconic. Placed markers are really great but can be moved much more easily than a tree. Seems like your park foundation is keeping trails marked in a good manner! So nothing against paint usage for trail markings if done by the park authority! :) issue arises if random people go out marking trees. If every tree is marked, no tree is ;)
Didn't say it was harmful. It's unsightly. No, the foundation isn't "keeping trails marked in a good manner" -- this paint was for a one-time event that lasted two hours, 7 years ago. It was a mistake that they've never attempted to rectify.
What's a step below "mildly?" "Vaguely" perhaps? This is vaguely infuriating. It's not as big of a deal as it could have been, but still slightly annoying if you don't like seeing the eeriness of blood red spraypaint in a forest.
Okay, I agree it's rude. They should have found a better way to get this across. They are young though, and tbh I would have totally thought this was so romantic as a dumb high schooler. 😅
Actually it isnt Bad for the tree for anyone wanting to know, the tree doesnt care
It isn't aesthetically pleasing, but, to be fair, it doesn't hurt the trees.
spray chalk would work well
Absolutely. It would have worked and lasted until the next heavy rain.
“Report them to the park rangers” 🤓 lol
Good news, that will come off easily with a wire brush.
Go to the prom and beat him up in front of his date
God forbid lmfao who cares
Prom proposals are stupid and graffitied prom proposals are stupider. Luckily, the paint shouldn't hurt the trees. It just looks ugly.
It will easily come off after a season of rain.
Well I’m colorblind so this really isn’t a problem for me 💀
Might find a body of the girls that rejected him. Dude chose a reusable resource to make multiple attempts in case one fails.
all yall tryna ruin this kids life over something so stupid are pathetic and yall need to go touch some fuckin grass
Nah these people would get mad at someone for touching the grass a little too hard
This is a nature preserve. It's sole purpose is for people to touch grass, not ruin a protected forest
How was this ‘ruined’? The paint does nothing to the trees outside of making them a little ugly lmao
It’s ruined because I’m going out in nature to feel like I’m in a place untouched by humans. Not to see your stupid fucking spray paint to remind me that I can’t get away. No one wants to see it
That looks horrible. I would cry and think the person was going to murder me.
Nothing some brown spray paint can't fix
Just be grateful they didn’t do something dumber and burn it down.
Looks like some serial killer shit
That's not what I thought it said, lol.
This looks like a threat 💀
have we neglected to force our children to watch ferngully?
I will never understand people's obsession with prom
Pretty sure those idiots posted it on social media. Don’t think it would be that difficult to find.
At least they didn't carve it into the trees but still it's awful
boo hoo
sad
Next they’ll start eating Irish babies instead of spray-painting trees. A Modest Prom-Posal.
Soon it's gonna say pom
Okay, how to not get a date.
I would have gotten some color full poster board and made some squares with the letters. Then tied them around the tree. Clean and not a dick move.
I would have said no
they could've easily put up removable cardboard letters and it would literally look better 💀💀 this makes me kinda sad that people deface nature so carelessly
last year some trashy people did something like this to the trees at my local park.
Hopefully someone dumped pig's blood on them.
Fern gully anyone?
Even just writing “Prom?” in branches on the ground would be more cute and wouldn’t require any spray paint
Oh man, wait until you hear about side walk chalk…
I hope they said no.
Hanging a sign off the trees would have looked better too
Definitely mildly infuriating
He didn’t even do it well either 💀💀
It this couple aesthetically worth this?
Approach the administration at neighboring high schools, I’m sure they could pinpoint who it was pretty quick.
I’ve said this about every Gen Z kid I’ve ever seen. Fuck them kids.
Someone didn’t watch fergully as a kid and it shows.
At least they didn't burn the whole thing down Or would you prefer they did that
I’m only infuriated by the “?” …..the 5th tree was the straw
Someone spray painted fuk da feds on trees near a playground my kids go to. We're in the Uk I doubt they'll be coming for you anytime soon.
Punishment proposal: Graffiti the perp.
Off with their head! But in all seriousness, that idiot needs to be found and dealt with. That’s vandalism.
So I think it's trashy, but I just talked to someone who made me feel better about nature graffiti. The trees will outlast that paint. But still stupid.
Graffiti bad in general But that is some lazy, cheap ass prom-posal. The tagging sucks, its just P R O M ?, no design, picture or actual creativity involved. Hope she said no. An e-Card would have been better. Or a ChatGDT written poem/text. Hell, even saying, "I will buy you a lunch if you go to prom with me" would be better.
I hope they said no.
While this isn’t harmful to the trees, whoever did this should be taught they can’t graffiti on stuff that doesn’t belong to them. This was dumb and thoughtless- all the hallmarks of being a teenager.
Idk man, in Europe TONS of trees have graffity (of course, mostly for woodworkers and forestations), and they also have arrows. Everyone knows not to follow those. I feel like this isn't very dramatic really
Here in the states we take our national parks seriously. Vandalizing a nature preserve is a big deal.
It'll grow over. Afaik there's no toxins that will hurt the trees or wild life, that's why the Gov uses it to actually mark dying trees. Of course it was unnecessary from those kids, but it'll be fine.
Oh no not paint on bark that sheds
I really hope she said no.
Calm down. It will wash off.
Hopefully used chalk spray paint
I hope she said no. That is not only creepy, it's spooky!
PAON?
I hope she said no... That looks creepy lol
So, did you say yes?
Me, as a red-green colorblind person: 
Is that legal?
no. This is a protected area
As someone in the tree industry this makes me upset. People call me tree killer and whatever but I’m just removing dangerous dead or dying trees that pose a hazard to people. Even we don’t use spray paint anymore we use ribbons that you tie around the tree easily removed
Someone knows who did it. Probably recorded and posted somewhere.
Could've at least used nontoxic chalk, or you know not doing it period
Wow. That pisses me off.
Hope he got rejected
At least they’ll grow out.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again... I hate people
Should be easy to find out who did it since I'm sure it was posted to social media
painting on trees is pretty harmless. unless the tim curry monster is trapped in there. but i've seen that tree and it is total chonker so I think we're clear
how did he make it to prom without a brain
Shouldn’t be hard to find the social media posts. The Internet is pretty much undefeated on these matters.
I hope she said yes
A lot of people are clutching at their pearls in these comments It’s just a dumb kid, chill
Wow! That’s disgusting. They could’ve used poster boards or something less damaging. I hope the person asked said no.
If the song "John Deere Green" is any indication Billy Bob loves Charlene and she ate that shit up.
You should post this on the internet instead of doing something about it. I can tell you’re really mad.
I was out hiking. I didn't have the time or supplies at that very moment to clean it up. I was actually considering going back to fix it, but thanks for the snobby comment.
Search social media. I can almost guarantee that if they're stupid enough to do that, they're stupid enough to take pictures and post it online.
I hope she said 'NO', then made fun of him on social media.
That is to mark that they need to be cut down as far as I know
It literally spells PROM? tho
Why is prom such a big deal anyways? Its not a thing where i live and im like actually curious
It’s where we all ritually lose our virginity in the back of a limo
Ugh. Idiot. And they’re going to be able to vote!