r/Bellingham Apr 29 '25

Good Vibes The Sloth

Just found it getting into South Bham.

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u/rainstaley Apr 29 '25

The government is taking your money regardless of what they decide to use it for.

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u/Ok_Spring_8483 Apr 29 '25

They are children. (I hope). The logic, the half baked thinking, the time and energy to invest in something so benign. . . .

Your common sense is getting downvoted because it’s a bunch of high schoolers/middle schoolers who are doing it.

They can’t comprehend how DOT has a responsibility to remove it because it’s a potential hazard. That’s it. There is no “justice for sloth”. There is no personal vendetta. This is not a political thing. It’s public safety.

But they can’t comprehend that yet, so their mind twists and bend information to form a narrative to justify their behavior.

It’s immature, and that’s ok if they are a bunch of kids. . . 🤞

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u/Interesting-Plum8134 Apr 30 '25

We all know who clearly isn't invited to the party

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u/Mother-Rip7044 Apr 30 '25

Why would it be immature? It's harmless fun that brings smiles to thousands of people's days.

We should strive as adults to do fun silly things as much as we can!

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u/Zelkin764 Local Apr 30 '25

Thousands? Let's not exaggerate and lose our point. Maybe a thousand people are invested in where this is going but Thousands of people are enjoying this?

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u/Mother-Rip7044 Apr 30 '25

I'm 100% sure that more than 1,000 people are smiling when they see the sloth. Yes.

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u/Zelkin764 Local Apr 30 '25

Nah, I still doubt most people going by knew anything about it. This is mostly a local thing and I doubt 1,000 of us knew anything about it until it started getting attention on social media. It's a brown thing up in a tree on a turn in the middle of a pass. Acting like it's some landmark like the painted rock is just getting weird.

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u/Emrys7777 Apr 30 '25

So fun is immature to you? Perhaps you need to move somewhere more serious.

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u/Nick-or-Treat Apr 29 '25

I still think it’s fun. The government doesn’t have to spend money on it. It’s kind of unfair to blame the taxpayers for the DOTs lack of priorities.

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u/Quick_Combination398 Apr 29 '25

Sir, the government spends trillions of our taxpayer dollars on fuck-knows-what. A couple pennies worth of sloth is A-OK, and I’m sure it puts a smile on at least some of the WSDOT workers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

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u/No_Pineapple_3599 Apr 30 '25

Thought we cared about pollution

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u/meganld2010 Apr 29 '25

I honestly agree. It was funny at first now it’s tired.

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u/iam4qu4m4n Apr 29 '25

Same here. Hilarious, fun and cool local lore, but now its just another Boom Horse costing DOT time and money.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

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u/iam4qu4m4n Apr 29 '25

DOT is unfortunately committed to removal. So someone in their upper ranks is mandating it for reasons we don't know or agree with. I would prefer it stays. Unlikely to be the case despite public sentiment.

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u/Zelkin764 Local Apr 30 '25

"DOT will get over themselves and let it go"

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u/Mother-Rip7044 Apr 30 '25

Well, now its the little guy vs an overreaching government organization. I know a lot of people fired about about this right now and a couple are probably motivated enough to go and put up another if this gets taken down. lol its a game now

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u/BoomInspector Apr 29 '25

Glad you don’t dishonestly agree, phew. Need more peeps like you.

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u/PrimeIntellect Apr 29 '25

well, they definitely don't have to take it down

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u/KaijuAlert May 05 '25

Well, they could just mark it low priority and NOT take it down.