When people learn I pick up litter daily, many respond with a knee-jerk suggestion I be careful because the litter could be laced with fentanyl or could give me AIDS.

I would ask where this nonsense comes from except that I know it’s their fears based on preconceptions. They can’t possibly imagine I don’t know about fentanyl and AIDS. They can’t imagine they’re helping me. I mean, they’d be fools to imagine either, but I wouldn’t put it behind any environmentalist.

How amazed they must be to learn that I have the remarkable ability to pick up litter without giving myself AIDS or addicting myself to fentanyl.

Anyway, I just wanted to post something they must find amazing. I can lift things off the ground without giving myself AIDS or dosing on fentanyl. Here’s a picture of the free needles given to whoever asked for them. I found them on the ground in the park. I bet people are amazed that I could pick them up safely.

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