Washington State Dept. Of Natural Resources Roasts Speaker Hikers With Hilarious Tweet

There are few things better in this world than hearing other people’s music from bluetooth speakers while enjoying a beautiful hike in nature.

Wait a minute, that’s not right. Let me try that again. There are few things worse in this world than hearing other people’s music from bluetooth speakers while enjoying a beautiful hike in nature.

Yeah, that’s better. No one wants to hear your music while in nature. Not only does it disrupt the sounds of the birds, animals, wind, and all the other wonderful noises of the wilderness, but it also makes you look like a full blown dweeb. Apparently this has become so much of an issue in the state of Washington that the state’s Department of Natural Resources has decided to step in… with this beautiful tweet.

Made a playlist for your weekend hike pic.twitter.com/gRk5U7NpJ9

— Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources (@waDNR) August 19, 2022

Now, in case you’re like several of the commenters who completely missed the joke and actually believe that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources made a playlist for your weekend hike, allow me to type out the bottom line: “There doesn’t seem to be anything here”.

That’s correct, there are no songs that people on the trail want to hear from your Bluetooth speaker. Put in some headphones or listen to nature like a normal person who actually cares about hiking.

Although, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation does make a fairly valid point in their response…

I see you’ve found my Summiting Mount Rainier playlist

— Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources (@waDNR) August 19, 2022

For some reason a lot of government agencies seem to really be improving their social media accounts. The different National Parks are tweeting memes and jokes, the TSA is just full blown s*#t posting on Instagram, and now we’ve got states calling out bad tourists and hikers (also, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources twitter is a meme gold mine). I like it.

If you’re reading any of this and thinking “but I like hiking with my bluetooth speaker!” then you should stop for a minute and think. Is my music taste good? (probably not) Do other people like my music taste? (probably not) Is my music taste better than the sounds of nature? (definitely not). At the end of the day, you’re ruining other people’s hikes because you don’t actually like the outside, you just like the idea of saying that you like the outside, so you drown out all of your outdoor activities with cruddy music so you can take pictures to post on social media and act like you’re cool without actually having to experience what it’s like to be disconnected. To you, dear speaker hikers, I say this: Touch Grass.