Every protest, strike, event, etc. needs a clever nickname or a brilliant chant they can pull people in and rally behind. That’s Marketing 101. This country was founded on colonists yelling, “No taxation, without representation!” Well we’re three days in and the citizens of Philadelphia have found a name, “Parker Piles”. The “Parker Piles” are the trash you see building up around the temporary dumpsites the city set up:
These #ParkerPiles are at 6100 Ardleigh St. After only 15 hours, they are overflowing! Waste Management came by to pick them up, and the worker said it was so bad, he couldn’t get them! They also mentioned something about hitting a load limit from all the work today! pic.twitter.com/zaMonFkCYF
— Larry (@markskull) July 2, 2025
Fabulous name. Great job to whoever came up with that and printed out signs. Now I can’t go anywhere on social media or Reddit without people talking about the “Parker Piles” in their neighborhood. There’s an entire thread dedicated to it on r/Philadelphia to people posting pictures of different Parker Piles they see throughout the day.
Here are some:…