Recycle this
Feb/16/2009
The other
day, while I was recycling my mayonnaise jars by
placing them carefully into the recycling bins (can I
just throw them in there so they break or should I
place them in there whole? They're going to get
ground up anyway, right?) at my apartment house, I
said to myself, "Should I also be recycling my
plastic grocery bags?" Each of them weighs probably
.00001 grams, but at least I'm contributing to the
health of the earth. Then I thought to myself, "What
could I contribute that weighs a bit more, so that
I'm *really* contributing?" How 'bout cars? If I buy
a used car, that's like recycling, isn't it? I mean,
the real recycling happens when they squash the car
into a cube, but isn't this sort of pre-recycling
recycling? And cars weigh more than .00001 grams, so
it's a genuine contribution to the future of my kids'
kids. But then I stopped and said, "Wait a minute...
Who the hell cares about the future of the earth or
my grandkids. I want more sex and a bigger house,
right? Screw the earth, that's for those tree-hugger
weirdos." But then I realized that I was having
another selfish attack. You've seen it on tv, like at
political conventions.
Buying a new car might contribute to the country's economic health, but buying a used car would contribute to the notion that having value as a human being does not require ownership of a car less than 2 years old.
It's the great capitalism-specific dilemma of the 21st century, and I'm proudly a part of it.
Buying a new car might contribute to the country's economic health, but buying a used car would contribute to the notion that having value as a human being does not require ownership of a car less than 2 years old.
It's the great capitalism-specific dilemma of the 21st century, and I'm proudly a part of it.
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Sniff here
Feb/09/2009
Ever
notice that one of the differences between guys and
women is that, in a roomful of both, the guys are so
busy being competitive that they miss half the stuff
that's going on? Maybe one guy should just pee on the
furniture to establish territorial rights and then
get on with the party. But new guys coming into the
room probably wouldn't bother sniffing for
scents....that could be perceived as giving up power.
Out on the Serengeti the lions apparently don't see
it that way, but maybe they're not into peer pressure
or they don't care so much about what other lions
think. They probably don't have much interest in
moving into a gated community.
