While I was pondering weak and weary once upon a midnight dreary, I was thinking about all the different cultures around the world I've experienced and how fortunate I was to experience them. The one thing that kept popping up that wasn't in my pants was the fact that in the US, everything is taken to the extreme in almost every case. Why?
Number one, of course, being religious fanaticism, including anti-religion fanaticism. Then there are the fem-nazis, the racism, hippies, consumerism, vegans, music extremes in all forms, environmentalist wackos, and the list goes on and on.
This new-found "health consciousness" of the American people is just another form of extremism. Go to California and light up a cigarette in a public place and see how many people stare at you like you just punched their baby in the face. Why? More importantly, why now? Did people just all of a sudden start putting dead babies in cigarettes or something? Did people just realize now that eating crappy fast food may be a bad thing? It's like we're trying to outdo everyone else around us and it's our sworn DUTY to let everyone know our personal stance on issues and how obviously inferior their opinions may be to ours. It's our duty to lambaste others in this crusade against fill-in-the-blank. So instead of taking the intelligent route and doing things in moderation, we have to go all or nothing. Being a vegetarian isn't enough, nooooo. I can't eat ANYTHING that comes from an animal. Your opinion about religion is wrong, I am right. You're not "metal" enough because you don't like the same shitty sub-genre of a particular shittier genre of music that I do. I'm going to blow up your SUV because of my personal opinion about the environment. My movie-theater size plasma television just isn't big enough in my home unless I have to watch it in my back yard to see the full effect, never mind the fact that I have to eat ramen noodles for three months because I just had to have it. I'm going to have my teeth platinum-plated because for some dumbass reason, it's a sign of wealth in my society.
Everyone wants to point the finger at someone. The President. Hurricane Katrina. Their parents. Their children. Their job. Their school. Their childhood.
The fact of the matter is, WE put ourselves in the situation we're in. The President, although a waste of oxygen, didn't elect himself (more or less). New Orleans was a shithole before Katrina. If anything, Katrina was a fucking blessing to rid the city of the human waste.
For some reason, we have a real problem with taking responsibility for our own actions. Sure, we want all the credit when we do something good, but HOLY FUCKIN' SHIT, DON'T EVER TELL ME IT'S MY FAULT JUST BECAUSE I COMPLETELY FUCKED MY LIFE AWAY!!!! IT'S MY PARENTS' FAULT THAT I HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM!!! IT'S THE MEDIA THAT MAKES PEOPLE LIKE ME LOOK BAD!!! I DIDN'T DO SHIT FOR MY EDUCATION IN MY YOUTH SO WHY DO I HAVE A SHITTY JOB?
You know what I say to people like that? Put the milk in the plastic bags.
Number one, of course, being religious fanaticism, including anti-religion fanaticism. Then there are the fem-nazis, the racism, hippies, consumerism, vegans, music extremes in all forms, environmentalist wackos, and the list goes on and on.
This new-found "health consciousness" of the American people is just another form of extremism. Go to California and light up a cigarette in a public place and see how many people stare at you like you just punched their baby in the face. Why? More importantly, why now? Did people just all of a sudden start putting dead babies in cigarettes or something? Did people just realize now that eating crappy fast food may be a bad thing? It's like we're trying to outdo everyone else around us and it's our sworn DUTY to let everyone know our personal stance on issues and how obviously inferior their opinions may be to ours. It's our duty to lambaste others in this crusade against fill-in-the-blank. So instead of taking the intelligent route and doing things in moderation, we have to go all or nothing. Being a vegetarian isn't enough, nooooo. I can't eat ANYTHING that comes from an animal. Your opinion about religion is wrong, I am right. You're not "metal" enough because you don't like the same shitty sub-genre of a particular shittier genre of music that I do. I'm going to blow up your SUV because of my personal opinion about the environment. My movie-theater size plasma television just isn't big enough in my home unless I have to watch it in my back yard to see the full effect, never mind the fact that I have to eat ramen noodles for three months because I just had to have it. I'm going to have my teeth platinum-plated because for some dumbass reason, it's a sign of wealth in my society.
Everyone wants to point the finger at someone. The President. Hurricane Katrina. Their parents. Their children. Their job. Their school. Their childhood.
The fact of the matter is, WE put ourselves in the situation we're in. The President, although a waste of oxygen, didn't elect himself (more or less). New Orleans was a shithole before Katrina. If anything, Katrina was a fucking blessing to rid the city of the human waste.
For some reason, we have a real problem with taking responsibility for our own actions. Sure, we want all the credit when we do something good, but HOLY FUCKIN' SHIT, DON'T EVER TELL ME IT'S MY FAULT JUST BECAUSE I COMPLETELY FUCKED MY LIFE AWAY!!!! IT'S MY PARENTS' FAULT THAT I HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM!!! IT'S THE MEDIA THAT MAKES PEOPLE LIKE ME LOOK BAD!!! I DIDN'T DO SHIT FOR MY EDUCATION IN MY YOUTH SO WHY DO I HAVE A SHITTY JOB?
You know what I say to people like that? Put the milk in the plastic bags.
