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Sunday, 8 May 2011

Modern Life - Still Rubbish

I feel a paralysis not because these images are horrible but because this particular issue is just one (a faraway one at that) of the many problems in the world and I don't know which should get my attention and hence no issue gets my active attention.

From the excellent Boiled Down

More soon
SBW

10 comments:

  1. Holly Heyser8 May 2011 at 17:00

    Wow. That is really, really depressing.

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  2. Tovar@AMindfulCarnivore8 May 2011 at 19:18

    What a bloody mess we've made in the past century.

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  3. The Suburban Bushwacker9 May 2011 at 11:23

    Norcal

    Sadly it's only one of the more visible examples
    SBW

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  4. The Suburban Bushwacker9 May 2011 at 11:28

    Tovar

    I was watching the film 'the end of suburbia' the film makers framed the issue 'we had enough oil to last for 2,000 years, this is how we squandered it in a hundred'.

    meanwhile we fine people for putting the wrong rubbish out on the wrong day or in the wrong bin, while doing nothing to address the madness of our modern world.

    SBW

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  5. Tovar@AMindfulCarnivore9 May 2011 at 11:33

    Yeah. For the most part, we don't seem to ask "How will this affect the world our grand-children's grand-children will inhabit?" but rather "How will this affect this fiscal quarter?" Then we're shocked and dismayed by the impacts a generation or two down the line. Duh.

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  6. The Suburban Bushwacker9 May 2011 at 19:26

    Tovar
    Some days i just feel dispair, the solutions to most of our problems are known but not disseminated, and we continue to reward the people who are making things worse.

    Our elected representatives have abandoned the concept of public service and are merely in the business of getting elected, so have no stomach for the tough questions. Wise men are mocked and idiots celebrated. Modern Life Still Rubbish.
    SBW

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  7. Albert A Rasch10 May 2011 at 15:42

    Everyone!

    Depressing? Yes! But there is something we can all do. Remember that post I did on cleaning up, I always carry a shopping bag I my pocket when I go out? Y'all remember that one?

    Well that is all it will take if each and everyone of us do that one small thing. I even do it here in A'stan.

    Just pick one thing to do, one thing! and do it all the time, it will make a difference!

    Best regards,
    Albert “Afghanus” Rasch
    The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles™

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  8. The Suburban Bushwacker10 May 2011 at 16:28

    Albert

    Right as rain, our only hope for changing the world is one person at a time.

    SBW

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  9. Tilly Rivelino11 May 2011 at 11:09

    I'm too young to feel cynical yet Uncle Sten, but it is sad; I like birdies.

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  10. The Suburban Bushwacker11 May 2011 at 15:21

    Tilley-pops

    Re cynicism: Ask your dad

    I have booked a place for you on my forthcoming workshop
    Rifles and swearing 101

    SBW

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Please feel free to leave comments. I really enjoy hearing what readers think. The rules are the same as round my dinner table:

You're welcome to disagree, life would be way too boring if we all agreed with each other and we'd never learn anything.
I like to think that we're all grown up enough to argue every last point, right down to the bone, without bearing a grudge afterwards.



Come on in the waters lovely
SBW