http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/26/tech-iceberg-antarctica.html
I'm not sure what is more painful to read - the article ("An iceberg about the size of Luxembourg ..."), or the sheer number of commenters who continue to ignorantly still believe there is no such thing as global warming, or that it could have devastating impacts on the world for years to come.
2010-02-23
Bigoted bus drivers
Bus Drivers.
Is it just me - am I the only one who find them a strange lot?
Where I live, I find (in general) most of the bus drivers I encounter to be -
And in some cases, usually pretty bigoted and sexist too. Where does this come from?
Well ... I've noticed whenever I'm at the front of a bus line, many drivers seem to go out of their way to stop for person behind me, almost always if person is white, and/or female (I happen to be neither).
Chivalry is what I'm sure most of them would say if I called them on it. I call it discrimination. No one ever stops for me if I'm not at the front of the line, why?
Of course I can't call them on it. I'd likely be accused of being stocking or something and likely get kicked off, or banned altogether. Granted it wouldn't be so bad if some of those passengers didn't act like cunts and just walk in ahead of me.
What gives these drivers the right to act as they please? It's simple - because they can.
In listening to some of these drivers chatting with other passengers (most never really talk to me), I find many of them to be uneducated and moronic at best. Treating people like shit and being allowed to essentially get away with it is really just a form of power that they can exert on people like me, because they know people like me won't really complain - except perhaps on one's blog.
I'm perhaps used to this. Maybe I've even learned to accept it. Except...
... Except that I know a son of mine who is the same skin tone and will likely experience the same treatment down the road from these same drivers (and their children perhaps). It's simply a matter of exposing these idiots and finding a means of holding them accountable for their actions. And perhaps then we'll really see how liberal this town would really be.
Is it just me - am I the only one who find them a strange lot?
Where I live, I find (in general) most of the bus drivers I encounter to be -
- overweight or fat
- dangerous drivers
- never miss an opportunity to miss a traffic light
- are almost never on time
And in some cases, usually pretty bigoted and sexist too. Where does this come from?
Well ... I've noticed whenever I'm at the front of a bus line, many drivers seem to go out of their way to stop for person behind me, almost always if person is white, and/or female (I happen to be neither).
Chivalry is what I'm sure most of them would say if I called them on it. I call it discrimination. No one ever stops for me if I'm not at the front of the line, why?
Of course I can't call them on it. I'd likely be accused of being stocking or something and likely get kicked off, or banned altogether. Granted it wouldn't be so bad if some of those passengers didn't act like cunts and just walk in ahead of me.
What gives these drivers the right to act as they please? It's simple - because they can.
In listening to some of these drivers chatting with other passengers (most never really talk to me), I find many of them to be uneducated and moronic at best. Treating people like shit and being allowed to essentially get away with it is really just a form of power that they can exert on people like me, because they know people like me won't really complain - except perhaps on one's blog.
I'm perhaps used to this. Maybe I've even learned to accept it. Except...
... Except that I know a son of mine who is the same skin tone and will likely experience the same treatment down the road from these same drivers (and their children perhaps). It's simply a matter of exposing these idiots and finding a means of holding them accountable for their actions. And perhaps then we'll really see how liberal this town would really be.
2010-02-18
The world is made of high fructose corn syrup ...
... and we just live in it.
Or at least, that's the conclusion I came to the other day.
There was I - being all smug with myself. My mother-in-law had come home with some snacks for the kids, that turned out contained HFCS. I felt rather full of myself in the belief that I'm very careful about such things, I always check the labels before I buy anything at the grocery store, blah blah blah, blah ....
... until a few day after when I tossed a can of kidney beans into the cart with no thought or care. Only to discover when we got home that the canned kidney beans I tossed in were packed in high fructose corn syrup!
What a fucking maroon! I'm sure my mother-in-law has a recipe for humble pie she's dying to serve me.
I understand grocery chains pretending to claim they are looking out for our health and all that claptrap. But really Safeway, must you fuck up a canned vegetable like that?
P.S. Now I check every label.
Or at least, that's the conclusion I came to the other day.
There was I - being all smug with myself. My mother-in-law had come home with some snacks for the kids, that turned out contained HFCS. I felt rather full of myself in the belief that I'm very careful about such things, I always check the labels before I buy anything at the grocery store, blah blah blah, blah ....
... until a few day after when I tossed a can of kidney beans into the cart with no thought or care. Only to discover when we got home that the canned kidney beans I tossed in were packed in high fructose corn syrup!
What a fucking maroon! I'm sure my mother-in-law has a recipe for humble pie she's dying to serve me.
I understand grocery chains pretending to claim they are looking out for our health and all that claptrap. But really Safeway, must you fuck up a canned vegetable like that?
P.S. Now I check every label.
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