Hello out there Cybersurfers.
I must apologise on behalf of both Ex and myself as we have not written anything since our Questionnaire. It has been a while and we have not managed to catch up with each other in person since. Beer consumption has gone down drastically and working hours have gone up. I have been stuck making confectionery in the wee hours of the morning whilst Ex has been sitting in a fridge.
Our thanks goes out to those of you who participated in the Questionnaire. I believe all of you who did were most probably quite honest since the results were not too shocking. I firmly believed that, due to your sexual urges overwhelming your sense of embarrassment or shame, you all would have performed more of the unusual acts listed. This, however, does not appear to be the case. Either that, or I am dirtier than I originally gave myself credit for.
So, the survey said!! “Our readers masturbate quite a bit, in fact, probably more often than they get to have sex”. I have to say that this is extremely settling for me as my drought continues and its always nice to know that others are in the same boat with you.
On to other matters….. The topic of the post today, despite my ramblings earlier, is “Staying alive”. An interesting topic given that Man could probably be described as being at the top of the food chain on mother earth, so staying alive should not be all that hard. At the moment, I think it would be safe to say that if you live in part of the developed world, staying alive isn’t all that hard for most of us. But I think things are changing and we are doing our best to ignore it, or perhaps we don’t care because the changes won’t affect us as individuals at the moment. These changes will have more of an affect on the human race’s survival in the future.
I can hear you asking, “What the hell is this moron talking about?”. I am talking about the degradation of our world and its ability to sustain us. Yes yes yes, its another rant about the environment but with a difference. Unfortunately, we need Earth to stay in a fairly similar state to its present condition in order for us to continue to live easily. It can’t change too much or parts of the ecosystem start to die. This, in turn, reduces the area we can inhabit and the number of people the earth can support.
Aside from the change brought about by extinction of certain plants and animals, the major change that we are observing in our planet is global warming. This is raising sea levels and ambient temperatures. Is this a man made problem? Well, I am not sure. However, I do know that if you sit in your garage with the car running and all the doors shut, it will heat up and you will eventually asphyxiate from lack of oxygen. Its not good for you, and neither is pollution. No one enjoys swimming in heavy metals and yes it does kill you. Our planet is not a garage or one polluted river, and these are drastic simplifications of the worlds predicament, but they do allow you to form a gut instinct that what we are doing to the planet is killing us.
Even though I know there are skeptics out there and I can’t be 100% sure that global warming is a man made problem, I know my gut tells me it is. It is common sense!! I have a hunch that this is a feeling shared by the majority of other people too. So if that is the case, why aren’t we doing something about it and why are there so many skeptics?
Well…. I don’t think we really care. All the signs point towards this. In Australia, our politicians are unwilling to contemplate reducing our carbon footprint because of the possible economic side effects. Loss of jobs being the highest one on their list. They dismiss the issue because, they say, Australia’s impact is small and it is China or the USA that needs to do something. What a crock, that is the logic of a selfish, short sighted individual.
Our worlds leaders, for the most part, have been procrastinating about this issue for several years now. Talking about it, but never actually doing anything about it. As a society, generally speaking, we condone their behaviour. It makes us feel better that they discuss the issue, but we don’t really seem too bothered that they do nothing about it.
Our basic instincts drive us to the propagation of the human race. This means, survive and procreate. So why don’t we seem to care that our kids are going to be living in a world that is dying? This goes against our instincts. Maybe we do care but I believe our culture has become so selfish that we choose to ignore our instincts and keep doing what we are doing because to change would probably be too uncomfortable.
If I walked down the street and asked the next person I saw,
“Do you want to stop global warming and ensure that our planet will continue to be able to sustain life?”
They would most probably answer “yes”. However if I then asked:
“In order to do this, would you be willing to stop driving a car, put up with less lighting in the streets, live closer to work, eat only food that was available locally and most importantly adjust to MAJOR changes in the way you live?”
They would probably say “no”.
It doesn’t paint a very good picture of our race does it. We appear to be so wrapped up in our capitalistic beliefs that we could not possibly sacrifice the comfort of a growing economy to ensure our survival as a race in to the future. If we implemented the strategies that would effectively tackle the pollution and global warming of our world, I don’t believe that people would be out of jobs or begin to starve. But even if it did, wouldn’t it be worth the sacrifice?
What do you think? If a radical stepped up and ran for prime minister of Australia, or the country that you lived in, with some serious resolutions on reducing carbon footprints, would you vote them in? Don’t forget, it may mean some serious changes to the way you live your life. (No TV, no car, reduction in power consumption and an increased cost of living)
I have been wondering a great deal whether people would actually support a leader that put the world as his number one priority. It has also been my conclusion lately that we really would not. I am becoming more and more of the belief that people honestly don’t care about the future as long as they are dead before it gets here.
Let us know what you think. Write a comment, or write to Exciter@exciters-exodus.com with your attitude problem.
Well that’s some serious shit off my liver.
-Philth
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