I have already been yelled at by six seperate parties of mindless douchebags for not turning off all electrical appliances in my home for an hour yesterday. And the weekend isn't even over! Maybe if we work hard enough and pull together we can make it to ten separate parties of mindless douchebags before Monday.
Four more parties! Four more parties!
They were absolutely right, I didn't turn off all electrical appliances. On the other hand, I didn't turn a bunch of shit on either as an act of pure defiance against this douchebagitude, but now I kinda wish that I had.
You see, turning everything off for an hour does nothing. I'll type that one more time just to make sure everyone gets it: Nothing.
A third time? Okay.
NOTHING!
Especially in this ol' country of Sweden where we are still somehow in the middle of winter. It was -2 degrees centigrade yesterday at 8:30, starting everything up again would waste even more power than if I left the heat on. When the six separate parties of mindless douchebags were told this, they insisted I could have at least turned the lights off. I had the TV and one small light in one window on, just like every night. That was all.
Apparently three polar ice caps melted last night because I wanted to watch the rest of A Clockwork Orange without an intermission. Sorry 'bout that.
There are too many mindless douchebags in the world who think that sitting in the dark for an hour does something for the environment. It makes them feel good about themselves, they've actually done something for once. This is serious business, we're saving the world here!
It makes my heart leap with elitist joy to picture these nimcompoops sitting the dark with a candle counting down the minutes 'til they can return to their normal lives.
"3... 2... 1... Mission accomplished! Now turn the jacuzzi back on, honey, I'm in a bubbly sorta mood."
These are the same people who rave against plastic bags in grocery stores because switching to paper bags will fix everything that's wrong with the planet. These are the same people who boil with rage because a supermarket sells products that have things in them beginning with "E". These are the same people who think transfats are like the Communist Party, only sneakier.
The point of Earth Hour is not to conserve energy, it's meant to make people take a step back and ponder about the energy they spend and then perhaps do something about their wasteful lifestyles, but the act itself is pointless. It does no good if everyone doesn't make significant changes.
I already waste nearly no electricity at all, I don't drive a car, I eat as little meat as possible, I don't waste any resources that aren't renewable or buy items that aren't recycable or will last a lifetime - in fact, the only way I could live in more harmony with nature would be if I moved into a treehouse and married an otter.
Earth Hour is a good initiative. Unfortunately it overestimated the intelligence of mankind.
Holier than thou? You bet your fucking transfat hating ass I am.
(mp3) Crowpath - Lights out, left for dead
Available on Son Of Sulphur (2005)
(mp3) Entombed - Lights out (live)
Album version available on To Ride, Shoot Straight, And Speak The Truth (1997)
(mp3) Angry Samoans - Lights out
Available on Back From Samoa (1982)
3 comments:
Thank. God. I am surrounded by so many damn enviromentalist hippy retards that I had begun to think everyone thought that way. Not that I'm against being effecient and all that, but honestly, some people just need to actually think a little about the black and white, good and bad environmental decisions they make. Owning a Prius does not validate the choice to drive an hour to and from university each day simply because you dislike public transport. The benefits of avoiding plastic bags are completely discounted when you buy a new 'green' bag each time you go shopping (the energy required to produce those things are hundreds of times higher than a plastic bag). Urrghhh, stupidity really irritates me. Apart from that anti-stupidity rant, I've mostly been busy with university stuff these days to do much else. Should change when I sort out the mess that is my work habits.
Hear, hear! Use what you need; nothing more, nothing less.
You'll enjoy the fact that the brain trust running the local high school removed 1/3 of the lights to save money and the world. Imagine for a moment a room of 1,600 hormonally enraged teens. Let's turn the lights down for romantic effect. Brilliant!
Oh yeah, your Blaaaaaaahg is tits.
i love it when folks break out the angry samoans... they're like a double underline and bold italic all rolled into one!
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