Everyone reading this post has access to the Internet. You probably have food in your fridge.
while others are starving to death.
You probably have heating and cooling in your home. I am sure if you are reading this, you have indoor plumbing.
Back in the old days they went outside sometimes in the middle of the night to poop.
They had to check the hole for animals and the smell could be pretty horrible.
You all have toilet paper.
You know what they used before toilet paper?
Probably all of you have a stove and a microwave.
You have water to drink that comes to your house and all you have to do is turn it on.
You have water that is heated in your bathtub. You can control whether it is hot or cold.
These awesome features were not available 100 years ago.
So for most of human history, no one had what you have today.
You are the 1%. You are the rich. You are privileged.
So stop complaining.
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ALWAYS check the hole for animals. Youngens should take our advice and not learn shit the hard way.
Even in parts of the world today there are people who have to go outside at night in the cold to poop. It's very sad. We should all send toilet paper overseas. :(
Maybe in relation to those parts of the world I'm in the top 1%. But the figures are greatly skewed in the US. Still, nice reality check.
I think I'm the only one who doesn't know what this whole "occupy" and percentages thing is about...
I'm more than a number.
The Tea Party is trying to take us back to those days.
Oh, don't even start that. They're getting in on my good. I have to kill them. Get starved.
Stay away from my government aid.
See, I was like that, and I was like, life is great; I don't have to worry about anything. I was nice and filled with the delusion of hope with enough paranoia to stay above the water.
And then came the monster on Beck's Mellow Gold album. The government is using sex rays to kill us.
If you get in on their good, you die. If you stay "youthless" or "useless" then you die too.
I was so happy for once and then they came with their games.
Every time I turn on a tap, or a light I think about this.
I've lived (briefly, thank God) where we only had an outhouse. We did have real toilet paper, though; no corncobs or Sears & Roebuck catalog.
Is it okay if I complain about my aches and pains?
Thank God and the inventor.
Them, complaining? NAHHHHHH lol
You are oddly hostile to the occupy movement. People are homeless, people are losing their jobs, and the economy is crumbling. Even if you somehow can't face that, it's happening.
Right on!!
Interestingly enough, the OWS protesters have to go outside in the middle of the night to poop. Now I'm starting to wonder where they're going to the restroom.
Neat! I think I inspired a post!
True.
The secret shame of being rich ! But can you imagine this present world without toilet facilities !
I do have a lot, and I am blessed to have what I do. I am glad I sit in the dark because my fees that go along with the electric bill are as much as the electric I use. I am glad I get hot water about once a day, because the tank is so small and not efficient I get it only at certain times. I am glad I am a blanket freak and have about 30 or so because I cannot afford to use my heat in the winter time. I am glad I live alone because a 12 pack of double rolls lasts me three months, and when I cannot afford to buy it I can get it at work because I work in an Inn. I am glad I like mac and cheese and roman noddles because otherwise I wouldn't eat, cause the bills I do have take all my money. Things could be worse and they have been but do not assume that just because we live in America that things are "rich". There are children in this country that go hungry every day, and There are still Native Americans that have to poop in the cold. Dianne Sawyer did a show on it just last week. When the Few have enough to take care of the many and still have enough money to drive a BMW, then yeah they need to help others. Oh and I am extremely grateful that both my legs work cause otherwise I wouldn't be able to walk the mile to and from work. In the cold up hills both ways, thankfully it is also down hill on the second half of the walk. I do have shoes, that I can only afford to buy one pair a year.
OMG DAN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. It's about inequality, banks robbing from the middle class and poor class, and the government not doing anything about it and letting us suffer. Why don't you quit complaining about something you obviously know nothing about and don't care to educate yourself about.
Occupy Wall Street is primarily against corporate influence in politics (and thus, corporate personhood). If you are against the movement, then it must be because you think that corporations, not people, should decide our elections. It seems that you haven't taken the time to figure out what this protest is even about before deciding your opinion on it.
You are the 69%
am I funny now
okay noWe are privileged compared to many in the world...
Just because we're more privileged than 3rd world countries doesn't mean corporations don't find 10 different ways to screw us over.
And do you know many people don't have food in their fridge or who live in homeless shelters? I swear, Theo, these posts of yours are infuriatingly ignorant...
You make an excellent point. And while I do believe that we have a responsibility as citizens of the world, I think we also need to address our own problems and inequality (not necessarily first, but sh*t's f*cked up).
@TheThinkingPerson - If they're in a homeless shelter they're probably not reading this. And I think you missed his point. Think about it...
Well said. Hoping you are getting back to your senses.