Why do we work?

In the past people worked for food, clothing and shelter, now those things are affordable with a 20 hour a week minimum wage job. Not particularly good food. You won't be eating steak and lobster, and after scrimping and saving for a few weeks you could easily afford a tent and enough blankets to make it through the coldest of evenings if you have someone to cuddle and canoodle with.

So what is it now? A bigger tent? Louse free clothing? Not really a good motivation to give away 40+ hours of your life a week in the hopes that you will be allowed to retain a piece of your soul for future use. Maybe I'm an oddity in that I don't really desire new gadgets and material possessions. (Except books, movies, and music... But it's not the physical object I desire it's the experience of the art they contain) I don't want a phone/camera/mp3 player/microwave/smartini stirrer/television even though I'm suppossed to.

So what do people like me work for?

Free porn. You show us boobies, we'll sell our souls and kneel in front of a pants-free satan and open our mouths wide with a smile. Just give us the opportunity to see as many nipples and possible. We don't care if they are tied up, covered in some odd gooey substance, big, small, augmented, reduced, lopsided, firm or floppy. The variety is why we keep going back.

The opiate of the masses has evolved from religion, to television, to free boobs. Which are much more attractive then old men in robes and a 27" Zenith.

Spin

So I have for some reason started thinking about different points in history and how I would have spun them if I was in a position to do so. Here are some of the thoughts:

In order to better serve its African-American customer base, Deep South diner now offers a convenient rear entrance, away from the dangerous "Main Street". We are also offering a completely self contained Afro-centric dining area which seeks to recreate the experience of visiting a diner in the trendier areas of Somalia.

In an effort to reunify the tribes of Israel, the German government will be embarking on a high volume relocation and work study program across not just its own borders, but throughout the world. The "Star Of David" program will include free meals, lodging and relocation. Concurrently we will also be running a "Pink triangle" program which will allow the countries homosexual population the opportunity to network with each other and avoid the hatred and discrimination commonly found in our communities.

In an effort to allow or customers more quality time with their families and friends: the next windows operating system will contain several hidden features that we're sure everyone will enjoy. Instead of spending hours looking for your favorite illegal internet gambling site, just visit it once, and the next time you turn your computer on, a link will automatically pop up to take you there. In an effort to make your home computing experiences even more pleasurable, Windows has been fitted to take measurements of certain elements in the air, I'm sorry I acn't tell you what exactly is measured as it is proprietary information, and will automatically turn off the computer when you have worked too long and hard. Besides these two examples, there are plenty of other hidden surprises inside the newest version of Windows. Many of these features can be turned off with software obtained from outside vendors proving that we are not a monopoly, but encourage our customers to use products developed by other manufacturers to enhance ones "Windows Experience".

I'm going to have to think of more later: THese were just the obvious ones...

2 things

1) When you click on the "remember me" button when you sign into a site, shouldn't it rememebr you. Especially if it makes you type in an e-mail address instead of say, a normal username?

2) I REALLY hate the post office. Once again they have lost my security deposit check from my old landlord. So now, not only is my rent late, I have to wait for her to re-mail it, and pay the cancelled check fees.

3) There is nothing here, I said a couple of things, can't you read? This type is merely a figment of your imagination working overtime. Or did you think I just didn't know the difference?

Taking offense

How often have we been fed lines about how America is losing its moral compass and our moral integrity is being lost.

But they never mention what the comparison is.

Is it the 1930's when we let millions starve at home and didn't bat an eye at the the genocide being committed in Europe?

Maybe the 1940's when we were fighting the Nazis, but stil discriminating against people at home.

Ok, the 50's when we arrested poets, publishers, and comics for "Obscene" material and made people drink at different drinking fountains because of the color of their skin.

It's gotta be the sixties with all of the hippies preaching peace and love while doing massive amounts of drugs and practicing "free love"

Or maybe the 70's when our leaders felt it was ok to evesdrop on rivals and we finally stopped killing people in Southeast Asia.

No? Well, then it has to be the 80's when we ignored a killer disease until it started infecting straight white people.

Maybe the 90's with it's pro-environmentalism attitude, increased awareness of sexual diseases and options thanks to a certain famous cigar.

Or possibly, it could just be that the problems that exist now: Racism, sexism, pollution, rape, murder, war, sexual abuse or even jaywalking are given more attention in the media than they were in the past?