Eat My Plastic Bag

[DaddyTorgo]

*insert popcorn-eating smiley*

[Raiders Army]

Originally Posted by like a dog

When I think about what is wrong with America I don't think about corrupt politicians or urban ghettos or even backward societal norms. I think about people who constantly complain about a lack of time but somehow have over 15,000 posts on a message board about a video game. I think about people who, despite their devotion to their aforementioned cyber community, are opposed to having real life friends. I think about people who go on prolonged passive aggressive rants against anything that is discordant with their own narrow world view without the slightest concern for silly things like facts. You are an angry, illogical absurdity. And the fact that people like you exist and seem to be becoming more and more mainstream in this country - angry, cloistered, hateful people like you - makes me apprehensive about the future of this nation.

So let me get this straight, you think opinionated internet people are what's wrong with America? They're far worse than corrupt politicians or urban ghettos or even backward societal norms? How old are you? Six?

[Desnudo]

Where are the bags that eat bacteria? Think of the diseases that could be cured with a simple plastic bag.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

neither of you would say any of this shit face to face,

You obviously have misjudged at least one of us.

[Poli]

I'm lost.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Poli

I'm lost.

Take a left at the giraffe then stop before you reach the edge of the water

[Poli]

Which giraffe?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Poli

Which giraffe?

The tall one over there next to the basketball.

[Poli]

This one?

[Autumn]

No, wrong one.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

Where are the bags that eat bacteria? Think of the diseases that could be cured with a simple plastic bag.

Be careful what you wish for. That could set off a bacteria vs plastic bag build up which would eventually kill us all!

[Autumn]

FWIW, I read a long time ago that Germany, at least, did push the cost of dealing with consumer waste back onto the manufacturers. You returned the packaging to the stores and they had to pick it up. As you can imagine, they quickly cut out everything they could.

I'm glad to hear of this discovery, though I think it's best to keep concentrating on reducing use to begin with. Producing the bags uses energy, and so will decomposing them.

[Buccaneer]

Everything has tradeoffs, that's what many people forget. In other words, every seemingly great solution comes with problems, some known and some not known until later. Environmental and Technology solutions are not exceptions. You do have to weigh the cost/benefits and tradeoffs to understand whether a short-term solutions will lead to long-term problems. Sometimes it's beneficial to do, in hoping for the domino effect to better solutions.

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Be careful what you wish for. That could set off a bacteria vs plastic bag build up which would eventually kill us all!

To some radical environmental groups, that is exactly what the ideal solution would be. De-population, as they believe, solves many problems.

[Flasch186]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

But now that you bring it up .... you're JEWISH?!?!?
Why I ought to ...

(There's a handful of people here I think I could actually comfortably go down that road with, Flasch is one of them. And he'd probably be disappointed if I didn't.)

Lemme get this straight though ... did he want to shoot you because you're Jewish? Or because you kicked him out of the league? Or because you're Jewish and you kicked him out of the league? I mean, would he have handled being kicked out of the league better if you were Methodist?

1. going down the road to a wrestling event while I constantly berate us for spending money on what was obviously a horrible showing.

2. I believe he initially wanted to shoot me for kicking him out BUT he was able to morph that into an anti-semetic thing by LUCK. So he generally lumped me INTO being Jewish because I kicked him out THAN gravy trained that fact into the leading cause.

3. I believe he's been arrested for pedophilia....or public drunkenness. one of the two.

[Toddzilla]

Originally Posted by Mustang

I have a better solution. Ban plastic bags and bring your own. Just because I buy a pack of gum does not mean I need it to be bagged and, at Wal-mart.. 2 packs of gum = 2 bags.

"I don't need a bag, thank you," works pretty well for me.

[Toddzilla]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Be careful what you wish for. That could set off a bacteria vs plastic bag build up which would eventually kill us all!

Fuck that, the bag-seeking robots will take care of it.

[Toddzilla]

Originally Posted by Autumn

FWIW, I read a long time ago that Germany, at least, did push the cost of dealing with consumer waste back onto the manufacturers. You returned the packaging to the stores and they had to pick it up. As you can imagine, they quickly cut out everything they could.

I'm glad to hear of this discovery, though I think it's best to keep concentrating on reducing use to begin with. Producing the bags uses energy, and so will decomposing them.

Yep - never seen a bag at Costco, so it works for them.

EDIT - never seen a bag big enough for a 144-pack of TP, either, but you get the idea.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Fuck that, the bag-seeking robots will take care of it.

Oh yeah? I have this board with a nail.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Actually I don't know if it would be possible for you to overstate how little a flying fuck I give about that.

But by way of comparison, it's exponentially below my concern about obscure ordinances in Houma, LA, women's semi-pro indoor lacrosse, and compiling a comprehensive list of uses for the number 2/3rds.

For some reason, I just heard this in Dr Cox's voice from Scrubs. It just sounds like something he would say and in this verbage (well, without the "fuck" but you get the idea)

J.D.: "Come on, man, it's our last week together! The J.D. and Cox train is pulling into the station. You must have a metaphor you want to use; hit me with it!"
Dr. Cox: I" suppose I could riff a list of things that I care as little about as our last week together. Lemme see, uhh.... Low-carb diets. Michael Moore. The Republican National Convention. Kabbalah and all Kabbalah-related products. Hi-def TV, the Bush daughters, wireless hot spots, 'The O.C.', the U.N., recycling, getting Punk'd, Danny Gans, the Latin Grammys, the real Grammys. Jeff, that Wiggle who sleeps too darn much! The Yankees payroll, all the red states, all the blue states, every hybrid car, every talk show host! Everything on the planet, everything in the solar system, everything everything everything everything everything everything--eve--everything that exists -- past, present and future, in all discovered and undiscovered dimensions. Oh! And Hugh Jackman. Eh."


SI

[stevew]

I usually shop at Aldi's quite a bit, and they make you pay for bags at the store. So I usually put them back in my trunk when I'm done unloading. If I didn't have to pay for the bags, there's no way I'd save them.

re: Garbage compactor. I've never seen the need for one. I guess if we had to pay by the bag for garbage pickup, then it might be something I'd do.

re: can recycling. My daughter and I saved aluminum cans one summer, figuring recycling was good, and maybe she'd make 5-10 bucks out of the project. 3 huge bags of cans, and about 40-50 cents earned later, we decided the whole process wasn't worth it.