Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 13:04:03 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA "Filthy And Disgusting" After Traveling to Japan: "We Are Like Hogs Compared to the Japanese" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <20240404212152.0000495f@example.com> <17c3434f46feeca3$51971$3384359$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 51 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 17:04:03 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3467 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c3711aecff87aa$1$111488$4ed50460@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3871 On 4/5/2024 12:43 AM, shawn wrote: > On Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:47:45 -0700, BTR1701 wrote: > >> In article >> <17c3434f46feeca3$51971$3384359$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com>, >> moviePig wrote: >> >>> On 4/4/2024 9:21 PM, Rhino wrote: >> >>>> There may be an easy solution to littering. Many years ago, when I was >>>> just a pup, I remember an episode of Wonderful World of Disney where >>>> they talked about the state of littering in some historic places and/or >>>> national parks, perhaps Mt. Rushmore or Yellowstone. They had a little >>>> jingle going as they showed these scenes and I still remember a snippet >>>> of it to this day: "Litterbug, litterbug, don't you care? Making a mess >>>> everywhere!" I don't think I've littered since I saw that, although >>>> there were probably a couple of other moments along the way that >>>> reinforced that. I just hold on to any litter I generate - or put it in >>>> my pocket - until I get to a garbage can. I barely even think about it: >>>> it's just programmed into my brain. >>>> >>>> I suppose you could characterize that as brain-washing and I suppose >>>> it's true but it worked and I can't find anything evil in it, unlike >>>> the sort of brain-washing/indoctrination so many schools do today. >>>> >>>> Why don't we do more of this? The world wouldn't suddenly be clean and >>>> tidy overnight but it would probably clean up gradually if we were all >>>> persuaded to litter less. >>> >>> People litter because other people litter ...preventable only by police. >> >> A couple years ago, I was coming around the corner from the alley next >> to my house just as some purple-haired wildebeest threw her Starbucks >> frappa-whatever against my garage door, splattering most of it all over >> the door. The cup dropped to the ground as she and her pierced and >> tattooed boyfriend walked over to the their car which was parked on the >> curb and got in. I picked up the cup, which was still about 1/4 full of >> sugary glop and walked over and dropped it through the sunroof >> upside-down onto her lap and said, "Wouldn't want you to forget this." >> >> Her screech of outrage made the half hour I had to spend cleaning off my >> garage door a lot easier to endure. > > LOL. You have to wonder what is going on in their heads. It's bad > enough to just drop your trash on the street but then to toss it up > against someone's home leaving the trash and a mess behind. I can't > fathom why anyone would do that. It's the appeal of vandalism, for vandals with no talent.