Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 03:30:40 -0500 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: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 45 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:30:41 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3110 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c3a3abab50baa2$7$2218499$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3487 On 4/4/24 10:47 PM, 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. That's interesting as fuck. I can power wash my garage door in about 90 seconds. You're an idiot.