De-sensitised to Boobs and A whole lot of other Important things.
December 19th 2006 08:52
Theres a terribly sad thing happening to people, a paradoxical change in fact. Technology has made people communicate through machines and toys and contraptions. Not many of us talk face to face and have real long, deep and meaningful conversations with people anymore. On the other hand, when people do meet people, they no longer cherish love as much and jump straight to sex. That is the superficial nature of pop culture, of what people have become. Long gone are the old traditions, are etiquette or the movement of a gentleman tipping his hat to a lady. Though those days are definitely 'traditional' and 'old fashioned' we need to go back a bit, reverse away from brazen sexuality. People don't really love each other anymore, virgins are losers and people who practice celibacy are zealous religious people. The majority of women wear clothes to flaunt their bodies, big boobs are in fashion at the moment along with stick thin cellulite free figures. Images of these perfect women are everywhere. we are constantly bombarded with a false and in reality, unattainable image of perfect. For the average bloke, its a look don't touch deal, which explains the lucrative nature of the pornography industry. Perving on women has become so mainstream, its practically socially accepted as a norm. Every man jacks off to mango roses, or sweet candy. That is the decadence of the twenty first century. Lots of shallow, brand loving, materialistic, money hungry people. Too caught up in making money, feeding, having shelter, you just lose perspective of the world when you get stuck in such a depressing routine. The dependence on money in this society as a necessity to survive, to be active and to have a say is often ignored, unnoticed and taken as a way of life. What ever happened to sharing, to community warmth and knowing your next door neighbour Of living life happily on basics, instead of excess every day. Then there is the other extreme, most of the above relates solely to Western culture and developed nations. There is a hug gap, one that is ever growing between the rich and the poor. I'd like to think that I'm an optimist but its hard to imagine life with equality in the things that matter, having food when you're hungry, having people to love you (always your mother, thats a guaranteed one) and being warm with shelter. All the other stuff is really just stuff and nonsense.
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Comment by Some Guy
- Most people talk face to face AND have long, deep, meaningful conversations. They don't have to be in the same room together to talk. And sure, while emotion is limited in an online world, most people get the gist in a brief "oh, that's so bad" comment or, "that's awesome, nice work". Or "ZOMG F**K YEH LULZ!!"
- You sound a bit like Sheik Al Hilaly. What about all the feminists screaming out for freedom from constricting clothes? What about the lucrative entertainment and fashion businesses that have spawned thanks to this so-called sexual revolution? Where do they go if women (and men, I suppose) are forced to cover up?
- Religion encourages a community feel more than anything else in the world. Perhaps a return to religion would do society well. I certainly think it would.
- Equality is an unattainable goal, like the theory of Nirvana or 100% satisfaction with one's body image. And yet it is essential to continually work towards it, or trail off into nothingness.
Globalisation is reaching a turning point (thanks to the soothsaying Global Warming dolts who are doing the right things for the wrong reasons) where it must protect the planet to continue to be prosperous in the short and long terms.
MNCs and their ilk are now realising that to continue to be profitable, they cannot harvest whatever goods or services at such an exhaustive rate, but instead begin investing in conservation, research and data-analysis that is not of a consequentialist direction to prove one point (the company's), but to pay the scientists and analysts to find the most correct outcome possible.
Now, stop blogging, because I hate blogs and am never coming back, and start Facebooking. <3 Terpface
Comment by Tash Jayasinghe
"Now, stop blogging, because I hate blogs and am never coming back, and start Facebooking. <3 Terpface"
I emailed Some Guy the post.