tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post7414831521731948467..comments2024-03-22T12:11:58.453-06:00Comments on Michael Offutt: Here are a dozen things I've observed that show the world of my experiences is getting weirder.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-70980971158423616732023-02-08T12:34:56.956-07:002023-02-08T12:34:56.956-07:00You've almost got a Thursday 13 here...
You k...You've almost got a Thursday 13 here... <br />You know different people than I do. There is so much free floating anger going around, and I think the people in power like it this way. We're so busy trying to survive that we aren't going after them for the things they are doing to make things so hard for us. I hate living in interesting times.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-71988557026818893072023-02-08T09:05:43.018-07:002023-02-08T09:05:43.018-07:00I've noticed most of that. Young people are so...I've noticed most of that. Young people are so fragile and there's no way they will survive in real life. And the private jet stuff annoys me. One flight on a private jet puts out more emissions than a hundred vehicles in a year. Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-64607984700500376242023-02-08T07:54:56.485-07:002023-02-08T07:54:56.485-07:00With how expensive everything is, it's no surp...With how expensive everything is, it's no surprise that people are getting rid of pets. I guess we should be glad it hasn't gotten to the point where people are eating them yet. When I watch the news in the morning almost every ad is for a personal injury attorney and about 1/3 of the billboards are for them too so I can believe there's a lot of suing going on.<br /><br />The road rage is so annoying--and dangerous. I was thinking part of it was that during the lockdown there were hardly any cars so people could drive 100mph everywhere but that was almost 3 years ago and only for a couple of months before idiots made us go back to "normal" so that doesn't really explain it anymore. So often it's so dumb and needless but mostly because some jerk is impatient, like one who passed me in the center turn lane...and then has to slam on his brakes 1/4 mile later because there's a line at a red light. So then what happens when the light turns green? He floors the accelerator and starts tailgating people again. Don't bother learning anything. [eye roll]<br /><br />I can't speak to most of that other stuff you mention. I never use Grubhub or Doordash because it's so expensive. There was an offer on my Roku for six months of "free" Doordash but like with Walmart+ that just covers their fee, not the tip.<br /><br />They put in some luxury apartments near me and are putting in more and the rent is like 3x what mine costs but watching them get built, as you say, they're pretty cheap. I don't know who can afford those but obviously some people are living in them. But then 10 million people live in New York City, where $2500 might rent you a closet that you have to share with 4 other people, so I don't know. <br /><br />Since you mention eating insects, I watched a documentary called "Bugs on the Menu" that was pretty interesting. Like I said in my review, I probably would try it. Though it'd be easier to eat some of the stuff you can get like cricket flour or whatever that doesn't actually look like bugs. The only problem is the stuff is way more expensive than animal meat on Amazon and probably health food stores and such.<br /><br />Anyway, sorry for the long comment. I'm just waiting to see how the post office screws up our mail at work today. The last 3-4 months they've been way less consistent than usual, which creates a lot of problems when there's only me to do the mail and they decide to show up at 1pm with 200 items because the day before they showed up at 10am with 4 items. It's really a nuisance.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.com