Another day in the life of an epidemic
I was out taking a rare bike ride that I would not normally be able to take in the middle of the winter since it has been so warm this last few days when I was reminded of an ongoing epidemic. That epidemic is that of people ignorant of their surroundings.
This disease manifests itself in effected people in their lack of any ability to pay attention to the environment. You see these people usually with the accessory called a cell hpone grafted directly to their skulls. Those effected get so wrapped up in the conversations they are having with the other party (who is more than likely being effected by the same disease) that they tend to almost collide with things in their environment. Like a person that is coming at them head on. The cure for this disease, howeveer, is a very simple solution. That would be JUST TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING! WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Labels: epidemic, ignorance
The epidemic of obesity
It was on
MSN.COM where I found this
article about a survey concerning the level of physical activity of Americans. The respondents to this survey report that their level of physical activity has risen from 2001 to 2005 by small measures. You wouldn't notice this if you see that the number of Americans who are considered obese is on the rise.
It doesn't take a whole lot of intelligence to see the root cause of this epidemic of obesity. Schools are cutting back on the money used for physical education programs. Kids are spending more time playing video games and surfing the Web. People love their cars and feel that they have to drive everywhere when they could get where they are going just as well riding a bicycle or walking, not to mention the price of gasoline.
The real culprit here is our so-called need to drive. Crash diets don't work. What we need for people to lose weight is a complete lifestyle change. Yes, this will mean occasionally giving up the daily commute by car. If your daily commute to work (or school) is less then 10 miles, you can get there in plenty of time riding a bike. I found a great blog with tips on bicycle commuting
here. Some people will say that they are too fat to pedal a bike. The truth is they are fat because they don't pedal. WAKE UP AND GET OFF YOUR BUTTS PEOPLE! Don't blame McDonalds, Krispy Kreme, or Burger King because you ate too much. That people are obese is their own fault, not that of society.
Labels: epidemic, obese, obesity
An Epidemic
As I look around me, I have noticed an epidemic. That is, I have noticed an epidemic of people who seem to have lost the ability to be able to watch where they are going. Maybe they never had that ability in the first place.
This problem seems to manifest itself no matter what a person is doing. Either they are too worried about what is going down the street to pay attention to a stop sign they are about to run or they are too busy with their phone conversation to notice that they are about to walk into someone head on.
I noticed this phenomenon quite a few times over the last summer season. It seems that people can simultaneously be looking at you and, at the same time, not see you until you almost smack into them head on. Then they have the nerve to look surprised when they actually figure out that there is someone there.
Then they show how deaf they are when they cannot hear you screaming at them. I usually shout to them "Heads up!" It is people like that who make our bike paths unsafe for avid bicyclers. WAKE UP, PEOPLE!
Labels: epidemic, moron, people
