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Don’t really get the sort of obscenely rich people who are dedicated to becoming even more obscenely rich. It’s like a little kid who doesn’t just want a four-pack of Mars Bars, but needs to have everything in the sweetshop even though they can’t possibly fit it all in their greedy little mouth. It’s right at the heart of our screwed-up, wound-up, consumerist culture and ongoing destruction of the planet.
I don’t really get this either, although I can see that a number of these people like the power and fame that goes with their wealth.
What I don’t understand is why these people are lauded so greatly, why they aren’t challenged about their crap “well it was my idea to set up an online shop, I provide the jobs, so I deserve my billions, whilst those that work for me should be happy with their 8 pence a day, supplemented by government handouts”.
Why are they not challenged about their distorted world view? Why are people not rioting in the streets?
Why are they not challenged about their distorted world view? Why are people not rioting in the streets?
Because right now, it's fashionable to either be (or look) uber wealthy. Also kids see other kids making millions from you tube or music or whatever, and think that that could be them. Try to tell them that the chances are so remote, aliens invading is more likely, and they just don't care. We live in a world that worships flashy ostentatious wealth, from cars to houses, to phones and trainers...
It will go pop at some point, but until that happens...
Crocheted (sp ) / knitted covers on bog rolls in B and B 's . why?
lots of cushions and pillows on the bed , usually women , usually in some sort of a 4 -4 - 2 arrangment , that no-one else will ever see , because it looks pretty / like a boutique hotel ( they cant afford to stay at due to car pcp ) .then they let the ugliest dog in the world on the bed to wipe its behind and lick its bits on . Lovely.
Hey if she’s letting you on the bed you are doing well - even if you have to lick your own bits!
Being right wing. I just can't get how you'd think that way, pretty much everything about it is worse.
Crocheted (sp ) / knitted covers on bog rolls in B and B ‘s . why?
Think you need to up your travel allowance old boy.
Maybe if you felt motivated by what you do for a living you'd feel inclined to put more hours in. Agree most 'jobs' are not worth the health and wellbeing hit, but surely if you feel motivated enough to try and address some big ill in life then it requires effort.
I'm a lazy sod, or I'd be out there making sure the tories are not elected again and we can begin to move towards a more equal society. I'm sure it can wait til tomorrow though eh...
but that doesn’t stop him getting out of bed in the morning and wanting a new contract
😀 Very droll! Fair point though...
So just imagine you lived your life not being able to understand how other people got on......
Adults going to Disney Land.
People who take their young children to the supermarket and let them run around like its a play area.
People who are obsessed with celebrity and fame. It's genuinely baffling. My boss has a thing where if he's chairing a meeting or workshop with new people in it, as an ice-breaker, he asks everyone in the room to name the most famous person they know or have met. At the end he then takes great pride in telling everyone that he's good mates with the golfer, Ian Poulter, which often results in some awkwardness if people don't look suitably impressed.
So just imagine you lived your life not being able to understand how other people got on……
I just don't understand people who think like that. What are they like...
Bullying.
I genuinely can't understand a mindset that willfully decides that they are going to spend their lives making someone else's existence a misery. Unfortunately, that mindset seems to have been elevated to a virtue at the moment.
Parents who are shit and bring up bad kids who think that they can do what they want until they get nicked and kicked up.
People who don’t care or respect each other.
Bad manners.
Prejudiced people.
Selfishness.