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I need me some wheels and a chocolate bar ...
Standing on the train on the way back from work today, I looked at all the ads for super healthy vitamin drinks, fashion mags, soft porn manga, cars, pachinko parlours, chocolate bars, holidays, luxury appartments etc. And I thought, why do I have to have all this rubbish shoved in my face 27 and a half hours a day! A capitalist country like Japan is full of advertisements to make us dream of a better time. Thank you very much! If I were King, as Radiohead said, I would give everyone a car, a chocolate bar, and a nice luxury appartment and then put ads for small cramped rooms and boring tv and tap water and rainy days. Then I'd be standing on the train dreaming of a time when I could get all those things and become happy. Thank you very much!
Ah, yes, that's why I decided to write this. When I was on the golf course, I was wondering why I like nature. Apart from the fact that I associate it with fresh air, which is good for my little brain, I think it's because it doesn't tempt me. Or it doesn't try to. It's just there. I don't want to eat it; I don't want to buy it; I don't want to play with it; I don't want to do anything but just sit and look around. For that reason it's very calming. I suppose that's obvious but so is the fact that super healthy energy drinks aren't really healthy at all, and yet millions buy them....
posted by PA on Thursday, May 20, 2004
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