The Nagging Never Ends

 

We’ve been told that we shouldn’t use plastic bags or plastic straws. Some people say that we should wear masks everywhere. Politicians who own three mansions preach that we use too much energy. Today, alas, I came across this on the ground outside of a bank two blocks from my apartment in Dallas.


The nagging never ends.

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  1. Kervinlee Inactive
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    JamesSalerno (View Comment):

    Only flush after #2.

    #waterislife

     

    During the rather severe drought in northern California in the late ’70s we would sometimes say, “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down.”

    I can’t attribute that to Jerry Brown, although it seems like something he would say.

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  2. Doctor Robert Member
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    Cliff Hadley (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    PHenry (View Comment):

    I understand water conservation in a drought area. But otherwise, isn’t water an entirely renewable resource? Of all the things to worry about, I just never got this obsession with conserving water when it falls out of the sky on a regular basis. . .

    And water running in the faucet and down the drain, isn’t obliterated. For people with city water and sewer systems, it goes back to the city to be re-filtered and sent out again. Indeed, cities could run into problems if NOT ENOUGH water comes back for the filtration plants to operate properly.

    And that reminds me of a fun fact from high school biology that, because matter is never created nor destroyed, we have exactly the same amount of water as 2 billion years ago.

    The products of combustion are CO2 and H2O, so our industrial civilization has resulted in Earth bearing MORE water than 2 billion years BC.

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  3. PHenry Inactive
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    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    Cliff Hadley (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    PHenry (View Comment):

    I understand water conservation in a drought area. But otherwise, isn’t water an entirely renewable resource? Of all the things to worry about, I just never got this obsession with conserving water when it falls out of the sky on a regular basis. . .

    And water running in the faucet and down the drain, isn’t obliterated. For people with city water and sewer systems, it goes back to the city to be re-filtered and sent out again. Indeed, cities could run into problems if NOT ENOUGH water comes back for the filtration plants to operate properly.

    And that reminds me of a fun fact from high school biology that, because matter is never created nor destroyed, we have exactly the same amount of water as 2 billion years ago.

    The products of combustion are CO2 and H2O, so our industrial civilization has resulted in Earth bearing MORE water than 2 billion years BC.

    When my daughter was young, I used to tease her that some of the water in her glass  today was dinosaur urine a million years ago.  Recycling!  

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  4. repmodad Inactive
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    Tocqueville (View Comment):

    repmodad (View Comment):

    This is an ongoing dispute in our household. My 13-year-old is disgusted that I leave the water running. (Our water comes from a very deep well that has never shown any sign of drying up, even during pretty bad droughts.) I like to leave the water on to taunt her a little, good-naturedly.

    Her Pavel Mazarov act has paid off a little already – you’ve already added a little parentheses about how deep the well is! I go grocery shopping during my lunch breaks and all the plastic rustles around in my bags taunting my woke 20 something colleague.

    In my defense, I added that to emphasize to readers how thoroughly pointless it is to turn the water off for a couple of minutes. 

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  5. GrannyDude Member
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    I’m still hung up on the graffiti aspect of this.

    Can I spray-paint, or even spray-chalk “Tiny Change: abortion kills innocent tiny human beings” on the sidewalk?

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  6. GrannyDude Member
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    Or maybe the more exact equivalent would be: “Tiny Change, Abortion Kills Tiny Human Beings” followed by the website for my diaper-cream company?

    In other words, isn’t this just advertising masquerading as conscience-prodding?”

    “Abortion Changes Tiny Surplus Human Beings Into Useful Lab Specimens and BioFuels” PlannedParenthood.Org

     

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  7. CB Toder aka Mama Toad Member
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    GrannyDude (View Comment):

    I’m still hung up on the graffiti aspect of this.

    Can I spray-paint, or even spray-chalk “Tiny Change: abortion kills innocent tiny human beings” on the sidewalk?

    Please do! The faces of the PP escorts while my children chalked happy messages of love and affirmation on the sidewalk outside the PP clinic on abortion days are among my favorite memories.

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  8. M.D. Wenzel Inactive
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    This is the same development company that chopped down most of the  mature trees at Casa Linda plaza to expand the parking lot. That doesn’t seem very “green” to me

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  9. kedavis Coolidge
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    M.D. Wenzel (View Comment):

    This is the same development company that chopped down most of the mature trees at Casa Linda plaza to expand the parking lot. That doesn’t seem very “green” to me

    Heck, sometimes trees get cut down because cities are afraid someone will drive into them and then sue.

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  10. CB Toder aka Mama Toad Member
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    M.D. Wenzel (View Comment):

    This is the same development company that chopped down most of the mature trees at Casa Linda plaza to expand the parking lot. That doesn’t seem very “green” to me

    Sorry, I checked their website and you misunderstand. EDENS “has embraced the historical significance of Casa Linda Plaza, a mainstay in East Dallas since 1945.The redevelopment work will reinforce the property as the central gathering place for the neighborhood by enhancing the outdoor space and by bringing new retail and restaurants to renew Casa Linda for future decades.”

    “Chopped down the trees” makes it sound so bad.

    C’mon, man. Get with the program.

    Wait, what’s this? I guess some locals haven’t gotten with the program yet either…

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  11. TBA Coolidge
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    CB Toder aka Mama Toad (View Comment):

    M.D. Wenzel (View Comment):

    This is the same development company that chopped down most of the mature trees at Casa Linda plaza to expand the parking lot. That doesn’t seem very “green” to me

    Sorry, I checked their website and you misunderstand. EDENS “has embraced the historical significance of Casa Linda Plaza, a mainstay in East Dallas since 1945.The redevelopment work will reinforce the property as the central gathering place for the neighborhood by enhancing the outdoor space and by bringing new retail and restaurants to renew Casa Linda for future decades.”

    “Chopped down the trees” makes it sound so bad.

    C’mon, man. Get with the program.

    Wait, what’s this? I guess some locals haven’t gotten with the program yet either…

    Who ya gonna believe, the sidewalk or your lyin’ eyes? 

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