Let's be a bit sensible here.

So we all have problems that come up. I'm talking about arb stuff like a lost ruler or a broken window. So When we have these problems, we solve them in a certain way. You know what I mean, like we follow steps to get the desired solution. For example, when you break a window, you pick up the glass, chuck it away and call the glass shop, who come and put a new one in for you. Bam, problem solved.
But here's the odd thing. When we have problems with other people, we don't behave in the same way. We get angry, and we call people names. It's silly, really. On the flip side though, it does feel good to shout at someone who probably doesn't deserve it.
Anyway, I guess the moral of this post is that I hate it when people are unnecessarily rude and obnoxious, despite the fact that they know very well that behaving like a 13 year old girl isn't going to help, because generally when people get shouted at, they get pissed off and react aggressively. Think before you send a message on Facebook. Sometimes it's not the best plan.

Drenched in middle-class guilt

I've been thinking about something recently. So white people in South Africa have bloody strange habits. Before you go there, I would like to point out that I am no Samantha Vice. What I am referring to is our weird habits that we have pertaining to poor people. I have noticed a bunch of white people who hate beggars. Like HATE them. It's mad. So they will avoid them, not acknowledge them, tell them to voetsek!. the other day, I saw some preppy blonde girls, lekker features and all, but hell they had the collective IQ of a satsuma. This woman walks up to them carrying a baby and says something like "Hi, I'm selling cookies so that I can have enough money to feed myself and my child." Of course the reply is something useless like "Oh, sorry, I have no money on me. Tomorrow?". Sure. Then, a couple of days later, they will put pics of themselves on Facebook doing some kind of community outreach thing, you know, like planting tress, or playing soccer with some black kids. How strange is that? Are white people appeasing their conscience? But clearly they aren't so drenched in middle-class guilt that they will attempt to make an actually difference in the life of one, lonesome vendor.

Opinions are like arseholes...

So I haven't blogged in a while, so I though it would be time to churn out some sort of pseudo intellectual ramble that some people my consider reading at some point.

Something that has been grinding my gears recently is the way that people seem to think that media institutions are some sort of unbiased entities that have no corporate or commercial interests. Someone on Facebook said "It scares me how blatantly biased CNN and Sky are against the Wall Street protests! Thank-you RT for demonstrating true journalism". Well, I have news for you. Every single piece of news and media information that we consume is in some way biased and harbors some form of hidden agenda. Its our right to express opinions, but it is our responsibility to question everything we are told.

Some food for thought, I hope.