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April 23rd 2009 09:45
I think that technology is going to kill us all without us even realising it. As I took on my seat on the piece of crap sydneysiders know as our trains the other day, I looked around at everyone just to make sure I had picked the right carriage ( you know, one without the daily drug addict or mugger). I pulled out my book and prepared for another overcharged journey from hell, and down the stairs flounced this pretty young thing with every modern contraption you could possibly purchase on her body. It's a wonder she had enough strength to walk!!
On her head alone she must have had five different products. It's a wonder her head hadn't cave in from the weight of it all. There were sunglasses, huge headphones, big earings, a large pendant, lipring, a mobile phone attatched to her ear. And I thought to myself, "somewhere in there is a person".
Then there was a gigantic bag that must have contained most of her furniture!, then a backpack, That must have been all of her clothes to go with the furniture, a huge belt with a buckle that could of been used for a lightning conductor, and shoes so big that I think she was planning a moon walk.
We are slaves to all these contraptions, do we really need all this shit? OF COURSE WE DO!! Of course we have to be able to talk to everyone we know 24 hours a day, of course we have to have music on every waking hour as loud as possible, and of course we have to carry everything we own when we go out, after all you never know when you might need a bag containing three sets of extra clothes and a spare fold up bed!!
I think we have all gone NUTS!!
No wonder everybody is so tired when they get home from work. It's not working thats killing us all. It's all the stuff we carry around just getting there!!
On her head alone she must have had five different products. It's a wonder her head hadn't cave in from the weight of it all. There were sunglasses, huge headphones, big earings, a large pendant, lipring, a mobile phone attatched to her ear. And I thought to myself, "somewhere in there is a person".
Then there was a gigantic bag that must have contained most of her furniture!, then a backpack, That must have been all of her clothes to go with the furniture, a huge belt with a buckle that could of been used for a lightning conductor, and shoes so big that I think she was planning a moon walk.
We are slaves to all these contraptions, do we really need all this shit? OF COURSE WE DO!! Of course we have to be able to talk to everyone we know 24 hours a day, of course we have to have music on every waking hour as loud as possible, and of course we have to carry everything we own when we go out, after all you never know when you might need a bag containing three sets of extra clothes and a spare fold up bed!!
No wonder everybody is so tired when they get home from work. It's not working thats killing us all. It's all the stuff we carry around just getting there!!
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Comment by Janet Collins
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You are right. We all lug around far too much with us all the time. I have to admit to being a big bag person myself but the problem also is that if you go on public transport as opposed to your own car, you need more things.
Just think, you always need an umbrella and most of the time need something warm to thrown on should the weather change drastically. You might also need a small towel or something that you can wipe yourself with should you get caught in a downpour.
And then of course there are the things that you need with either mode of transport - the mobile, the camera, the brush, the purse, the tissues, the makeup, a pen, etc. A bumbag just wouldn't accommodate all that.
Comment by RubySoho
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I also find that you tend to fill up whatever size bag you happen to be carrying that day. Without fail.
Comment by the world of gaye
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Comment by Janet Collins
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Luckily you weren't on the way to work!
Comment by MrsSmith
I like the way you write. It's always entertaining.
This post reminds me of the scene in the film 7, where they're reading out John Doe's journals and he says that he was so disgusted by the banality of people on public transport he vomited on someone.
There are days when I feel like John Doe due to the banality of what some people write on the net.
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Comment by Lilla
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ROFL, WAFFLE and CHORTLE as well!!!
Thanks Gaye, those pictures are PRICELESS ..
OMG I shall be (((laughing))) for a week at that second one!!
Brilliant!
THaNnk yOu!!!