Mad Thoughts

Jason Cooper is, professionally, an Online Community Coordinator for kaboom.org. Personally, he is a Detroit to DC transplant, and all around B.M.F. He secretly wants to be an internet celebrity.

February 5, 2008 12:09 am

A note on how the rest of the country lives

Its the ramblings of sophisticants like this that have really been getting on my nerves. I’m not going to apologize for America’s problems with waste and obesity. There are a lot of things that go into these problems, some of which I know, some of which I think I know, but all of which should be discussed by people much smarter than me and this guy, sharingtime. 

sharingtime:

Here you eat oversized cookies, soups, sandwiches and anything else you can find to fill your face. You drive here in your SUV and park as close as you can to the entrance. You listen to Frank Sinatra playing while you eat a ham and swiss grilled panini the size of my arm. Everything is wasteful: the size of this place, the amount of food on your plate, the gas guzzler you drive to get here.

Enjoy it while it lasts!

I’m from the midwest. I’m from the places these people live. I’m this guy. I think Buca Di Beppo is a place to get great italian. I think American Gladiators, while flawed, is fucking cool. I love a large, Scooby and Shaggy style sandwich, grinder, hoagie, or submarine sandwich.

So hate me. Hate me and my lifestyle. Hate all the horrible things I’m doing to the world simple by being me.

That’s not gonna stop the flood waters from roaring over your wannabe, hipster, punk “Ain’t I enlightened cause I live in NYC” ass. You too Marco.

The thing is, this isn’t “how the rest of the country lives.” It’s how those people just happen to be living on that day. Not everyone drives a gas guzzler. Not everyone is eating a panini the size of their arm everyday. Stop judging the nation by your own limited view of whatever bullshit mall you happened to be near. 

  1. madthoughts reblogged this from sharingtime and added:
    To sharingtime: Great response...follow up rant to your rant.
  2. madthoughts reblogged this from dalasverdugo and added:
    I’m not the healthiest guy, but I’m not that 400lb you only see from the next down on the local news b-roll either. My...
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  5. dalasverdugo reblogged this from madthoughts and added:
    That’s totally...have. These bad habits aren’t inherent in your DNA. Bad food is not...
  6. sharingtime reblogged this from madthoughts and added:
    I got a letter to the editor! Sweet! I was supposed to go to sleep, but...hipster, I suck...
  7. madthoughts reblogged this from sharingtime and added:
    Its the ramblings of sophisticants like this that have really been getting on my nerves.
  8. stevenosloan reblogged this from travisekmark
  9. toldorknown reblogged this from sharingtime and added:
    Generalize much? If I can manage to type around this panini, I might ask why millions
  10. allisonandgeoffrey reblogged this from sharingtime and added:
    I had to reblog this post because it’s something I’ve believed...for a long time. Since I...
  11. onemoretimewithfeeling reblogged this from sharingtime and added:
    Oh yeah, you’ve nailed it. The entire country, minus Manhattan and possibly...other...
  12. ryandeussing reblogged this from sharingtime and added:
    America bashing” feels good, I do it all...time, but it suggests that
  13. travisekmark reblogged this from sharingtime
  14. heykurt reblogged this from sharingtime and added:
    God, I miss South Jersey.
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