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Me - The Americans on my flist are all HELL NO about the bailout.
angriest - Well, it’s all about bailing out the companies not all the people who are going to lose their homes.
Me - WHY? *raises imploring fists towards heaven* WHY IS THE WORLD SO EVIL?
Angriest - It’s been that way since the dawn of humanity.
Me *clears throat* Sorry, mostly I’m cynical but every now and then I get overwhelmed by WHY???
Angriest - It’s your broken idealist shining through.


Demonstrations are being held tomorrow

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Me - We’re all going to die
Angriest – No, we’re not. We live in a developed nation.
Me – No we’re ALL going to die.
Angriest – No, just all the poor people.
Me – No it’ll end up being just the richest people holed up in enclaves except the infrastructure will break down because there’ll be no poor people to do all the work for them.
Angriest *looks*
Me - …possibly I’ve watched too many apocalypse movies.


And on visiting my 95 year old Grandma last week, talking about environmental issues (and by talk I mean me scribbling notes on my laptop and swinging it around to show her, because she’s deaf).

Grandma – You might live to see the end of the world.
Me *out loud* Well not me, maybe Bunny.
Grandma *sounding smug* I won’t.