Today I witnessed something that made me angry, horrified and appalled. After shopping at Costco (because, yes, I am a little white-trashy), I walked out into the parking lot where a couple were standing beside their large 1/2 ton truck smoking (which in itself is horrifying). It's a pretty nice day today, but it's not scorching hot, yet those people were standing there puffing on their cancer sticks while their gas-guzzler was running. They were running their truck with the a/c blowing so it would cool down before they got in! I turned to my friend and made a snarky comment like: "wow, at $1.20 a litre, these people must be millionaires." They might as well just light their money on fire. But even more appalling is the fact that there are people AT WAR because of our gas consumption practices. I bet those soldiers in IRAQ would love to have some air conditioning while they're busy TRYING NOT TO DIE, not to mention the environmental damage you're doing just because it's a little hot outside and you're a douche bag.
Congratulations to you if you can afford a hummer or to just throw your money away by wasting fuel, but that doesn't mean you should actually do it. Just because you have a small penis or low self-esteem doesn't mean that we should all have to suffer. And for the rest of us that actually give a shit, maybe if we start being a little more vocal people will get the point that it's not cool to be a gas pig.
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