I don’t particularly like to contradict other people but it’s exactly the fact that he didn’t see himself as being one that transforms him into one of my heroes.
May his gentle soul rest in peace.
So what do we have here?
An angry dad tries to cure his 24 years old son, who had never had a job, of his obsession for video games.
Meanwhile some other member of the household (a brother of the ‘video-games maniac’?) videotapes the whole thing (and has a jolly good time while at it). Click on the picture and watch it.
By now most of you have already sided with one of the two protagonists, right?
Are you sure you picked the right side? Well, admitting that the whole thing wasn’t ‘staged’…
First of all let me ask you when did that father find out that his son was so obsessed with gaming? Yesterday? And I don’t think he (the father) is a dimwit, check out his property…
Secondly, what would it be like to live in the same house with someone (a brother?) who acts like the guy who is filming the whole scene… Not the filming part, no, the lack of empathy – remember the chuckles? – is what’s bothering me.
Finally, we have reached the ‘main culprit’. No, he is not without any blame either, contrary to what some of you may think. OK, maybe he plans to become a professional gamer. Yes, there are some people who spend their lives in this manner. With relative success too! But how come his father doesn’t know about that? After all he lives into his father house, eats at his table and is already 24 years old…
Now don’t you think it’s high time for us to stop playing the blame game and to start understanding what’s going on with our youth? After all they didn’t grew up in a vacuum, it’s us who had helped them – in more ways than one – to become what they are now.
Just saw this picture:
Couldn’t resist adding this comment:
‘Cold’ as in less hot than it was when it first touched the giraffe’s lips, not cold as in colder than the giraffe itself, right?
Anyway what kind of people would ever think about a giraffe drinking coffee?
The kind of self centered joker who twists his mind in constant search for new and devious ways to pester the others?
😀 😀 😀
Ma bantuie de ceva vreme ideea unui articol despre ce rol mai are religia in viata ‘omului modern’.
Cel de acum este doar un ‘amuse-gueule’ starnit de o intamplare povestita de Simona Tache in Jurnalul ei Roz de Cazarma:
“Bunicile neortodoxe nu se mantuiesc…”
Cuvantul ‘Religie’ vine de la latinescul ‘reliegare’, care inseamna ‘a fi conectat la’/’legat cu’.
Mai pe romaneste fiecare credinta religioasa este, in realitate, doar un bagaj cultural (adica acumulat in timp) care l-a ajutat pe posesorul sau (comunitatea care are grija de el) sa supravietuiasca incercarilor la care a fost supus. Tocmai de aceea respectivele comunitati au, in general, respect fata de acel bagaj – chiar daca li se pare, cateodata cel putin, destul de greu de purtat.
OK, OK, ‘bagaj cultural’, ‘supravietuire’…ce legatura au toate astea cu ‘a fi conectat la’ ?!?
Simplu.
O comunitate umana este un grup structurat de oameni care traieste intr-un anume spatiu, corect?
Ori pentru ca asa ceva sa supravietuiasca, adica sa continue sa existe, inseamna ca acel grup de oameni trebuie sa fie in stare sa-si pastreze/adapteze structura la schimbarile aparute in respectivul mediu/spatiu.
Adica omenii, constituentii acelui grup, sa fie in stare sa formeze/pastreze/adapteze legaturi (reguli de interactiune) intre ei si, in acelasi timp, sa stabileasca/pastreze/adapteze o interactiune functionala cu mediul/spatiul in care traieste comunitatea respectiva.
Daca oamenii s-ar certa/fura tot timpul intre ei comunitatea s-ar destrama foarte repede iar indivizii ar ajunge sa traiasca mizerabil chiar daca toate astea s-ar intampla in mijlocul celui mai fertil/mirific loc de pe Pamant.
Pe de alta parte, daca cea mai unita comunitate din lume ar fi, ca prin minune, transferata intr-un Paradis extraterestru despre care n-ar avea nici o informatie membrii acelei comunitati ar avea serioase probleme in a determina ce sa bea si sa manance inainte de a muri cu totii de foame si de sete. Asta ca sa nu mai spun ca s-ar putea sa le fie si frica sa respire daca aerul din jurul lor ar fi o ceata roz, de pilda, iar astrul de pe cer ar fi de culoare …verde. De fapt sunt convins ca marea majoritate dintre membrii acelei comunitati ar innebuni instantaneu.
Pai si atunci sa nu te miri cum de niste seturi de informatii/obiceiuri/traditii indelung selectionate in timp (comunitatile respective au supravietuit, nu?) si care au avut ca scop/obiect sa reprezinte un liant in interiorul acelor comunitati precum si legatura dintre acele comunitati si habitatul lor au ajuns sa constituie subiect de disputa aprinsa (cateodata chiar armata) atat in interiorul comunitatilor, intre comunitati cat si intre comunitati si mediul lor inconjurator?
Nu ma credeti?
Ati auzit de razboaiele religioase dintre catolicii si reformatii francezi? Dar de razboiul civil din Irlanda de Nord?
Dar de faptul ca cel mai mare dusman al Iranului este de fapt Arabia Saudita? (Unii sunt musulmani shiiti iar ceilalti suniti)
Iar povestea locuitorilor din Insula Pastelui e intr-adevar incredibila. Navigatori excelenti au colonizat insula venind dinspre Oceania. Pe vremea aceea insula era acoperita de paduri. Material excelent, atat pentru constructia de nave cat si pentru transportul imenselor statui pe care au inceput sa le construiasca. (Aproape toate civilizatiile, cand ajung la apogeu, incep sa se plictiseasca si sa construiasca chestii imense si la limita posibilitatilor lor tehnologice. Monumentul de la Stonehenge, piramidele egiptene, catedralele vest europene, zgarie-norii cu care ne laudam de vreo 70 de ani incoace …) Si au taiat padurile alea atat de repede incat nici macar nu au reusit sa termine toate statuile. Si pentru ca nu mai aveau din ce sa-si faca nici macar o barca au inceput sa moara de foame – nu puteau sa pescuiasca de pe mal – si sa se razboiasca intre ei. Cind au fost descoperiti de europeni, la vreo cateva sute de ani dupa ce taiasera ultimul copac, traiau atat de primitiv incat europenii au crezut ca statuile alea fusesera ridicate de altcineva…
Fac o paranteza. Se pare ca teoria asta, lansata de Jared Diamond in 1995 (si reeditata in 2011, http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Succeed-Revised-Edition/dp/0143117009) nu este in intregime corecta. Cica oamenii ar fi avut o contributie dubla la respectiva despadurire, in afara de faptul ca au taiat copacii direct au mai adus cu sine, atunci cand au colonizat insula, niste sobolani care ar intensificat fenomenul. Nici nu mai conteaza daca acei sobolani au fost adusi din greseala – cam greu pe genul de pirogi de care le foloseau acestia – sau ca animale crescute pentru carne. Cert este ca interventia omului, intentionata sau nu, a fost cea care a rupt niste legaturi/echilibre care supravietuisera timp de milenii. http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/rethinking-the-fall-of-easter-island/4.
Si acum?
Mai cautam pretexte pentru ‘divide et impera’ sau intelegem in sfarsit ca ‘unirea (cooperarea pe baza de respect reciproc) face puterea’?
Am fost in concediu.
La intoarcere am ‘sarit’ in media sa vad ce s-a mai intamplat.
Bucurandu-ma de privilegiul de a fi ‘prieten FB’ cu Mirel Palada de dinainte ca domnia-sa sa devina purtator de cuvant al Guvernului sunt la curent cu stilul sau destul de colorat si cu relativa lejeritate cu care isi permite sa atentioneze ‘o anumita parte a presei’ atunci cand aceasta sare calul.
Acesta este momentul in care trebuie sa precizez trei lucruri.
– Nu am aceleasi optiuni politice ca Mirel Palada.
– Nu il cunosc personal.
– Initial acest blog a fost gandit ca un spatiu in care sa atrag atentia tocmai asupra exagerarilor aparute in presa, de unde si numele sau, Nici chiar asa.
De dimineata, in masina, auzisem la RFI ceva despre ‘purcelusi anti-guvernamentali executati electric’. Sincer sa fiu chiar ma gandisem la cat de tare trebuia sa fi fost de suparat Mirel Palada ca sa ajunga la astfel de formulari ‘dure’, scriitura sa semanand mai degraba cu o scrima eleganta (chiar daca uneori vitriolanta) decat cu un baraj de artilerie.
Ca sa aflu ca ‘executia electrica’ se referea de fapt la blocarea accesului respectivilor pe pagina sa de FB… Halal…
Si pe urma de mai miram de ce singura presa care mai trage ceva tiraje reale, adica cumparate/culese de prin metrou pentru a fi citite, este cea de scandal.
Tot invartindu-ma prin spatiul media am mai aflat si ca “Antonescu, supărat: Nu îl susţin pe Iohannis!”
Hait! Ce l-o mai fi apucat si pe asta?!?
Nu l-a apucat nimic, in realitate a spus doar ca:
O oarecare suparare este evidenta dar situatia nu are mare legatura cu ceea ce rezulta din titlu….
Intr-un comunicat al Clubului Roman de Presa se spune “Apreciez că prezentarea de scuze publice …. este un gest necesar, care ar semnifica întoarcerea spre o dorită normalitate.”
“Apreciez” si eu ca aceasta este una dintre putinele afirmatii pe de-antregul corecte care au aparut in ultima vreme in media romaneasca.
Domnul Palada sa isi ceara scuze pentru licentele de limbaj la care poate ca ar fi fost cazul sa renunte, temporar, in perioada in care ‘functioneaza’ ca purtator de cuvant al Guvernului iar cea mai mare parte a presei sa isi ceara scuze pentru modul cel putin ‘bulevardier’ in care abordeaza chiar si cele mai importante subiecte.
“At this point, it seems like our electronics are out to kill us because a doctor is warning rabid texters of a new condition called “text neck.” “ according to an article recently published by Gizmodo
Anyway the writer has a funny sense of humor: ‘…our electronics are out to kill us because a doctor is warning rabid texters of a new condition…’?!?
Am I to understand that ‘our electronics’ got mad at us because of the good doctor’s warning and this might constitute the reason for which “… our electronics are out to kill us…”? And it’s ‘the health craze’ that’s going to injure us, not our bad habits, eh?
Oh boy….
Maybe.
But who made this possible?
Is there an ‘armed robber’ in every store that compels us to buy one thing or another?
Read this report and find out a very interesting fact.
“Companies that control the world’s food”, 247wallst.com
10 companies are listed there. Nine of them sell things that are marginally useful. For instance even the most health conscious person in the world might, from time to time, indulge in a glass of milk, or a cup of yogurt, accompanied by a couple of Oreos.
The tenth sells carbonated, artificially flavored and acidified sweetened water, while the sweetener is sometimes obtained from corn. Yes, you guessed right, it’s Coca-Cola Company.
And now the interesting part. 8 of the other nine companies have a reasonable profit margin of around 10% (Mars hasn’t disclosed the figure) while Coca Cola has a profitability rate of 18%. Not bad, eh? Specially after considering that they have spent another 6.4% of their turnover on publicity – to remind us of their existence… while the other companies have something to communicate with their ‘audience’ (new products and things like that) Coke hasn’t changed anything of real importance in their line of products since … ?!?
Pepsi, the ‘other’ beverages company in the list, is in line with the majority of the rest when considering the profitability rate, about 10%, and publicity spending – a little less than 4% – while a few of the others try hard to improve their share market by agresivelly advertizing their ‘public image’ instead of letting their ‘considerably better and cheaper product’ become recognized (and demanded) by the happy customer: Kellogg 7.4%, Mars 6.6% but the champion of the advertizing agencies is…Unilever with 10.7%. You thought too that Unilever was more of a chemical company (Omo, Domestos, Rexona, Axe, Vaseline) than anything else? Apparently about half of it’s business is about ‘food’, if you can call it that: Hellmann’s (canned mayonaise), Becel/Flora (hydrogenated vegetable oils known as margarine)… The only really edible thing I found on their list is Ben & Jerry (an otherwise delicious ice cream) (http://www.unilever.com/brands-in-action/index.aspx)
Consumer discretion is in dear need nowadays.
PS Dove, another of the Unilever brands, is the soap I’ll use to wash my hands of this messy business once I’ve had finished this post. In fact I’ve been using it for years now.





