Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
Could This Be Part of The Problem?
Anonymous:
Thanks for sharing, Anon. Your heartfelt post touches upon the consequences of catching a strictly American malady called AFFLUENZA.
My New Year's Resolution: Make more time for the pleasures of the moments spent with family and friends. After all, what could be more important than to cherish the moment?
:smile:
Antigen:
--- Quote ---On 2004-01-04 09:00:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Thanks for sharing, Anon. Your heartfelt post touches upon the consequences of catching a strictly American malady called AFFLUENZA.
--- End quote ---
Strictly American? You must be joking! Read up on any royal family from the current ones going all they way back as far as you care to. This is common. I think the messed up thing about America these days is that so many working poor actually believe they're affluent and they neglect their lives and families in an attempt to keep up that pretense.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
--Benjamin Franklin, (1773)
--- End quote ---
Anonymous:
I think some of the people who ship off their kids are too used to money as the cure-all for any problem.
Linguini not al dente? Send it back to the kitchen.
Hotel room not clean enough? Call the management and get put in another room.
Crash the car? Take it to the shop and get it fixed.
Somebody give you a gift you don't like? Take it back to the store with the "gift receipt" (obscenely rude) and get something that strikes your whim better.
Teenager a pain in the ass? Ship him off to the factory and pay to have him refurbed.
Grandma incontinent and incoherent? Ship her off to the nursing home.
Spot barks all night? Ship him to a "pet therapy" resort and get him back all trained.
Spouse a pain in the ass? Pay the lawyer a few bucks and get a trade in on a new one--or none, if you'd rather.
We tend to expect our solutions fast and final, and to take nothing more of us than our cash.
Most moms don't even potty train their own kids anymore---they get potty trained at daycare--mom just has to try to keep up and cope on the weekends.
I love living in a consumer society, but one of our problems is that it can be way, way too easy to let money insulate you from actually really living your life.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2004-01-04 09:18:00, Antigen wrote:
"
--- Quote ---
On 2004-01-04 09:00:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Thanks for sharing, Anon. Your heartfelt post touches upon the consequences of catching a strictly American malady called AFFLUENZA.
--- End quote ---
Strictly American? You must be joking! Read up on any royal family from the current ones going all they way back as far as you care to. This is common. I think the messed up thing about America these days is that so many working poor actually believe they're affluent and they neglect their lives and families in an attempt to keep up that pretense.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
--Benjamin Franklin, (1773)
--- End quote ---
"
--- End quote ---
I'm sorry, yes Ginger has a point here. What I should have said is Affluenza is an American epidemic. Check out this bumper for a PBS special that dramatically underscores just how Lost in America we are. Personally, I highly recommend families watch this special together, it's a real wake-up call and definitly great food for thought.
::heart::
"Escape from Affluenza is a one-hour PBS special providing practical solutions to the problem of ?affluenza? ? an epidemic of stress, waste, overconsumption and environmental decay. Escape from Affluenza shows how some Americans are calling a halt to keeping up with the Joneses and abandoning the consumer chase. The program is a sequel to the popular special, Affluenza which premiered on PBS in September, 1997.
http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/escape/index.html
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2004-01-04 22:42:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I think some of the people who ship off their kids are too used to money as the cure-all for any problem.
Linguini not al dente? Send it back to the kitchen.
Hotel room not clean enough? Call the management and get put in another room.
Crash the car? Take it to the shop and get it fixed.
Somebody give you a gift you don't like? Take it back to the store with the "gift receipt" (obscenely rude) and get something that strikes your whim better.
Teenager a pain in the ass? Ship him off to the factory and pay to have him refurbed.
Grandma incontinent and incoherent? Ship her off to the nursing home.
Spot barks all night? Ship him to a "pet therapy" resort and get him back all trained.
Spouse a pain in the ass? Pay the lawyer a few bucks and get a trade in on a new one--or none, if you'd rather.
We tend to expect our solutions fast and final, and to take nothing more of us than our cash.
Most moms don't even potty train their own kids anymore---they get potty trained at daycare--mom just has to try to keep up and cope on the weekends.
I love living in a consumer society, but one of our problems is that it can be way, way too easy to let money insulate you from actually really living your life.
"
--- End quote ---
W.O.W. Talk about being "right on the money". Thanks, Anon! I like your style.
:nworthy:
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version