Swhet Productions

Okay, so it's not really science. But I have some tidbits to toss around.

Anyway, it's my your friendly nieghbourhood Biablid-Dilthinky. Also known as Liam Krider to some, but that is just an Alias. Anyway, I just thought I would follow up my good friend Hunter's previous blog. I'd also like to add that apparently only one of the things he listed is true. I thought they both were. Although I've never known that man to be a crazy metal head. ANYWAY. Continuing.

I'd like to start off by saying anyone who uses an Android phone is instantly more intelligent then someone who uses an iPhone. Because iPhones were made SPECIFICALLY for the purpose of simplicity. They do however lack functionality. ANYWAY.

Society, as mentioned, is going downhill. But ignoring the fact that technology is making us progessively more idiotic and lazy, there are definately other major contributors. For example, the child entertainment industry nowadays is complete a total drivvel. Things like Hanee-Montanee and The Suite Life of Hack and Chodey are completely destroying the minds of the younger generations. My friend has a sister who is 13 and is still afraid of the dark, and she spends her days watching and re-watching the shows on family channel. When I was growing up, I watch The Rugrats, Wild Thornberry's, and Dexter's Lab. All things, that while on the surface appeared simple, definately taught me some life lessons. All that I see being taught to kids by the tube in todays networking is that it's okay to live a double life. (And laugh at stupid jokes. Children's sense of humor is gone. And that depresses me greatly.)

Moving one from that is the education system. In Canada, it's free. In America, it's free and shitty, or expensive and good. In both countries, there is one major problem: skipping. I am going to speak from the viewpoint of a Canadian student in his graduating year. (Because thats what I am) The public schooling system in Canada is pretty decent, besides the strikes and what not. But, just like everything else, when a child (or moreso, a teenager) is treated like they know the best, and have freedom, they tend to take advantage. So, when all this education and information is present, what do we do? We ignore it and go to the mall. Some people will go smoke marajuana, some people just won't show up all day. This, in my mind, is completely absurd. For all of histroy, people have been fighting for rights, for freedom of speech and freedom to learn. We get here, and all today's generations have to say is "meh." And that brings me to my next point: History.

HIstory has shown us repeatedly that after roughly 2000 years of a civilization, it collapses. It is strongly believed that the world will end in 2012 because "the mayans predicted it," when in all reality, all that happened was that was the year that the Mayan Calendar ended. My friend theorized that it is because that was the year the mayans were at when the Spaniards came over and wiped them out. And it's already becoming apparent that our end is coming, too. Look at the baby boomers. We have more seniors then we know how to take care of. Look at the internation debt crisis, people get greedy and spend more money then is in the world, literally. We have hit an age where consumption is greater then production, which is a huge problem. And the worst part is, nobody realizes it, especially the people who are going to be the most effected. US! The people between the ages of 15 and 20. The dumb, lazy, technology-using-yet-we-don't-know-jack-about-how-anything-works generation. The general consensus is "Meh. Not my problem" because we are riding on the coat tails of our parents. When my dad was 16, he was already going to UBC. Forty years ago there were nowhere near as many distractions, and there was nothing but the future to look forward to, and nothing but the way things worked to learn about. Nine people would be huddled around one car gauking at the power of an engine. Now you say "5.7 V" and nobody knows what the fuck you are talking about, and if they do, it's only because they spend their time watching Top Gear. They will not go out of their way to learn things. In fact, they will avoid it. Now what future do we have to look forward to? Nothing. We are in the future. We've hit a point in society where we are, for the first time ever, devolving. People are dying before their parents because they eat so unhealthy. Imagine how peopl 40 and older feel knowing that in 35 years, we're the ones going to be looking after them. It's total bogus. A large portion of teenagers my age know nothing about living life alone, the expenses, the difficulties, the taxes. It's all complete bogus. Hell, most teens are too fucking lazy to even spell out full words, adn need to acronym-ize everything. Some have totally given up on the use of vowels and, on occassion, replaced them with numbers. NUMBERS! I feel sorry for these people, but even moreso, I feel sorry for myself for having to put up with these people, and try and a save a society that is being brought down by them.

So in conclusion, yes, at the moment, we are all fucked. Severely, royaly, massively fucked. However there is still hope. All we have to do is try, change, and stop spending our lives consuming, and begin producing. We must learn. We must adapt. It's survival of the fittest, but right now, fit doesn't always cut it.