[Lawtan]

Can I add something off topic here? (Is my thread, so I say "yes")

Sometimes (okay, oftentimes) it seems that the majority of those on the internet don't ever take time to consider their outlook on life in comparison to others. This is more than "there are a large number without jobs, alone, with mental/physical illness, and/or starving/homeless."

People who are relatively up-to-date on technology or in centers of culture/progress don't really seem to appreciate the vast gaps in life technology and progress has created. The social internet, at least according to one data chart, only extends to ~1/3 of the population.

Likewise, this is so for many other aspects of life:

*Many of the smaller cities never have bands or conventions pass by.
*While there are movements to stop company/government abuse of nature and animals, several worse illegal facilities exist (hosting dog-fights to the death).
*New drugs/chemicals are being mixed daily with the result of either greater highs...or further fucking another person up.
*We hold Native American Reservations that are worse off than some of the African Tribes you see on the commercials (And at least those tribes weren't forcibly "Imperialized" - losing their language, mythology, ancestry, and culture)

...though we (myself included) often forget these things, and it is perfectly okay to complain about workload, illness, and malfunctioning hardware/software - the fast-paced world is nutty at best...I hope that we all keep in mind that we are just lucky to have food and a roof, and everything else - from entertainment to the vast roads to learn from - is "luck"