Author Archives: P.Doors
Media and Mass Shootings – Quite the Marriage
The changing culture of disposability
In the past, most things that you owned were built to last. Household goods were expensive, and you looked after what you had, repairing things and maintaining them. In the early 20th century, new industrial processes and new materials – plastic especially – began to change that. One of the first and best known examples is the Dixie cup, invented in 1907 in response to a health scare about shared tin cups used at public water fountains. Vending machines with paper cups were a much more hygienic solution. Today, we get through billions of paper and plastic cups every year, 146 billion in the US alone.
It’s a funny thing, disposability. One-use items are often more convenient. You don’t need to wash them and put them away, or worry about breaking them, and they’re more hygienic, especially for medical equipment. On the other hand, it’s far cheaper to own…
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The Art of Breakfast
this is awesome
Day 355
What is the joke? Who is the joke on? Who is behind it?
i’m not going to use facebook anymore. instead i’ll use wordpress and maybe some twitter here and there. it’ll be harder to troll on wordpress as it looks more professional, but i will try.
Dexter
“She’s the only person in the world who loves me. I think that’s nice. I don’t have feelings about anything, but if I could have feelings at all, I’d have them for Deb.” –Dexter Morgan
pretty sure this was in the first episode. i always thought back to that thinking it was odd..