i'm going to start a little series here i'll call s4s/f4e for short (see title). i am becoming increasingly more frustrated with people complaining about issues over and over again but doing absolutely nothing to attempt to have an impact on things themselves. Complaining is very useful, really. It can bring attention to problems or educate/enlighten people on situations. At times it can motivate people to do something one way or another, for or against. At the very least it can help to relieve personal stress from situations we feel very small in comparison to.
Constantly complaining about something but doing nothing to change even yourself is pretentious, condescending, mental masturbation. Eventually a point is reached where one must stand up or shut up.
We all have control over ourselves. We all can do little things. They may not seem significant but they are noble and they add up. By merely complaining you show that on some level you believe that things can get better (otherwise complaining is rather useless). Besides, by doing something you gain a certain amount of minutes to further complain about the issue. It's in the fine print of your cell phone contract...right after the bit explaining roaming charges in foreign countries.
So, in these little s4s/f4e write-ups i will present an issue and an idea of what you can do to gain the right to further complain about it. If you choose to do nothing you lose the right to further complain about it. Sound good? Well, i don't really care. This is my page, you can make up your own rules on your own page you lazy bastard.
*i do realize that because these are posted in chronological order one may read entries prior to this description, hence the s4s/f4e in the beginning of the titles. Those that can't figure it out will get lost along the way and may fall victim to swamp rats and wompas. Survival of the fittest. They can go surf mtv.com where they won't have to think for themselves.
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