I took a quick shot to the local hardware store this morning via the Ram pick up and encountered a strange fellow..
As I was exiting my truck I heard "excuse me" so thinking someone needed a hand, I stopped and looked around. Coming into my view was a quintessential "hipster" and his gal aboard their bicycles. This 20 something guy had the scraggly beard, man-bun complete with man-purse and one of those new bicycles made to look 'old timey.'
So I said "what's up?" He started to go into a tirade on how people like me driving big trucks are polluting the earth and supporting big petroleum.....I just had to burst out laughing......but at the same time I figured it was time to really wake up this "woke" person.....
I said, "you are riding a bicycle probably made in China or Taiwan and unless migrating birds flew it to your house, it was brought here by something which burns petroleum......you are wearing clothes probably sold by Walmart which were made off-shore in some super polluting country...unless you live in a log cabin made by your own hands and live in the woods and are completely self-sufficient by heating with wood, killing animals and growing vegetables and fruit, storing them for the winter, sewing your own clothes and using zero electricity you in your own right am a polluter." "You must have a pedal powered generator to charge up the phone in your hand.."
"Furthermore, the days of 'do what I say and not as I do' don't wash anymore."
Then I turned to the young lady with him and told her she needs to hitch her wagon to someone with a brain if she wants to succeed in this world. I said if she has a clue, she'd soon see the hypocritical way of thought this guy has.
To that I turned and walked away but kept an eye on them to ensure they didn't go and do something to my truck.
I guess I'm getting old and mellow as the thought of punching him in the throat only crossed my mind twice while talking to him...
As I was exiting my truck I heard "excuse me" so thinking someone needed a hand, I stopped and looked around. Coming into my view was a quintessential "hipster" and his gal aboard their bicycles. This 20 something guy had the scraggly beard, man-bun complete with man-purse and one of those new bicycles made to look 'old timey.'
So I said "what's up?" He started to go into a tirade on how people like me driving big trucks are polluting the earth and supporting big petroleum.....I just had to burst out laughing......but at the same time I figured it was time to really wake up this "woke" person.....
I said, "you are riding a bicycle probably made in China or Taiwan and unless migrating birds flew it to your house, it was brought here by something which burns petroleum......you are wearing clothes probably sold by Walmart which were made off-shore in some super polluting country...unless you live in a log cabin made by your own hands and live in the woods and are completely self-sufficient by heating with wood, killing animals and growing vegetables and fruit, storing them for the winter, sewing your own clothes and using zero electricity you in your own right am a polluter." "You must have a pedal powered generator to charge up the phone in your hand.."
"Furthermore, the days of 'do what I say and not as I do' don't wash anymore."
Then I turned to the young lady with him and told her she needs to hitch her wagon to someone with a brain if she wants to succeed in this world. I said if she has a clue, she'd soon see the hypocritical way of thought this guy has.
To that I turned and walked away but kept an eye on them to ensure they didn't go and do something to my truck.
I guess I'm getting old and mellow as the thought of punching him in the throat only crossed my mind twice while talking to him...
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