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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:12:04 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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I've been known to Freep in a loincloth.
We didn't need to know that.
I'm into full disclosure.
Don't need to know about that, either.
Mmmm... Full disclosure.
My boys like fresh air. ;~D
But honey, you're at work.
Me, too. If you read through anthropological records you'll see that quality of life took a dramatic turn for the worse in traditional groups that embraced industrialized foods. Groups that didn't have severe dental cavities and infections developed them - but didn't have the technology/dentists to alleviate the problem. Suicide, previously unknown to some of these groups, was a good way out. Diet played a big role in their quality of life.
So you could argue that technology drives conveniences which drives poor health which drives better medical technology. But I submit that the better technology does not create health - only an illusion - it only manages problems created by convenience.
So, there's a quality of life that seeks to be and stay healthy and there's a quality of life that seeks to stay one step ahead of cascading health failure.
Technology can help with both, but I'd go with the former as a preferable choice for me.
It's OK, I'm behind my desk.
I hope your desk as a modesty panel. ;~D
Is that guy wearing a skirt?
It's a utili-kilt.
Modesty panel? That would take the fun out of it.
Well, I need to switch out workstations here, so I may be offline a while.
Dude, it's a skirt.
Yeah, but you'd look.
'zat whatcher callin' it now?
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Mmm...kilt.
Mine?
Mine?
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