Your post reminds me of the ending of "The Good Place," in which the characters discover that it is impossible to get into the good place due to how complicated the world has become.
I think you might have fully convinced me to press beyond the first season of that show! It's been on my list for a while and I never seem to get back to it.
I hope you do. The show's premise got more philosophical as the characters and their goals changed from one season to the next. It is one of my favorites. The first couple of episodes put me off because they were so ridiculous. Get past those, and it gets better.
I’ve literally never gone to chick-filet (their spelling is weird, too!) and it’s not any sort of hardship. I can’t imagine why anyone would go there. It’s dumb fast food. There are a hundred alternatives.
I do feel conflicted about the work of various talented monsters.
At best, I've felt like "Okay, this is a clear winner over the other main fast food joints." But at worst, I've accepted, "This is fast food at the end of the day" lol. They can be pretty good. I'd argue they definitely have the best milkshakes and sauce!
And also there's the acceptance that I don't really know how the big fast food corps spend their money, but I can reliably bet I wouldn't condone it. So it's just about picking your poison sometimes I suppose.
I agree. I already wrote about this on your note earlier. I will say that none of the businesses we frequent can bear scrutiny on all their processes without finding problems. It's just our wants and needs versus what they're up to.
It's maddening to really think about all the things our money supports indirectly. It doesn't mean we should be thoughtless, but we can't hold ourselves to impossible standards either. Thanks for reading, Linda!
Richard Wagner was a narcissistic, antisemitic asshole, yet he wrote some of the 19th Century's most glorious music. When I listen to it, I don't think of what kind of man wrote it, only that it's great.
Your post reminds me of the ending of "The Good Place," in which the characters discover that it is impossible to get into the good place due to how complicated the world has become.
I think you might have fully convinced me to press beyond the first season of that show! It's been on my list for a while and I never seem to get back to it.
I hope you do. The show's premise got more philosophical as the characters and their goals changed from one season to the next. It is one of my favorites. The first couple of episodes put me off because they were so ridiculous. Get past those, and it gets better.
I’ve literally never gone to chick-filet (their spelling is weird, too!) and it’s not any sort of hardship. I can’t imagine why anyone would go there. It’s dumb fast food. There are a hundred alternatives.
I do feel conflicted about the work of various talented monsters.
But a bland chicken sandwich? Why? Why go there?
At best, I've felt like "Okay, this is a clear winner over the other main fast food joints." But at worst, I've accepted, "This is fast food at the end of the day" lol. They can be pretty good. I'd argue they definitely have the best milkshakes and sauce!
And also there's the acceptance that I don't really know how the big fast food corps spend their money, but I can reliably bet I wouldn't condone it. So it's just about picking your poison sometimes I suppose.
I agree. I already wrote about this on your note earlier. I will say that none of the businesses we frequent can bear scrutiny on all their processes without finding problems. It's just our wants and needs versus what they're up to.
It's maddening to really think about all the things our money supports indirectly. It doesn't mean we should be thoughtless, but we can't hold ourselves to impossible standards either. Thanks for reading, Linda!
Richard Wagner was a narcissistic, antisemitic asshole, yet he wrote some of the 19th Century's most glorious music. When I listen to it, I don't think of what kind of man wrote it, only that it's great.
And I'll never hear in "Imagine" the words of a someone who abused his wife and kids. Art is transcendent.
Thanks for reading, Kathy!