rational people ... supply shortage?
warning, this may turn into something of a rant...
Edit: oh, it so did ...
so, for those of you who have been so buried in work, or who haven't bothered to look out a window or at a news report, pgh got snow. a lot of snow. (but only for pgh, DC got light 3 ft.) i noticed something during my trek to work for the past two days.
college students are stupid.
so, i'm walking through snow up to my knees (higher in some places). and i'm watching these college age chicks in stretch bell-bottom slacks and high-heels/platforms try to negotiate the snow without getting too much white on their nice black clothes.
so, what i guess i'm asking is "when did humanity decide that fashion was more important than common sense?" is this something i need to be worried about in myself? it's not really limited to college students, they're just the majority, i spotted older (probably 40's) women in similar outfits trying not to get the road sludge on their shoes. is there some reason why appearence/presentation have become more important than quality? it seems to be predominantly females, but not always. is it societal? i've seen more asians (of both gender) in unsuited outfits recently. why would anyone wear boots with smooth flat soles and a shirt that barely covers your navel and then complain that you're cold and keep slipping on the snow? i've seen/heard this behaviour more and more lately.
why has common sense/rational thinking become such a lost commodity? is it parents who let TV teach their children? is it TV and the media? is it the images they see of POP stars? if so, why don't they realize that these people are living in Los-Frelling-Angeles where a rainy day of 60 degrees is a rough winter? what is it with teen-agers/twenty-somethings? were we that bad at that age? are we still that bad? when did common sense get so uncommon? when did street-smart become not-so-smart?
too many questions, not enough answers and all i've done is rant. someday maybe i'll actually find an answer.
other than trying to figure out why people are stupid about it, i've been really enjoying the snow. =)