StoneyPicton

A long, long time ago, someone asked that very question while sitting in a bait shop eating pizza. Of course there were no computers at the time so the question was about posting personal adds on the local notice board. The consensus was that it was a good idea but the fish monger, who managed the board, was against it. Try as they may the supporters could not convince them to change their mind. Eventually they gave up and decided to find another location for the personal adds. Looking down at the pizza box in front of them they had an idea. Why not put personal adds on the tops of peoples shoes. Then as they shuffled around town looking down as to not make eye contact with others, they would see the personal add. Of course this practice of not looking people in the eye made the need for a space for personal adds all the more urgent. The next problem was how to decide who's shoes you would attach your add to and how to do it without sneaking into their homes at night. A young delivery clerk reached into their mouth and pulled out a very tired piece of bubble gum he had been chewing to the point it was devoid of flavour and use, except for the fact it was still very sticky. "We could put the notice on the ground and place some gum on it so when someone steps on them both, the notice will become attached to that persons shoe". Immediately the crowd moaned that you wouldn't be able to tell who would be the recipient of someones plea for love. The wanted to know how this could be resolved, to which the young clerk responded, "You can hire a gumshoe".

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Absolutely. It's not that it hasn't been done before, it's just that it shouldn't be praised as accomplishment.

The actual statistic isn't as important as knowing that every advancement the Chinese make in the future will be tainted by their prolific theft of IP.

I just want to add that I do recognize waste as a problem and something I personally tackle every day and try to influence others to pay attention to. There are many things that need to be done on a much larger scale but without education it would never get support. One of my favourites would be to mandate product warranties.

Blaming the 1% is popular right now but not relevant to the impact population has on our world. Mineral extraction, land clearing for food production and the raping of our oceans is not being done for the 1%.

There are absolutely too many people on the planet. It's not about waste (although that's part of it) as much as there are limited resources to feed everyone and make all their toys. Now it is possible to feed everyone for some time but we will be doing it while the natural world disappears. Some care, some don't.

They are already eliminating part of the population, picking you off one by one. Although it is necessary to reduce population in general, nobody is being honest about it. You are ALL too stupid to bother with at this point.