TIRED OF TEMPLATES +
It is true that if you look for anything on the internet you will often find the lowest possible denominator. What pops up first is the site most clicked, not the most informative or accurate. However, I’ve never operated that way. I look first for reputable sites. I go to places like Cleveland Clinic or Kiplingers hoping to avoid the vapidness of random searches. So when I report the following, don’t imagine that I have succumbed to the inane bottom level of research. But then there are these…
It’s an article about increased allergies. The cause = Climate Change.
Its an article about birds dying off in Omaha. The cause = Climate Change.
Its an article about wildfires in California. The cause = Climate Change.
No matter the problem they give the same reason, except that none take the time to show a study which shows that. Allergies, birds dying off in Omaha, and wildfires in California … are all things which have been going on at some level BEFORE a time by which they could claim the cause to be Climate Change. That’s just the template. Allergies are inheritable, as populations grow outdoor cats increase, when people fail to clear burn free zones fires spread easily. Oops! I just gave sensible answers to each “problem.” People aren’t supposed to think for themselves when there’s an overused template available.
It’s an article about cancer. The cause = red meat.
It’s an article about heart issues. The cause = red meat.
It’s an article about high blood pressure. The cause = red meat.
I looked for specialized diets for several conditions recently, reducing inflammation, diabetes, etc. Every diet started by claiming that red meat was to be avoided. Was any proof presented for the awfulness of red meat for inflammation, or for diabetes, or whatever the condition? No. But every diet warned about eating too much of it. “Too much” was a crazy low amount, too… like “no more than one serving per week.” But you are allowed 2 servings of mercury-laden fish and seafood. It was amazing to me that not one article mentioned that those with these conditions should avoid too much green pepper or too many mustard greens. No limits on those. By the way, have you looked at the price of meat lately? We don’t need templates to lower usage, do we? The template obviously is in place to stop people from consuming cows, pigs, and lambs. Why? Climate Change!
Then I became interested in best treatments for various emotional issues.
Read an article about depression. The top treatment = CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy).
Read an article about high-functioning autism. The top treatment = CBT.
Read an article about anger issues. The top treatment = CBT.
Then read one about PTSD. The top treatment = CBT.
I decided that someone could make a bundle creating a big CBT campus where everyone could go to learn CBT concepts and methods to solve all their emotional issues. Then, if they still had a problem after that they should line up to get individual therapy. Apparently Climate Change makes CBT work for so many issues?? It seems like a simple template issue to me.
I’m looking for something not written using a template. AI will only make this worse.
Have YOU noticed what I’m noticing?
SHORTER LINES
Sometimes I venture into silly thoughts. One, which never gets me anywhere, is: “Isn’t there a better way to do this?” Apparently logic is not appropriate for anything which demands a better way?
When it comes to waiting for something, a shorter line is usually better. Yes, it is.
Why do women have to wait in much longer lines for potty-breaks than men? This is easy to break down: Stalls. Is there as better way?
In a Men’s room there may be 5 stalls and 8 urinals. The urinals don’t have doors, just short “privacy panels” (which provide zero privacy). Men using urinals don’t have to clean the seat, turn around, undo stuff, sit down, wipe, and re-attach stuff in the correct order. Nah! For men it is 72 seconds and a zipper.
In the Women’s room there also might be 13 place-settings. But the time to do everything takes so much longer. I have a partial solution… several seats without all the mumbo-jumbo of a stall (neither a door nor longer than toilet-length privacy panels). They are for #1 only. No door to close and latch, no seat to clean.
Auto-clean seating… the seat rises at the same time as the auto flush, is steam cleaned, breeze dried, and returns to place for the next occupant in mere seconds (comfortably warm). This takes at least 3 steps out of the process, speeding the ladies on their way by reducing their stay by as much as 30 seconds each. With 8 quick-use places, the number of women serviced per hour increases resulting in much shorter lines. Stalls still available for more intense events.
Silly, right?
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