viva marx

i'm beginning to think science is too good these days. in the united states and other first world countries we've all but eliminated the ever important natural selection process. these days, negligent people with no common sense are safe, and can even be cured when harmed by their own stupidity.

one move that lacks common sense and drives me crazy is people who leave 1/2-3/4 car length between their car and the one in front or behind them while parallel parking. on any given day, 2-3 extra cars could fit on each side of almost every street, if people just knew how to park. the city really should paint marks on the road as a guideline of where people should park (not that morons would follow it anyway).

of course, it's good exercise to walk the extra block or two, so maybe i shouldnt complain. and that's a valid point too (in fact, it should be known that i unnecessarily parked a blog farther away today just for the extra walk since it was so nice out). as we grow as a society and learn more, we are able to become more efficient. this helps create the fat and the lazy. it's now easier to do many tasks without expending energy. and since we know more, we can help people who are fat and lazy to not die, or at least not die as early as they would otherwise, thus giving them a few extra years to procreate, move into a house behind mine, and raise slovenly children who never go to school, thus spurring another generation which everyone else has to deal with. not that people who live behind my apartment are like that. but they are.

short of thinking for the people, how do we compensate for the inept who benefit from everyone else's knowledge? or is there something else we can do? hmmmm, giuliani for president in 2008?