Get a sense of humor.

I'll start this blog off with a link to a video, titled "Beached Whale" (commonly referred to as "Beached As Bro"). This video takes the mickey out of New Zealand accents.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVHZwI8pcA

On the youtube page that I got it from, some people took it the wrong way, and a race war has arisen between some angry New Zealanders, and some (mainly Australian) others. SERIOUSLY?!

I'm quite sure the creators of this video DID NOT mean any harm. I'm sure they didn't mean to be racist. It's obvious that they were doing it for a laugh, nothing else.

It seems, these days, that the human race has become so self-absorbed, so politically correct, that we are unable to have a laugh at our own expense. I'm sure you could laugh all you want if someone fell over, or a cartoon program depicted the stereotypical speech and mannerisms of another nationality - all in good humor, that is - then you'd see no problems. Yet, if it's you that's being laughed at, everything's wrong with it. 

Of course, this is all in context, and there are times in which you shouldn't laugh at someone's expense, there are times to be serious. However, there are times when you should laugh. There are times when you should think, "ok, that WAS funny. I may have looked a little silly, but I can understand why people are laughing"

Some people really need to get over themselves and see the funny side of life. If anything, what people need in this day and age is to have a reason to smile. It'll solve more problems than you may think.

Just a quick one...

So, today I had lunch at my university center (where there's cafes and the like), and after buying my food, I went to find a table to sit at outside the cafe. EVERY free table was littered with rubbish from whoever had sat there last - WTF?! Leaving rubbish about where there are bins nearby really gets at me. I'm no environmental activist or anything, but seriously, is it that hard to put your rubbish in the bin when it's not that far away? It won't take a minute, so it's not going to be hard to take a few moments out of your time to put the rubbish in the bin, therefore doing your bit for the environment AND you won't be pissing others off.