10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List

1. Brachinus
   July 29th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

   FYI, John Tierney is a right-wing shill who shouldn't be trusted when it comes to scientific studies that bother conservatives and libertarians (e.g. global warming, health risks from chemicals, etc.).

2. Jimbo
   July 29th, 2008 at 2:30 pm

   Also note the New York Times is no longer a valid source for accurate news.

3. SoLo
   July 29th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

   "... Hotdogs! You know what they're made of, Chet? Huh? Lips and assholes!" (Dan Ackroyd, 'The Great Outdoors')

   That's why I don't eat hotdogs.;)

4. jaimee
   July 29th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

   Hmm..true. These things may not kill you, but that doesn't mean that they are harmful to you. The whole plastics thing really got me...there have been a lot of studies on the negative effects of bisphenol-a, like in Japan there was a study liking high levels of BPA to infertility. Just like how lead in old paint & in old pipes doesn't kill you, but can negatively effect your health. BLah blah blah....just had to say something about how much I didn't like the list.

5. Alex
   July 29th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

   Re: hot dogs, a friend of mine saw a small boy choke on a hot dog and die. Apparently, because of the size of the hot dog, it is impossible to extract a choking piece from a young child's airway without specialized tools - and in many cases, kids don't survive the trip to the emergency room.

   Hot dog is the one thing I won't feed my children without cutting the meat into very small pieces.

6. Jimbo
   July 29th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

   Death by hot dog? Darwin Awards anyone?

7. mother theresa
   July 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

   Didn't George Carlin point out that the whole purpose of human existence was to design and manufacture plastic for mother nature? That mother nature NEEDED plastics so she's allowed us to inhabit just long enough get the plastic production up to speed just before we annihilate ourselves? He's got a video on this somewhere on youtube.com -- oh yeah, here it is -- about 5 min 18 sec. into this video Carlin lectures on the importance of "plastic" :

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw&feature=related

8. Pontifex
   July 29th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

   "[Plastic bags] take up much less space in landfills [than paper bags]."
   How can you take up less space than 0? Paper bags rot and turn into compost, which is not something plastic is known for.
   His whole list reads like a really, really stupid person refuting ecological talking points: polar ice melting? It's not record-breaking this year, so we're safe for all eternity! Poison in your food? Well, if you didn't consume so much you wouldn't get ill! He has never encountered a worm hole in person, so we can stop worrying about climate change, poisonous chemicals and climate change (his _actual_ argument)! Laugh, it's funny!

9. Evil Pundit
   July 29th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

   Jimbo: The New York Times was never a valid source for accurate news.

10. clinton labombard
    July 29th, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    "Blah blah blah isn't a source of valid info."

    Nor, dear monkeys, is the peanut gallery, from which you so humbly throw poop.

11. Sammy
    July 29th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    I think the entire "Global Warming caused by Man" thing should be added to the list.

    The Earth has been warming and cooling regularly over it's entire life history. Change is the only constant. I'm glad we are in a warming trend now, because in the last ice age, the area I live in was deeply covered by glaciers. That would have made it difficult for me to get to and from work each day.

12. Evilbeagle
    July 29th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    I'm with Sammy here.

13. Kirkburn
    July 29th, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    Sammy, I sure hope you don't live near the sea because death by drowning would also prevent you from getting to work each day.

    Just because global warming doesn't affect /you/ badly, doesn't mean it won't affect others.

    (Sorry for off topic, but self-centered comments like that get to me).

14. Evil Pundit
    July 29th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    Well, Kirkburn, if it's any consolation to you, the Earth has cooled over the last ten years. Sammy may still get his glaciers!

15. Dave
    July 29th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Brachinus: Maybe that's another thing you should scratch from your worry list. Right-wingers aren't as bad as you've been led to believe.

    Kirkburn: Perhaps you should visit a seashore sometime and look for evidence of how the sea levels have varied over time.

16. Johnny Cat
    July 29th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    This reminds me of George Carlin's "Things to Watch Out For". They forgot: the contraction of the Universe, paper cuts, the wrath of God, and Paranoia!

17. Evil Pundit
    July 29th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    Oh God, I'd forgotten about the contraction of the Universe!

    I'm feeling claustrophobic now ...

18. Your name2
    July 30th, 2008 at 3:08 am

    link

19. Larfin Jackarse
    July 30th, 2008 at 5:55 am

    LOL.

    One thing to scratch from your worry list is death.

    According to Ray Kurzweil we is all gunna live to be 10,000. If'n u make it to 2030AD.

20. sosb
    July 30th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    I think this is reason enough to worry about plastic bags.

21. Snerd
    July 30th, 2008 at 10:37 am

    Despite all the worry about plastic vs paper bags, "global warming" (soon to be followed by worry about "global cooling"), phthalates in toys, or any others of the myriad of things to worry about, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!

22. Ali S.
    July 30th, 2008 at 11:20 am

    Interesting read there. But I can't believe any of that...considering the news today about a gigantic chunk of the ice shelf just broke off.

23. chris tackett
    July 30th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Alex,

    Thanks for sharing our piece: http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/29/10-things-to-scratch-from-your-wor ry-list/

    We think we have some decent points regarding a couple of the issues. We don't touch on the hot dog, worm holes or sharks, but a few of his points were so far from accurate that we had to address them.

    Thanks,
    Chris

24. Brachinus
    July 30th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    Evil Pundit: you mean 1998 was a huge spike? Sure. That doesn't mean there's been a 10-year cooling trend since then.

    Dave: I spend way too much time arguing politics on a forum where half of the righties still think Obama's a Muslim, so don't tell me I'm out of touch with how not-bad they are. And BTW, maybe try visiting a climatologist (not a chemist or TV weatherman) and asking about global climate change, what's almost certainly causing it and what's probably going to happen as a result. The answer won't be as reassuring as the industry shills you've been hearing from.

25. Evil Pundit
    July 30th, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    Brachinus, climate change fearmongering is a huge industry. Why should I believe their shills?

26. Kirkburn
    July 30th, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    Evil Pundit,

    Because they're significantly less well paid than the oil/energy companies?

27. escapenguin
    August 2nd, 2008 at 12:59 pm

    They debunked the myth of driving with your windows uses more gas versus using a/c on MythBusters. The truck driving with the a/c on ran out of gas much more quickly than the truck driving with the windows down. Both of my cars go quite a bit farther on a tank when I don't use a/c as well so I don't think their experiment was a fluke.

28. RM
    August 3rd, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    6. Toxic plastic bottles. "Dose makes the poison."

    OK, so I guess the Coke can have cocaine again...

29. Hilary Farlow
    November 10th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    whew!!!!
    I was really worried about #7
    

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