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Suggestions for a slightly better world #2

Traffic Jam by Lynac from SingaporeI don’t easily get angry (which was not always the case – should you want more details: keep following this blog, as a future post will be on anger management), but some things can cause a small internal eruption of the human equivalent of lava. One of them is linked to a specific situation in traffic. Or rather a collection of cases whereby a healthy dose of courteous behaviour is best practice: in traffic jams, when a pedestrian wants to cross the street (with no zebra crossing nearby), when a car wants to leave a parking during heavy traffic, to name only a few examples. Continue reading

Suggestions for a slightly better world #1

If you put the amount of toothpaste on your toothbrush as is shown on the images in toothpaste commercials, you will run out of toothpaste quite quickly. Which means that you will have to buy more toothpaste.

By doing so, you help the manufacturers of toothpaste into some additional money. Undoubtedly, a part of that money will then be used to make more toothpaste commercials.

Is that really what you want? If not: use less or go for a cheap brand that doesn’t run commercials.