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- lansuggs, on 10/12/2007, -15/+72In soviet russia, servers crash digg
sorry - fatlip, on 10/12/2007, -6/+44that died faster than soviet russia jokes
- mastercheif, on 10/12/2007, -6/+36Your mom lasts longer than that site...
- RubeusEsclair, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26Yeah, we are too wasteful. To combat this waste, I propose putting a ban on jet trails, throwing away cell phones, painkillers, weapons, paper products, plastic products, truck logos, orange clothes, aluminum products, caps, currency in general, and shipping.
That should prevent some waste. :-) - vonskippy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22If it wasn't for all those Vicodin I take, I'd really feel guilty about all that stuff.
- victorycig, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24Oh, quit your whining and start consuming! We've got to compete with China nowadays!
- AkshayGenius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18There should also be an account of the amount of tubes digg clogs every day
- Adma1, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22The plastic bags one really makes me sick, I'm not trying to spout hippy crap or anything like that, but this site has a counter at the top that illustrates this kind of thing as well.
http://www.reusablebags.com/
ps. they also sell bags that you can reuse for shopping, no i do not work for them, yes I own some, they are great! The only thing that's weird is going to a grocery store and having to stop the bagger and explain to them, "oh hey I have my own bags" always gives weird looks.
edit: If you want my recommendation for price usability, I suggest these.
http://www.reusablebags.com/store/ecobags%AE-classic-cotton-string-shopping-black-p-14.html
I own 5 or so, and they can hold A TON, and none have ripped or anything, it's actually more comfortable to carry than plastic bags, and there's no guilt =D - ophello, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Someone spent many long hours in photoshop.
I'd like to see the number of cubicles in the US visualized. - shibubu, on 10/12/2007, -12/+26What a wasteful people we are.
- mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Denali is the region of Alaska depicted in the image.
- shaun1018, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14The money spent in Iraq is dumbfounding... so many better things that money could be used for.
- manningbc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11speaking of breathing. they should have done one for cigarette consumption.
- nincrumpet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11It seems entirely feasible that each person in the United States uses an average of less than two plastic bags per day. They double-bag at the grocery store, they bag up a candy bar and a Red Bull when you go to the convenience store, and if you tell them that you don't need a bag as they're taking the bag out of its receptacle, they look at you strangely, take it out anyway and then throw it away.
- swrostmore, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"id like to see some real evidence that we as humans are ***** up the environment"
..Then read up on some of the thousands of peer-reviewed scientific articles that provide evidence of that very fact. The thing is, you won't read any, because you wouldnt understand the science behind them. Thats why we leave the studying of the environment to scientists who have devoted their lives to studying this subject, and thats the reason why we should trust their scientific conclusions over the conclusions of people who say " I do look around, i see that everything is fine, sure things are a bit messy but its a human mess, and it will go away." That logic is similar to creationists who say "prove that Evolution exists! I am looking around and I dont see monkeys evolving into humans anywhere!" And its even easier to disprove, just cite one of millions of examples of species that have been driven to extinction by human activity. - adogg06, on 10/12/2007, -1/+860,000 plastic bags every five seconds?!? Cool pictures, but 60,000 bags every five seconds = 518,400,000 plastic bags per day...where did they get that?
- HoboMaster, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Anyone else notice the darker Denali logos are actually the word "denial?" Cute, but the art made the point a lot better than the wordplay. And besides, why use Denali? Couldn't they have used a more known SUV, instead of something they could make a pun out of?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8When grocery stores are pulling in well over a million dollars a day, i'd say that's not very unbelievable.
- swrostmore, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Digg me down, but who do you think is paying that bill? Heres a hint: WE ARE.
- mulberryx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7was anyone else waiting for the 3-d picture to pop out?
- mikeon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"Submitted:
8 days ago, made popular 53 minutes ago "
I think this is the first time I've seen a digg hit frontpage that is older than 24 hours.
Looking at the pictures, I'm scared to think of how big it is when you see it in person. - imnotquitesure, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I love the brown paper bags. My mom never threw them away, she uses them for her kitchen trash bag, so they are recycled in a way. Plus I like the smell and they are sturdier. I wish my grocery store still offered them.
- mildsoup, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10it works every other attempt, but just in case:
http://www.chrisjordan.com.nyud.net:8080/current_set2.php?id=?view=XXX_09NNN/ - chrisbarr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Coral Cache got it
http://www.chrisjordan.com.nyud.net:8080/current_set2.php?id=?view=XXX_09NNN/
and
http://www.chrisjordan.com.nyud.net:8090/current_set2.php?id=?view=XXX_09NNN/ - kindpastor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Goebbels would be proud.
- merdiesel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Some of these would make great wallpapers...
::waits for someone to post link to high res pics:: - mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Lighten up, it's just the facts. I don't feel guilty about it, but it's obvious you do. It isn't about hypocrisy, the main point is just to show how much we consume as a people. It's difficult to grasp it in your everyday life, you only see what happens in your vicinity. Seeing it like this gives a different perspective, facts presented to a candid world, it shows the scale of what's going on.
- Toasterstrudull, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6wordpress lasts longer than that site...
- AllLitUp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Here are a couple of the images:
1.
Depicts 30,000 reams of office paper, or 15 million sheets, equal to the amount of office paper used in the US every five minutes.
http://photoslivehere.com/viewer.php?file=hrzonzahatyxkgyqjjzn.jpg
2.
Depicts 60,000 plastic bags, the number used in the US every five seconds.
http://photoslivehere.com/viewer.php?file=gimem2g1jmzvgn1gzjuy.jpg
3. Depicts 213,000 Vicodin pills, equal to the number of emergency room visits yearly in the US related to misuse or abuse of prescription pain killers.
http://photoslivehere.com/viewer.php?file=mzmtmljvmndzimjmmxmm.jpg - jamiemcconnell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Amazing pictures, i wonder how long it took? doesnt seem to be patterns in the pictures...
- profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I see what you did there.
- ericember, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1this art does not make me feel guilty.
http://stores.ebay.com/Mission-Renaissance-Art-Sup ... - scjones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Vicodin would be better if they read Watson.
- MewTwo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3yeah... you don't have to call it "guilt" art for some of those pictures...
I think it's just a comment on consumption in the American culture, like the description says.
Although, I think we should feel guilty about those ***** SUVS and, of course, prison uniforms. - danconia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3God those pills look yummy. Yeah sure look at how much we consume but nobody every looks at how much we produce...
- Bizarrkley, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Count the cans, measure your favorite brand of soda drink (use as average height) and then do the math.
Knuckleheads always be wantin' other people to do the work for them. - allywilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anyone know why in the plastic bag one you can clearly see a Tesco's plastic bag? I thought it was US only?
- Dockboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Bueller....Bueller....Bueller....
- banderbe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@lunasunshine
That's quite the substantive response there :) Please, expound on your idea a bit. What am I ignorant about, hmm? - swrostmore, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4"Depicts 125,000 one-hundred dollar bills ($12.5 million), the amount our government spends every hour on the war in Iraq."
...Every hour! And people wonder why Bush refuses to accept a timeline for withdrawal? - bingo000, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1The best piece of artwork I've seen by far.
- radix33, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He just used the word "guilt" to make you stop and look. He succeeded.
- socalrob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't know if you guys have been to Ikea lately, but last time I went to my Local one, and for the normal plastic bags they now charge you .05 for each one or like .99 or .59 for a reusable blue one. Supposedly all the money from the sale of the plastic bags goes to help plant trees, but I'll still just carry my crap outside myself. I already pay CRV for those cans in that picture and don't get that back (my city has a recycle can that you put out next to the trash and they take your recyclables) so I don't need to spend anymore money.
- profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Random question... How BIG would each of these be, at actual size? I'm thinking about the pop can one in particular... how tall and how wide would a wall of that many pop cans be?
- jjesusfreak01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, look at all that Vicodin...
- Aninhumer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Plus I'm sure you'd be able to find someone happy to take a mobile phone off your hands.
- ArnoldTPants, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@adogg06
It's actually double what you have. It works out to 1,036,800,000 bags per day. That's 378 billion bags a year. 1,261 bags per person every year, including babies. If you remove people under the age of 18 it would be about 1,700 bags a year per person. It would require every single person over the age of 18 in the US to be using 35 bags a week. The number is pure fiction. - ggbs, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/145218/site-zip.html
- buryyourhead, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Dammit should I feel guilty for this? I mean I don't own an SUV. In my entire family (aunts, uncles, cousins) they own 1 SUV, and that's out of 36 people. I recycle plastics, recycle each and every can I use, fly on a plane maybe once every 2-3 years, have owned the same cell phone for 4 years, which by the way I GUARAN-*****-TEE japan wastes a lot more of....don't own a gun, don't ever use paper at the grocery store. I'm sick and ***** tired of being told I should feel guilty for living in the country I was born in. That's like saying every German nowadays should feel guilty for the Holocaust. ***** the hippy who made this *****.
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