Laugh? I almost cried…

This just in from The Onion is funny:

New Eco-Friendly Packaging Triggers Boom In Guilt-Free Littering

ROCKFORD, IL??€â€?Nick Sundin used to be neurotic about littering. The 37-year-old pediatrician admits he kept trash bags in his car, and would even pick up and throw away garbage he found on the street. Since boyhood, Sundin said, he was keenly attuned to the environmental degradation littering caused, an attitude triggered by the famous Keep America Beautiful “Crying Indian” public service announcement he saw on television as a young man.

Not anymore.

“These ‘eco’ products are amazing??€â€?they’ve totally changed my life,” Sundin said. “Now, I just toss my used Seventh Generation??€â€?brand paper plates out the car window, knowing they’ll soon be absorbed into the earth.”

Read the rest of it here. The thing is, there’s a kind of eerie truth to it. Live guilt-free! Besides, as I’ve said before, I’m not sure that using food crops to create packaging for my food when so much of the world goes short leaves me feeling that good about myself…

Photo tagged “By a corner gas station, Apple Valley, California,” by Moon Rhythm.

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