Hippie Alert

Found a whole nest of filthy hippies. Somebody fetch my flamethrower.

A sample:

I’ve found myself nearly yelling at friends of mine when they put banana peels in the garbage instead of the compost, I frequently reprimand co-workers whenever they use Styrofoam containers in the cafeteria or buy a can of Diet Coke at lunch (although, i’ll be honest, the nagging has proven somewhat successful — one guy now uses ceramic plates and the other drinks tea and water instead of Coke), and when I opened the fridge at my parents’ house recently to find a case of over-packaged mini Evian water bottles, I practically had to shove a fistful of Ativan [anti-anxienty medication] in my mouth.

I'm guessing you don't have many friends.

It’s hard to know what to do in these cases. If we’re too overbearing, we run the risk of sounding like preachy, holier-than-thou environmentalists.

Too late.

And what do we do about all these weirdos who don’t believe in global warming and can’t understand why Styrofoam takeout containers are evil? Anyone got advice?

Oh, that's an easy one: keep your probing beak out of my business, lest it end up broken.

If readers would like to see how far some of these nanny state enviro-loons are willing to go in cramming their re-branded totalitarian crap down our throats, just go read the site. It's really quite frightening.

On the bright side, if by some odd chance the Earth does suffer a catastrophic meltdown and civilization gets snuffed out like a baby seal in a fur hunt, Ativan-girl and her hand-wringing chums will be the first to succumb to Uncle Chuck. Kinda makes ya all warm-and-tingly, don't it?

P.S. - It is revealing that she used the phrase "believe in global warming." Therein lies the real root of the problem, yet she is too willfully blind to see it. That's what happens when people think science involves political consensus.