Well I am irritated beyond belief with the constant inundation on tv. Ads for all kinds of junk that we don't need and most frustrating of all is the ads that prompt us to replace good reusable products with disposable things that will go in the garbage. And especially galling is how those ads go about trying to convince reasonable people to throw away their money and the environment along with it - by building up fears upon fears upon fears.
Don't get me wrong I think we should have a healthy respect for what viruses, bacteria etc can do to us but we should also have a reasonable approach to this. Just because the media has pumped up massive fears of whatever the virus flavour of the day is doesn't mean that we should cover ourselves in anti bacterial whatevers and spray every surface in our home with some awful chemical compound and throw away all of our cloths, towels etc and replace them with some disposable handwipe covered in who knows what kind of product to make it white and soft and "nice" smelling.
Well rant over for the day.
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