Coppermine wrote:Dan Lambskin wrote:Coppermine wrote:acsguitar wrote:wow stamp collecting awesome
Did anyone see that Simpson's where they wanted to build a stamp museum across from Evergreen Terrace and Homer and all the residents got pissed off and demanded they don't build it? So, yeah, so instead of building the stamp museum there, the city had to locate it somewhere else and then Lisa is all like "I want to go to the stamp museum!" and so they go there and Homer is like "Why couldn't they build the stamp museum closer!"
See, it's funny because people around where I live get pissed off anytime they try to build a Wal-Mart, and then when they build one the next town over, everyone drives there to shop at Wal-Mart.
Stupid people. Stupid Wal-Mart.
i think it's the old NIMBY argument...certain things are great...just Not In My Back Yard
Right, that's what I was getting at it and that's why I found that episode to be so clever. Also near me they proposed to build an ethanol plant in a secluded, out-of-the way area. The plant would provide the area with E85 Ethanol, a boost to the local corn farmer economy (which is struggling) and create jobs. Everyone opposed it so adamantly that they left. It was like if you asked someone why they were opposing it, they didn't have a good reason. I couldn't see how the cons outweighed the pros, yet the 8 people who lived within 5 miles of the proposed plant screamed bloody murder.
People are dumb look who we elected to be leader of the world