Are we becoming more lazy?

[Rosie]

I was watching the tube a minute ago and this commercial came on for fast franks. Apparently, boiling or grilling a frank and putting it in a bun is too hard now. Oscar Meyer has created a frank/bun combo that can just be popped into the microwave and is ready to eat in just a few seconds. Has heating up a frank really become that difficult and time consuming? Ready wipes, swiffer wet jet, minute rice, no water foaming cleaning solutions and that awful blue box macaroni and cheese that television moms claim to be proud to give their children (ewwwwww, the homemaker in me wants to yell at these women and tell them how important it is to feed their babies proper food). Are we getting lazier? Feel free to discuss.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Yes.

And unhealthier as a result.
Food additives like the ubiquitous hydrogenated oils you see in the list of ingredients in so-called convenience foods are some of the worst things we could possibly consume,...yet they're so danged easy! http://www.bantransfats.com/abouttransfat.html
(I would rather eat SPAM)

 

[Dixon Cannon]

I cannot speak for everyone...

..but as for myself; YES! I am. I used to push the river, now I just enjoy the flow and the scenery. I spend a lot of time thanking God that I don't work in a coal mine or a steel mill.

Well, gotta take a rest!..my fingers are tired from pecking at this keyboard! I'm workin' too hard!!!! lol

-dixon can.....ZZZZzzzzz......

 

[Lady Day]

I was watching the tube a minute ago and this commercial came on for fast franks. Apparently, boiling or grilling a frank and putting it in a bun is too hard now. Oscar Meyer has created a frank/bun combo that can just be popped into the microwave and is ready to eat in just a few seconds. Has heating up a frank really become that difficult and time consuming? Ready wipes, swiffer wet jet, minute rice, no water foaming cleaning solutions and that awful blue box macaroni and cheese that television moms claim to be proud to give their children (ewwwwww, the homemaker in me wants to yell at these women and tell them how important it is to feed their babies proper food). Are we getting lazier? Feel free to discuss.

I knew society had reached the hight of lazy when peanut butter and jelly began being packaged in the same jar. :rage:

LD

 

[Mike in Seattle]

I knew society had reached the hight of lazy when peanut butter and jelly began being packaged in the same jar. :rage:

LD

I was just relaxing here for a minute after getting all the laundry put away, the linens changed and the floors moped, thinking, "I feel like having a little something but I'm too lazy now to cook anything else." (I grilled chicken, made pasta with Parmesan sauce, fresh peas & salad for dinner earlier). The aforementioned micro bun & hot dog commercial happened to run just before I read this post and I was thinking that sounded like an awful idea when I saw the commercial last week, and again when I saw them at the market the other day...but tonite...it doesn't seem quite so terrible. But then I read the rest of the thread and remembered I have peanut butter and jars of last year's strawberry-cranberry jam, this year's wild blackberry, and a friend's raspberry jam, and oh yeah, pomegranite jelly, too...and suddenly making a PB&J seems like the perfect solution!

 

[Doh!]

Velcro on sneakers was the first sign.

The latest is portable CD players that come with remote controls. One of my co-workers has one, and it's within arm's reach... so how hard it is to reach over and push a button??

 

[Marc Chevalier]

"Are we becoming more lazy?"

In our use of the English language, we certainly are becoming lazier.


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[jamespowers]

"Are we becoming more lazy?"

In our use of the English language, we certainly are becoming lazier.


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(in a Sherman type voice): "Thanks Professor Know-it-all."

 

[Matthew Dalton]

I think it's funny that eating a diet of this garbage will generally leave you malnourished and feeling fatigued.

Also, if you’ll forgive me for being off-topic; is it just me or is eating well becoming quite expensive? I’m not talking about huge portions, just a standard amount of the right kind of food often enough.

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Eating right can be expensive if you don't cook it yourself, and I'm too darn lazy... lol

 

[Rosie]

"Are we becoming more lazy?"

In our use of the English language, we certainly are becoming lazier.


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Thanks Marc, I was going to say lazier but, it just didn't have that ring that I wanted. Lazier just seems lazy. Plus lazy and it's derivatives are some words that look weird to me, "lazier" looks more like a french couch than an actual english word to me.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I don't know if it's laziness or this desperate need for immediate gratification that's at the root of all this. It's as if we've become a generation of people who simply *can't stand to wait* for anything -- like a spoiled two-year old acts when she can't have what she wants RIGHT THIS MINUTE.

I think the marketing/consumer culture bears a lot of the responsibility for that, going all the way back to the "U Auto Buy Now!" attitude of the '50s. It's gotten progressively worse, though, with the tech explosion of the past twenty years -- we've not only become habituated to having what we want RIGHT NOW, we've come to view that as a *right,* as if anyone or anything that interferes with that is a personal affront.

I think the worst example of this I've come across is some article where a guy was whining about having to use a rotary telephone when he visited his parents. "It takes SO LONG to use the dial, and my business is SO IMPORTANT I can't wait those extra seconds! Whaa whaa whaa poor me!!"

Sheesh.

 

[Quigley Brown]

"Are we becoming more lazy?"

In our use of the English language, we certainly are becoming lazier.


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It took more physical effort to type 'more lazy' than 'lazier.'

 

[funneman]

...and to think I used to laugh at the Beans and Franks TV dinner!

 

[Feraud]

Lazier just seems lazy.

lol lol I like that!!

Someone will always have us believe we are always becoming lazier with each generation. If this were indeed true we should be formless blobs with massive brains by now.

I know kids today are more prone to sit home on a computer and play video games. All the "data" tell us this. Does anyone else see adults as a lot more active than in "the old days"? I tend to notice more people travel, hike, camp, bicycle, jog, etc. than past generations.

The cookless hotdog is just another marketing ploy to sell a product. No different from those fabulous, futuristic kitchens from the 40's and 50's we have seen.

 

[Spatterdash]

Follow through this with me, and you'll see the point I'm making.

I'm a real ghoul, so Halloween is not a holiday for me, it's a season, and laziness is rampant to those with the eyes of a traditionalist. Here's a few small, holiday-related examples;
Parents cruising down the streets in cars at 5 miles an hour, keeping pace while kids run up to the doors and ring the bell. Walking would be just as fast, but "I ain't walkin', I just got off work" or "why do you think we have a car?"
I'm not talking high crime areas, I mean nice neighborhoods and the cars are still cruisin'.

Kids in normal everyday clothes, no costume. They don't say "trick-or-treat", they just thrust bags at you.

I know not everyone around here cares about Halloween but it's the one night of the year that I look around and ask "Are people today really so stinkin' lazy, or am I just over-reacting?"
I notice it more in November and December due to Fright Night, I suppose.

And yes, I think it's one reason why ladies in dresses and guys in ties are so odd to some people. They don't dress well and don't see the point.
Lazy and unconcerned attitudes contributed heavily to today's fashion horrors.

 

[Willi_Goat]

I can see it being a little of both: Instant gratification, I am reminded of Homer Simpson not wanting to wait forty seconds to flash-fry a buffalo, and laziness. I have watched people drive around a parking lot for five minutes to get a space 20 feet closer, then walk 10 feet out of the way to use the automatic door.

 

[scotrace]

I have watched people drive around a parking lot for five minutes to get a space 20 feet closer, then walk 10 feet out of the way to use the automatic door.

THAT ONE! Even given that they might be somewhat burdened with packages on the way back out to the car - fussing over an extra 6 seconds of walking is beyond lazy.

 

[Fleur De Guerre]

I think the worst example of this I've come across is some article where a guy was whining about having to use a rotary telephone when he visited his parents. "It takes SO LONG to use the dial, and my business is SO IMPORTANT I can't wait those extra seconds! Whaa whaa whaa poor me!!"

Sheesh.

He should have used the phone to call himself a waahmbulance! lol

 

[Rosie]

I don't know if it's laziness or this desperate need for immediate gratification that's at the root of all this. It's as if we've become a generation of people who simply *can't stand to wait* for anything -- like a spoiled two-year old acts when she can't have what she wants RIGHT THIS MINUTE.

I think the marketing/consumer culture bears a lot of the responsibility for that, going all the way back to the "U Auto Buy Now!" attitude of the '50s. It's gotten progressively worse, though, with the tech explosion of the past twenty years -- we've not only become habituated to having what we want RIGHT NOW, we've come to view that as a *right,* as if anyone or anything that interferes with that is a personal affront.

I think the worst example of this I've come across is some article where a guy was whining about having to use a rotary telephone when he visited his parents. "It takes SO LONG to use the dial, and my business is SO IMPORTANT I can't wait those extra seconds! Whaa whaa whaa poor me!!"

Sheesh.

Well said as always Lizzie. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy modern conveniences. I use swiffer wet jet during the week because honestly, I don't want to pull out the mop and bucket for quick cleanups but everything is this gotta have it now type of thing. Pledge (the furniture dusting solution) comes in wipes now because its too much work to spray out the bottle and then wipe with a dry cloth. Dish washing liquid comes in pre measured cup like things because its too much work to pour out the correct amount. Its just funny and a bit sad.