Have we become more stupid?

The other day I shared this picture on Facebook:

All over the world you can find obvious warning signs.

But for some reason you find the most in America:

I fear for humanity if these signs were put up

after several people actually did what the signs warn for.

I have been to that country on occasions and wondered why lighters had a sticker: 'Warning: contains flammable liquid!' (a smoker should hope so), why a fire hydrant had a sign 'This is a fire hydrant' (in case a fireman tries to hook the hose unto a parking meter or a lamp post) and a sign at a railroad crossing: 'Wait for the train to pass before you cross' (because you have to clean up the mess yourself when you drive your car across at the height of train carriage 23c). 

Have we really become so stupid that we need to be told the obvious?

Apparently. Because signs like the above would not be needed if people were clever enough to take of their shirt before they iron it.

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Kiss me! (a short story)

In his head he had a myriad of images from his past. She was on at least half of them. 

Without her, his life would have been different. Easier probably, less complicated. 

But as a result, less beautiful as well.

It wasn't as if he was obsessed, he just thought of her excessively. 

Like someone with bowel problems needs to use the bathroom a lot; 

not because they want to, but because they have to.

Not that thinking about her was a problem, it wasn't. 

He only lost his job due to thinking about her once. 

Or was is twice?

Sometimes he even saw her in real life. Or thought he saw her. 

She hadn't changed much. She still had those deliciously wide hips, 

that cute, slightly oversized turned-up nose 

and that mouth that said but one thing: 

kiss me!

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Extreme weather

Examples of climate change are wreaking havoc all over the world right now. 

From torrential downpours to floods and wildfires, extreme weather is bearing down on regions across the globe.

Of course we could deny climate change. For some reason a lot of people have chosen to do so. But probably not so many in these areas:

Yes, the climate changes. That's a natural phenomenon. But it used to take Mother Nature some 10,000 years to drastically change a weather pattern in certain areas of the world. But now, thanks to human internvention, it's merele a question of decades for drastic changes in weather. Are we prepared? Not really. Tens of thousands of people will die and whole towns will perish. Like Lytton, Canada.

Who would think that a town in Canada would ever record one of the highest temperatures worldwide?

Perhaps it's time we put aside our differences and focus on the one thing that concerns us all: combating climate change.

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