CONFESS! What do you do regularly that you know is just WRONG!

[rbnyc]

What do you do on a regular basis that you just know is wrong, that really runs counter to your values, but you do it anyway. How bad do you feel about it? Why do you do it?

The two main things for me:

1) I eat meat. I think the meat industry is horrible. The animals suffer. They get pumped full of crap to keep them alive in unlivable conditions. And the industry is terrible for the environment. So I'm hurting animals, I'm hurting myself, and I'm hurting the planet.

I feel moderately to tremendously guilty about this.

I continue to do it because animals are yummy and I can't afford to buy all organic/free-range.

2) We use disposable diapers for our son. Again, terrible for the environment.

I fell relatively guilty about this.

My husband and I barely have the time and energy to keep up with our laundry as is. Cloth diapers are just too high maintenance. We'd like to do the right thing, but it's just not happening.

Sorry world. I try to make up for it in other ways.

[daydreamer]

1. computer game

I know its wrong and stupid but I can't stop it.

[rbnyc]

3. What's your favorite? (nt)

[daydreamer]

10. Reversi and Neopets Destructo Match

I know its stupid.

[latteromden]

54. *blush* Uhh, I still play that Neopets game where you shoot the

furry things...

Did I just say that out loud?

[ewagner]

2. ...uuummmm....

besides surf DU?

[rbnyc]

4. That's not wrong!

I guess unless you're on company time.

[GCP]

5. I hear you on the meat thing

I've been veggie for 2 weeks now and I'm getting bored with it. But I just have to remind myself about factory farms and slaughter houses and I (so-far) have stayed on the straight and narrow.

[rbnyc]

11. WTG!

Good for you. I did it for a year once. It was easier because my girlfriend was a vegan. But it was still tough.

Keep it up!

[SCDem]

6. I'm there with you on diapers

#1) Disposable Diapers. A parents blessing really. Although because my son is 15 months I might venture to get a couple cloth diapers to encourage potty training at some time in the near future.

#2) Fast food - it's fast, it's good and I'm not a good cook.

#3) Live too far away from my workplace and drive 60 miles each way to work and back - not to good.

[rbnyc]

12. It's so hard to plan meals.

Fast food is insidious.

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

7. I shop at Home Depot and Lowe's.

I tried the independent hardware store near me, but after 10 minutes of walking around the paint section with no assistance from any employees, I left. I was in and out of Lowe's in 10 minutes.

:shrug:

[rbnyc]

13. I hear ya'.

I try to support local businesses, but sometimes you just need it fast and cheap.

[DS1]

8. Want to shoot my roommate's dogs

Fucking dumb barking fucks.

That's right, stand over them and blast em in the heads one by one, I think about it a lot. Mostly when they're being dumb barking idiot fucks.

Then I snap out of it, and go hug my kitty. He's quiet. And small. And relaxing. Then I unload my Colt Python, and we cuddle.

:freak:

[rbnyc]

14. I'm not a big fan of barking dogs.

It would suck to live with them.

[ET Awful]

16. You cuddle with the kitty or the Python? If the Kitty, good for you,

if the Python . . . . seek help :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. I use paper towels in the kitchen

I'm germ-paranoid about dishrags.

[rbnyc]

15. germs are our friends.

;-)

I understand, tho.

[devilgrrl]

19. I bought a huge pack of terry towels at COSTCO...

I have so many that I use them once and throw them in the washer. Haven't used nearly as many paper towels as in the past.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

43. Great idea!

I just came from Target (I was in downtown Minneapolis for a rehearsal, so I dropped in to the downtown Target for a few personal care items), and they had packages of two dishclothes on sale for $1 per package. I bought 7 packages. :-)

[devilgrrl]

17. Smoking tobacco

:smoke:

[rbnyc]

22. Booo!

I used to, too. American Spirit Lights.

[kcwayne]

18. Piss in the coffee cups of right wingers at work

Well, I don't really do that, but I fantasize about it...

[rbnyc]

24. What's wrong with that?

:shrug:

;-)

[mongo]

20. I shop at Walmart

There, I said it.

1. They are open 24 hours and my wife and I work 50-80 hours/week, many days noon-midnight.

2. We live just above the povery level and need to save money whenever we can.

3. I can find everything I need there with one stop.

And yes, they are an 800-lb gorilla. On a local note, when they built the new supercenter, they had to build an access road from the K-mart next door so the bus (which stopped at K-mart) could go from one parking lot to the other. They then graded their property so that where the access road went was too steep for the busses to turn onto it. So now the bus stops at Walmart and not K-mart.

[rbnyc]

26. It's hard.

I mean really, if you use money you're part of the problem. It's too much sometimes. I hear you.

[loudestchick]

21. I yell at my kids. I hate that I do it, but it seems that unless I raise

my voice I'm talking to myself. I also lie to my husband about money. He never used to care, now he wants to be involved. I believe that marriage is a pertnership, but after 15 yrs of handling all the finances it's hard to relinquish ANY control. *hides face in shame*

[rbnyc]

29. Does your husband read DU?

Those are both pretty understandable. I know you don't want to yell at your kids, tho. But everyone does it at some point.

[loudestchick]

36. Luckily, no. He claims DU is an addiction and he doesn't wish to share it

[Magrittes Pipe]

23. I hate.

[rbnyc]

30. Yeah...

...I figureed out I can actually hold a grudge for 17 and a half years. It's a problem.

[Magrittes Pipe]

34. Don't get me wrong....

I don't hate anyone who doesn't deserve it.

Still, it's bad for the head.

[forgethell]

25. Posting on DU

during working hours. I'm a terrible person, but I can't feel too guilty.

[rbnyc]

31. Naughty!

My lunch hour is over in 10 minutes. I really try to be good about working when I'm supposed to be working.

It helps if you like your job.

[forgethell]

42. OH, I love the job.

But DU is like crack cocaine. Addictive.

[Bonhomme Richard]

27. Smoking is the last vice I have.

I guess we all choose our poison.

[rbnyc]

32. True.

My dad quit everything but cigarettes and coffee.

[Bonhomme Richard]

37. Hah, I'm in trouble. I didn't know that coffee was........

a vice. Now that I think of it, maybe playing guitar as much as I do is wrong...............Nawwwwwww.

[plcdude]

28. let's just say

it has something to do with lesbianism and leave it at that

[rbnyc]

33. Unless you're being mean to lesbians...

...probably nothing wrong and no reason to feel guilty.

:)

[plcdude]

41. never

actually just the opposite

[AlCzervik]

35. i smoke and after cleaning out my closets

i'm disgusted by the amount of things i've bought and not used so i donated them to charity.

[luvLLB]

38. smoking..various tobacco products

[Merrick]

39. I masturbate to scrambled cable pornography

I don't pay for the Spice Channel but it comes in scrambled form (wavy lines, semi-distorted color) and the audio is perfect, so what the hell. I don't think its wrong though... actually, I'd say my occasionally buying coke is far worse.

[last_texas_dem]

40. Eating meat and downloading music illegally

The reasons to stop eating meat definitely outweight the reasons to keep eating meat, and yet I still haven't managed to quit. I plan to eventually, though I will likely still make exceptions for seafood.

Downloading music illegally is something I know is wrong and feel a lot of guilt about and yet do anyway because I have an addiction to wanting to hear as much music as I can. Maybe it's the equivalent of getting drunk or overeating for me, and I guess it's not as harmful. It's not like I use it in place of buying music; I have bought literally thousands of records and hundreds of CDs. I mainly download to have cleaner versions of some of my favorite stuff I have on vinyl and to check out something new that if I like enough I will probably end up buying eventually.

Also, I don't recycle because my town has absolutely no recycling program, but I can't do a whole lot about that until I move.

[Aiptasia]

44. I have sinned before god, and she's pissed!!!

1) I smell my dental floss after it's used. Eww.

2) I call screen and make stink faces when it's people I don't want to talk to.

3) I have a car that only gets 28 mpg highway. I should be driving a Prius.

4) I curse all the time, especially in my inner monologue.

5) I procrastinate daily.

6) I beat myself up too much mentally.

7) I've run over more suicidal birds and squirrels than I can count on both feet. I do feel the guilt even though it's partially their fault.

8) I only give 2-3% of my time and energy to the charity of my choice.

9) I carry grudges in 400 gallon drums. If you were dating me, you'd see that I don't react to insults or criticisms right away. I'm silent and stone faced, only to explode on you at some future date six months from now. Consequently, i'm not married.

10) I take great schoddenfreuder in annoying and outwitting right wingers.

[phusion]

45. Driving...

Driving when I could just as easily bike there but I'm too lazy or tired.

[LiberalVoice]

46. Smoke, Eat meat

I kknow...i'm terrible.

[bettyellen]

47. smoking, whiskey, coffee (=ulcer) and, oh yeah Cheetos.

and occasionally, bacon. yum.

[pink-o]

48. Watch far too much television

...and I'm watching every episode of "24" even though it's got stereotypical Muslim terrorists featured so prominently that Kiefer Sutherland had to do a PSA saying followers of Islam are Our Friends.

My defence is that I know I'm not gonna be influenced by any bias or racism--the same defence I use when I watch all the other trashy 1 hour dramas that seem to dominate my line-up. I lived in England and loved their sophisticated programs, but American TV in the 21st century is like M and M's--nothing in there that's good for you, but totally addictive and impossible to stop consuming!

[SarahB]

49. I guess meat is about it.

I can't think of anything else unfortunately. O8) (Yes, the angel has a lot of merit- too much.)

[Nikia]

50. I am a chronic worrier

I am going to counseling now. I have panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. She tried to tell me that not being able to drop a bad thought, worrying about the same thing, was a biological problem. I finally was able to get it across to her that my worrying actually serves a purpose. I feel the need to plan for every possible outcome. I feel safer that way so I won't be suprised when something bad happens.
"Then it sounds like you want to have anxiety."
"No, not really. I know that it is destructive to myself and my relationships. It keeps me from enjoying life."
Anyway, I am supposed to list every situation that I have successfully handled to prove to myself that I don't have to plan and reherse for everything because I already am capable. We'll see if that helps.

[Glenda]

55. I worry too...

acupuncture seems to help me

[Lorien]

51. Drink diet Coke

it's full of all sorts of nasty ingredients, and the company is Red. :-(

[yellowdogintexas]

52. Eat out too much, bad for me bad for my budget

it is my personal luxury item, even though I am a very good cook and actually enjoy cooking. I just prefer to cook for others and not myself, and most of the time, I am the only one in the house at what is considered to be normal mealtimes.

I don't get enough exercise

DU definitely is like crack cocaine, so I have a highly disorganized house.

Buy books instead of going to the library, can't help it I am a collector

major league procrastinator, perhaps world champion level

bad language, especially when driving!

[latteromden]

53. Coffee, fast food, and procrastination. Wait, what's the date?! Oh, good.

I thought it was Sunday again, and I was thinking, "SHIT, I still have that work left undone from LAST weekend..." (I kid you not, I still have work left to do from last weekend, I'm so terrible with putting things off.)

[WindRavenX]

56. steal music and movies

Yeah, I feel guilty. But I'm a poor ass college student and I have an insatiable hunger of music and movies...

[Anarcho-Socialist]

57. I use bit torrents n/t

[KG]

58. drink way too much soda

other than that i'm perfect.