Posted by m1s1n (66.62.152.13) on April 14, 2002 at 12:27:29:
In Reply to: Re: Laid Off in a Heartless Universe posted by Jim on April 09, 2002 at 10:56:31:
Well damn the man is what I say.
I guess one of the fortunate things of being a retail bitch is that corporate lay-offs don't happen on my level. On a side note, my store director was fired a couple of weeks ago and now the entire store at managment level is being 'restructured'. In a somewhat amusing tale he was told he had a half an hour to clean out his office and then escorted out of the building. . . . . . . . hrmmmmmmm. . . . . .
Basically I feel that there is no such thing as a safe toxin. I remember the craze a few years ago about St. John's Wort (and remember some people close to me being put on it). It seemed to be the panacea to depression and sadness, but now they've found that it not only has no effect on depression, but also causes aggression and sexual frustration in males because of it's effect on the amygdila (yea I can't spell, whatever).
There are a lot of people out there that seem to think that anything herbal is going to be good for you (look at the orgasmic shampoo for example . . .) but there is hardly any research on what long term use of these chemicals are doing to your body.
This I guess brings up the long debate on whether to live your life in a sheltered cardboard box or to through caution to the wind I guess.
Anywho.
TESTIFY! (YEA!)