As those of you coming down off a 3-week long crack binge can attest, there is a big difference between reality and fiction.
And not just for us crackheads – you might be surprised that this phenomenon effects regular, ordinary people as well. TV and movies have led us all to believe that our number (as a species) is up, and it is only a matter of time before we all bite the big one in one of several ways.
Unfortunately, you can’t believe everything you see on TV.
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The Global Financial Crisis, or GFC, is much like KFC without the “K” – It doesn’t originate from a specific location, and it doesn’t have a particularly good mascot.
Up until now, the solutions posed by this blog have been small, token, not relevant on a global scale. It is much like walking into a KFC and ordering a Nacho Cheese wrap. Sure, they look good on TV, and for $1.95 they should be a steal, but by the time you actually get around to purchasing one and pull it out of the wrapper, you wonder why you bothered. It might look like food, but after consuming the measly two pieces of popcorn chicken with a smattering of sugary sauce, wrapped in a small, stale tortilla, you realise that you should have put that $1.95 towards getting a decent meal somewhere else.
Like Maccas. You can almost get a cheeseburger for that much.