The other day, I was at the gym, the only venue in which I watch local news. They force gym-goers into it, really, facing all of the machines toward the giant televisions with the closed captioning running along the bottom of the screen. Iraq war, stock market crashing, murder rate, traffic back up on I-5...
This particular day, I saw something that convinced me, for certain, that our modern society, as we know it, is on its way to a steep down turn and eventually crash.
Doggy diet drugs. No, it's not an SNL skit, though it bears an eerie resemblance to one. The
story was aired on ABC news at 6am. I wasted a good portion of the rest of my day feeling baffled by these dog owners who are giving their dogs too much food, not enough exercise, and then trying to fix it as they fix their own issues - with a miracle drug, which allows them to maintain their exact lifestyles, changing nothing, dodging the bullet of inconvenience. Did anyone else notice that the only fit-looking person in the clip was the vet who remained dubious about using weight loss drugs on dogs? Fat people have fat pets. If a person doesn't eat healthy and get enough exercise to maintain a healthy weight, why would they ensure their pets would? Or, their children, for that matter.
This from a woman who ate ice cream for dinner. At least I'm not feeding it to my dog and then making him suck down some SlimFast.
