The New Ten Commandments

Oh dear sweet Lord.

I love people but I hate them at the same time. And I use "people" in the truest sense of the word -- human beings of the earth.

Twice, that's right twice, was I out today and had the unfortunate luck of coming into contact with other homo sapiens. This morning I was walking to the store to purchase some breakfast for me and my better half. I was well rested and in a great mood. A man in a cap was walking in the opposite direction, sipping his coffee. I smile and gave the generic but friendly "Morning." In return, I got nothing. This ass of a man took the great amount of negative energy it takes to avert his eyes although they were locked on mine and turn his head straight as if a panhandler had just groped him for change. I laughed and let out a completely reactionary "What a tool." It might have been too loud but I hope he heard. No matter, I got my breakfast and the morning kept on going in a stellar direction.

Fast-forward to what is now known as forty minutes ago and a similar incident took place. I was walking back from Starbucks with a delicious venti unsweetened passion iced tea lemonade and a warm chocolate old-fashioned donut. Walking in the opposite direction was a young female Asian adult. I smiled as we passed because she was looking at me but then she quickly turned her head straight at forced herself not to humor my friendly notion. Naturally, I laughed and continued on.

What in God's good green earth is wrong with these people? They live and/or work close to the beach in weather that is in the top five percent of the world and yet they have something to complain about. Why so smug? Even the obnoxious Jersey barista at Starbucks had a smile on.

What is this position that our society has fallen into? Apparently, there's a new ten commandments in session:


Thou shalt not smile.
Thou shalt be smug.
Thou shalt not make eye contact with any other person.
Thou shalt be a douche.
Thou shalt spread an epidemic of thine misery.
Thou shalt be humanly incapable of loving thine self.
Thou shalt ignore everyone and wonder why children who need attention are murdering people.
Thou shalt be a robot.
Thou shalt wonder why they are depressed and have no friends.
Thou shalt live like a turd and die like a turd.


Listen, people. I don't care if you're gayer than semen on a moustache, smarter than a mad scientist on aderol, or fatter than Oprah. You're a human being -- nothing more and nothing less. We're all in the same boat and there's no reason, absolutely no reason, why we shouldn't be conversing on the streets. I'd give one of my kidneys to live in the fifties when people still liked each other. All this "bubble" syndrome crap is getting old. You want to be an ass in private, in your own home? Fine. But when you're out in the world and you walk by a good and honest man who goes out of his way to reach out to the human race by offering salutation, you better damn well respond, sir or madam. For all you know, that was the first words out of that person's mouth in years and you denied them a proper reply. Now they're scarred for life, there name is Ned, and they taste Mr. Jenkins' cat food before they put it in his bowl every night before Matlock.

You're the problem on this earth. Not TV, not video games, not music, not Bush (well, maybe a little) -- You. You're helping create a generation of intolerant sons of bitches that feel that they are magically entitled to something outside of humanity. Newsflash, dumb-dumb -- you're a human just like the rest of us. So wipe that smug face off your head and go say hello to every person you see on the street even if they are deaf. You're turning into Bill O'Reilly and when fools turn into Bill O'Reilly, someone's got to get stabbed.