REDUCE CONSUMPTION? But that threatens my god-given American way of life! I should be able to drive a huge vehicle that guzzles an inordinate amount of petrol! Consequences? Fuck the consequences! INVADE IRAN IF IT COMES TO THAT! It's not my kids who'll be dying in Tehran.
Yeah, and if he wasn't moping, he'd be posting borderline-Screwtape music opinions, or make silly quasi-intellectual posts that I never really could tell if they were meant to be badly executed jokes or were sincere. Personally, I'm fairly content with being single. Sure, it has its negative sides, but I do not miss all the stupid bullshit and social politics of being in a relationship at all. It got stressful, and I simply cannot be arsed with that sort of nonsense.