Going green rant #2

Thank you for you reply. If only more scrapbookers would realize the impact their scrapbooking has the potential of creating. I commend you for finding a way to do it in an eco-friendly way.

Well miss thing for your rudeness I have marked this as negative. Sorry next time either don't reply to me or drop your rudeness. This is America and I still have a right to voice my opinion. You don't like it then move on. That is all well and good that YOU are careful about your scraps. NOT everyone is. It is nice that you THINK that it will be 60 years till your scrapbooks end up in the trash. I don't really see that happening. You really think your grandkids want your scrapbooks? Please. They will look at them for a bit. Put them on a shelf and forget about them till they move. Then they will not want to pack and move them and in the trash they will go!!! And you know what ...... taking pictures and even having them printed does not create the waste that scrapbooking does. It is a waste of materials and many resources. You know GAS is used to transport that stuff!!!!!! Not to mention you can put so many more pictures in a regular photo album than a scrap book and take up the same about of room. So it even wastes space. I never said that anyone had to stop doing it so why your nasty attitude I don't know. I shared my opinion as to why I think it goes against the trend of going green. In the context of regular day to day life; whatever. But in the context of a world trying to go green; I think scrapbooking is a huge waste of resources all around.

And to the other one giving you a thumbs up for getting snippy with me ... a negative rating as well. Don't bother adding to my posts unless you have something real to say. Next time I won't give you a negative. I will have your post deleted and you won't get paid for it.

Well dear; I considered giving you a positive rating. But then I saw how snippy you got and changed my mind. In future you want to reply to me; drop the attitude. No I don't scrapbook and I never will. It is a collosal waste of all types of resources. Resources such as trees, energy in manufacturing, metals in some of the embellishments, gas to transport everything and lets not forget the time involved in making your pages. It is all well and good that YOU try to be careful as to how much garbage you create scrapbooking. NOT ALL DO!! As far as burning garbage ... nice ... how many toxins you releasing into the air??? Guess you never thought of that? As far as who throws out pictures and photo albums?? Are you serious??? Do I really have to answer that question? Well I guess since you are so ignorant that you had to ask it; I have to answer. A LOT OF PEOPLE throw out pictures. How many couples have broken up and their pictures ended up in the scrap heap? That is just one example. Heck my MIL saved the photo albums from my SIL's first marriage. Why? To take up room? When we moved her into assisted living those pictures went straight in the trash. She also has tons of pictures that my sister in law is going thru. She is keeping a few and the rest are getting thrown out. And trust me honey I am not angry about this or anything. I am expressing my right to free speech. I don't think that scrapbooking fits in with the trend of going green. If it was just a matter of scrapbooks and scrapbooking; whatever, but in the context of the world trying to go green ..... it just doesn't fit. I am not angry that I can't scrapbook, cause honey if I wanted to I could. I have much more talent than to waste cutting up pieces of paper to make a page for one or two pictures. OH that's it.... I just figured this out .... you are making scrapbooks for when the Alzheimer's kicks in!!! Yeah that's it cause pictures alone wouldn't be enough for you to remember things. Sad really that you feel you won't remember things without the aid of an entire page devoted to that time that little Joe took a bath with the dog!!!

If you aren't the pot calling the kettle black. You acuse everyone who responds as being rude and snippy.......however, you're own rude remarks are simply your freedom of speech??

If you want to rant about something that really makes a difference, how about all those companies that spend millions on mailings........and how much trash that generates, and how wasteful that is? Also, I'm sorry, I don't find it a waste of my time......I also make money with my hobby!