This morning, I rented a Zipcar (bright green logo) to go pick up my dry cleaning. My girl had dropped it off at a cleaner in Columbia Heights, not knowing that it was an “Organic Cleaner.” I’m not even sure what the hell that means. I do know that it cost me almost double what I would have spent elsewhere.  But that’s just me and finances.

The meat of what irks me is the current trend towards everything going “green,” whatever that may signify. It echoes hollow sentiments of a good cause gone awry into shameless marketing schemes. Everything from buses to web hosting companies are apprently signing up.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for each one of us doing our part to do as little damage to our surroundings as possible. But let’s face it: this is not about the environment. This is human beings’ selfish attempt at more self-preservative longevity. The planet and its ever evolving environment have been here for hundreds of thousands of years. Believe me, Mother Earth is not going anywhere. And neither is the environment. Nonetheless, let that not be incentive for reckless shenanigans and destructive behavior. I just think we have more pressing matters at hand than “going green,” i.e., war, poverty, preservation of equal rights and civil liberties, and an ever-impending nuclear holocaust.

Having said that, NBC recently refused to air this Super Bowl commercial from PETA:


‘Veggie Love’: PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad

“If I want to see sexy women getting it on with vegetables, I’ll take a look at Hugh Heffner” … or something to that effect, courtesy of Craig Ferguson.

Nonetheless, I’m not exactly sure why NBC would pull this ad, considering sexy women and suggestive behavior has been used several times to market everything from tasteless beer to stale chips. So is this NBC’s stand against PETA’s agenda? Or have things gone sour ever since Janet’s wardrobe malfunction?  In any case, here is the official letter NBC sent to PETA regarding the contents of the commercial (PDF format).

Moving on: do vegetarians really have better sex? I’m not so sure about that. In fact, I would dare suggest that being a vegetarian has been hipsterized so much that it is the dietary equivalent of DD breasts or a 12″ phallus.  Maybe I’m just cynical.

Consider these greens, though:

  • money
  • marijuana/grass
  • vegetables
  • jealousy
  • go
  • the Irish

Whatever. I’m going to go listen to the blues.