For Sale: The Air We Breathe
A very strange sign of our times, indeed.
In Japan, consumers will soon be able to buy a product called O2 Supli. The product: canned oxygen.
It was reported that Japanese workers are so stressed out and not getting enough exercise because they spend almost all their working hours sitting in front of their computers.
"People are under a lot of stress and can't get much exercise, so they aren't getting enough oxygen," said Minoru Matsumoto, a spokesman for Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, Seven-Eleven's parent company. [Reuters]
So they manufactured an oxygen in can instead of telling people to get a life. No wonder the suicide rate in the country is hitting the roof.
It was about 10 years ago when most of us found it ridiculous that water should be sold in bottles. Water is a natural resource that should be accessed free for all. Now it has become a multi-million dollar commodity.
Will the air that we breathe follow suit in the not so distant future?
In Japan, consumers will soon be able to buy a product called O2 Supli. The product: canned oxygen.
It was reported that Japanese workers are so stressed out and not getting enough exercise because they spend almost all their working hours sitting in front of their computers.
"People are under a lot of stress and can't get much exercise, so they aren't getting enough oxygen," said Minoru Matsumoto, a spokesman for Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, Seven-Eleven's parent company. [Reuters]
So they manufactured an oxygen in can instead of telling people to get a life. No wonder the suicide rate in the country is hitting the roof.
It was about 10 years ago when most of us found it ridiculous that water should be sold in bottles. Water is a natural resource that should be accessed free for all. Now it has become a multi-million dollar commodity.
Will the air that we breathe follow suit in the not so distant future?
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