Scabs and Leeches

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I know you recognize the irony of our hobbies -vs- the real world, that's a good thing but you and i and anyone else who knows it should do something about it or shut up. i've volunteered for charity work, sponsored children, done respite care for families with disabled children for a few years and still regularly donate to the mighty Sea Shepard. I have a house and 2 children and my Mum lives with us too. No matter what, i'll always be a #ucking hypocrite if i try to preach about it and consume at the rate at which i do. (btw, i'm not calling you a hypocrite)
Transformers mix with politics and charity like Religion mixes with science and logic

For totes, that's where...

As far as the morality of it goes, well...I aim for amorality as often as is possible, and especially for TF collecting...It's kind of depressing, so I prefer to down a few beers and fool around with my MP10 and my PE Night-Ops Not-Reflector instead.

...these bits factor in.
The only reason I mention it here is 'cos if we're going to go on about scabs and leeches as regards this particular hobby/addiction, well...that's a hat we all have to wear simply by virtue of collecting toys made form oil-based materials assembled by underpaid Vietnamese and Chinese factory workers. Again, I'm not passing moral judgement/preaching on that (as in I'm specifically not doing so what with the whole Judge-Not approach I generally prefer, what with my being a cheerful nihilist), it's just the reality of life in a Developed nation. I'm just glad I was born into one of the good parts as opposed to the bad parts - what are the odds, hey?

I prefer the term 'subjectively-oriented morality' to 'hypocrisy' btw.