Living in the Real World

Before I start my little Rant, I want to make it perfectly clear that this Blog has nothing to do with the Mtv show, The Real World at all. Living in the Real World refers only to the realities of living is this world, which we all live, breath, and work in, not some cable reality show. And with that out of the way, I wanted to talk about how disconnected some people can be from reality and the real world. Not in the sense that they are mentally ill or suffer from some form of dementia and cannot recognize their true surroundings. I am talking about people who for one reason or another, religious or personal beliefs, simply ignore the realities of the world that they live in and that is seemingly around them at all time.


A good example of this would be the dugars family. This is a family that because of their religious beliefs, have had 18 children so far and a 19th is on the way very soon. Now i am very hesitant to stop on some one's religious or personal views, but I am still going to use them as an example of people who are not living in the real world. The father of this family is not a wealthy individual, and the mother is a full time stay at home mom...I mean should would have to be with so many kids. So this is a family that really cannot afford to have so many kids. Hence they have chosen to ignore one of the realities of the world. Next there are only 24 hours in a day, that's it. The average person needs about 8 hours of sleep, give or take an hours if they are older or younger. That means realistically the family at most has 16 hours of daily interactions, but this number does not include the hours spent going to school, eating, getting ready, showering, running errands, cooking/preparing meals and so on. Which only leaves realistically 8 hours or less for daily interactions. Now if we divide 8 hours amongst 19 kids, that is only 25.26 minutes a kid per day, and this might even include both parents at the same time since they do have to work and you assume the younger children require more supervision than the older kids. Either way once again the realities of the world and even time are being ignored by this family, and this is not the only example.


Now this one might be really controversial for some people, as it has very strong religious ties for a great many people but it is a perfect example of refusing to acknowledge the realities of the real world yet again. In India the (insert name) River is a very sacred and holy place. People come from all over to bath in the holy waters of this river as well as drink them. This river is also where the people of India wash themselves, their clothes, their livestock, dump waste, and their dead. making it one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the entire world! Yet because it holds religious significance, people still flock to it and drink of it daily. These severely populated waters have been linked to the high rate of birth defects in India as well as several diseases, infections and even deaths. But that does not matter to the people of India who still regard this river as being sacred.
even though it is in fact poisonous.