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Are Cats And Dogs Ruining Us?
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 24, 2010
Modified Jul 24, 2010
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Well, according to the NY Times' Neil Genzlinger, maybe the super adorable videos of them are the problem: "These dog and cat videos are sapping the United States, and civilization in general, of its greatness. Notice how we can’t seem to get anything done anymore? The Second Avenue subway is unbuilt; the World Trade Center site is a wasteland; the century-old water and sewer systems under our cities are unreplaced. Look back through history and you realize that the great eras of human accomplishment — the Roman Empire; the Renaissance; the Industrial Revolution — had one thing in common: no videos of cats playing pianos or dogs going down sliding boards. People got things done because they weren’t being distracted." Whatever—long live MARU!!!!
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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