I went to the dentist recently, and on my way out I was given a plastic bag to carry very few tiny items (toothbrush, small tube of toothpaste, the usual dental schwag). This was unfortunate, of course, but hardly unusual. What made it truly noxious was the message printed on the bag:

from the Orwell school of environmentalism
from the Orwell school of environmentalism

I would have declined the bag, of course, except that I couldn’t pass up the chance to share this particular instance of thoughtlessness. The jokes, I’m sure, can write themselves.

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