Most can't be bothered to go beyond a fairly basic life. If that sounds harsh, try talking to a nice cross section of general joe public sometime
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I had occasion to work in some places where I was exposed to lot of folks who really did believe life was about beer, football, women (t*ts and arses) and TV. I'm not just being prejudiced, that was exactly the experience I had. I won't label any one section of UK population like this alone but a large number of people seem to subscribe to the "simple" life ideal-I don't mean simple in the nice way but the celeb/footy/chav (uk word) type way.
There's gotta be similar in the USA and other places too? Ones who look at you funny if you talk about anything more complex than last nights tv or sex? If you haven't met those folks yet, then hmm..maybe you got lucky LOL.

I had occasion to work in some places where I was exposed to lot of folks who really did believe life was about beer, football, women (t*ts and arses) and TV. I'm not just being prejudiced, that was exactly the experience I had. I won't label any one section of UK population like this alone but a large number of people seem to subscribe to the "simple" life ideal-I don't mean simple in the nice way but the celeb/footy/chav (uk word) type way.
There's gotta be similar in the USA and other places too? Ones who look at you funny if you talk about anything more complex than last nights tv or sex? If you haven't met those folks yet, then hmm..maybe you got lucky LOL.