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The Difference
"But the difference here is between garbage and trash, refuse and ruin.

The definition of garbage is wasted or spoiled refuse, something containing oil or fat that has become rancid or spoiled. The thing about garbage is that it trashes everything that it touches and once the rank, often toxic stink sinks in, it's ruined for quite a while, usually until someone cleans it.

In America the basis of comparative worth analysis has created a term 'trash' that generally mans someone of lesser socio-economic value in a given system. Anything can be trashed, from new cars to the beaches that people flock to. The funny thing is, most people don't have to be told when something of value is trashed. It's a bit...