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Is setting 42,000 matches on fire considered art or a waste?

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Is setting 42,000 matches on fire considered art or a waste?

65%

It's awesome art It's awesome art

35%

It's a waste of time It's a waste of time

65%

It's awesome art

YouTube channel All Is Art created a hollow sphere made entirely of matches. In a blaze of glory, someone set it on fire and recorded the event. It's a dramatic form of art that... Show More

YouTube channel All Is Art created a hollow sphere made entirely of matches. In a blaze of glory, someone set it on fire and recorded the event. It's a dramatic form of art that shows the fragility of human constructs and how quickly something can literally go up in smoke. The YouTube video is worth every second because it shows the method and meticulous construction as well as the quick destruction. Show Less

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Mrs. Steelman

Hilarious!

35%

It's a waste of time

Creating a sphere of a whopping 42,000 matches and then setting the whole thing on fire is a waste of time. It took the artist 10 months to make the sphere, but less than five m... Show More

Creating a sphere of a whopping 42,000 matches and then setting the whole thing on fire is a waste of time. It took the artist 10 months to make the sphere, but less than five minutes to see it go up in a flaming mess. What else could this guy have done with his time? It's not art. This video is just trying to get page views. Show Less

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Do you recycle?

79%

Always Always

21%

Never Never

79%

Always

It helps the environment.

It helps the environment. Show Less

22 Comments

Susan Mclaughlin

I try whenever I can.

Barry Rashford

If we want a plastic ocean then we should continue to do what we are doing.

k san

Because it is the right thing to do.

Stuart Alpert

hello

Larry Ewart

As much as possible

Sarah Croom

I do but I go rounds w/ my guy. Ever since China stopped taking our recycling he stopped doing it. Idk if all that is real, I have noticed that our garbage guy just loads both cans into the same dump bin & it’s not sorted. So that’s really disturbing. Every little bit helps I feel. I rec. everything

Carolyn Morris

Always, I Re Use Water Bottles.

Misty Schrotberger

My mom has a cow if we don't

kaycstamper

I do what I can but live in an area where they don't have it. Still I save bottles and cardboard to take to recycling. I cook from scratch so don't really have cans.

Michael Stafford

It is the least we can do to preserve our resources.

Julie Brantley

We pay by the pound for certain items so why not pay less and recycle - it's the right thing to do for me and the environment.

JoãoVitorJ J

Yes, I recycle

Milena Santana

because it helps the environment

Cornelia H. Dunnings

I like to help the environment. I even pick up cans & bottles near my car in parking lots.

Joyce Koch

I feel I'm helping out.

Linda Jeffcoat Amick

Why not?

gena

Although I can only hope that it's useful because there is no proof that what is supposedly sent to the recyclers they actually carry through. You always hear about it not being done.

Evey G Quines

It's the least I can do

Bonita Davis

We take our own garbage to the dump and pay by the pound. Recycling is free so the more we recycle the less we have to pay.

Jill Hoadley Chalk

It's important to reuse as many things as possible.

Ann Wilbanks

Our duty to recycle. If it goes to the landfill, it piles up. Be responsible!!

Rachel Clara Smith

Of course! Everyone should recycle!

BJ Arey

We recycle everything possible. We also take cloth bags shopping, use insulated bag with blue ice for cold items & take reusable containers to restaurants for leftovers to take home.