Beer Goggles. Everyone talks about them and some of us succumb to them. Many of us are sworn defenders of the beer-goggled kind; protecting them from all harm that may come during extended periods of inebriation. It's unfortunate when Beer Goggles start to blur one's vision of the dimly lit venue, but with effort, wisdom can still prevail.

Goggles come in all manners of flavour and effect. Worst are the times when we don't know that goggles are affecting our world, our vision, and our decisions. By saturating the senses with any one situation for long enough, we can eventually accept practically any set of circumstances as the norm, no matter how absurd. Learn about Larry and Ralph in place of Left and Right, and it almost makes sense. Survive in a land of 75% (asian) men, and you might forget that the world is 51% women. If we get treated unjustly often enough, we might jump at the first bone of reward thrown our way like a Pavlovian experiment.

It often happens that I discover that Newton's first law applies to more than the basic physics of motion.
An object at rest tends to stay at rest...
It's not until I look from a third party perspective that I'm able to see all the forces at work. But even then some are still hidden. However, by working together, groups of friends might be able to break the inertia or change the direction of the snowball by giving that extra set of eyes. Talk as friends, treat them right, trust their advice, and listen with interest. In the end, I hope to be saying: "The goggles... they do nahthing!"