I was standing in a long line at Wal-Mart this evening, because of course, after 10:00pm, they only have 3 cash registers opened. This is very smart of Wal-Mart, considering its a college town, and half of the inhabitants do all of their shopping after 10:00pm... I digress.

I only make this seemingly random observation, because while I was in line at the register, I had one of those cultural introspective moments - you know, where you listen to the conversation around you (noting that at least one jerk is talking loudly into a cellphone as if to say "look it me, I are cool I have an electronic portable talking device!"), look at the gobs of tabloids on the rack next to you, and think to yourself: "what a fucked up society we live in."

EOT