It is amazing how apt this media is... you can present your opinion unabashedly and anonymously, show a side of you that you hide or try on a new face...
The vignettes that Nora Ephron talked about in 'you've got mail' would fit in here (on the blogger) perfectly ...
the one about starbucks
The whole purpose of places like Starbuck's is for people with no decision making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are, can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall! Decaf! Cappuccino!
or about one name people...
"Joe. Just call me Joe." As if you were one of those stupid 22-year-old girls with no last name. "Hi, I'm Kimberley." "Hi, I'm Janice." What's wrong with them? Don't they know you're supposed to have last names? It's like they're a whole generation of cocktail waitresses.
Ah, what a powerful way way to waste your time, and be politically incorrect.
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