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Captain Ahab has to go hunt his whale!
Dec. 8th, 2010 08:09 pmI've been looking at some of the sales fliers that are flooding the American market this season. Let's talk about stupid consumerism.
First there were the $3 appliances on Black Friday. Now do you suppose if you buy a $3 slow cooker it's going to last more than three months? Right into the landfill. If you buy four they may last you a year.
Today, you, yes you, can own an electric wine opener for just $12 (with discount code) (batteries not included). So instead of a nice small corkscrew that will actually fit in your silverware drawer, you can have another gadget that won't fit well anywhere, you'll use it once to humor the person who cursed you with it, and the batteries will corrode in it before you use it the second time. You'll end up pushing the bloody cork down into the bottle with a butter knife and straining the wine through cheesecloth if you have any. A week old t-shirt from Walmart will work just as well if you don't have regular cheesecloth.
I gnash my teeth and scream. I'd pull my hair out, if I just had any left. Why is my society so stupid?
" We are ruled by effete arseholes. It's a shite state of affairs to be in, Tommy! And all the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!"
First there were the $3 appliances on Black Friday. Now do you suppose if you buy a $3 slow cooker it's going to last more than three months? Right into the landfill. If you buy four they may last you a year.
Today, you, yes you, can own an electric wine opener for just $12 (with discount code) (batteries not included). So instead of a nice small corkscrew that will actually fit in your silverware drawer, you can have another gadget that won't fit well anywhere, you'll use it once to humor the person who cursed you with it, and the batteries will corrode in it before you use it the second time. You'll end up pushing the bloody cork down into the bottle with a butter knife and straining the wine through cheesecloth if you have any. A week old t-shirt from Walmart will work just as well if you don't have regular cheesecloth.
I gnash my teeth and scream. I'd pull my hair out, if I just had any left. Why is my society so stupid?
" We are ruled by effete arseholes. It's a shite state of affairs to be in, Tommy! And all the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!"
