On the Dumbness of Fashion Trends

Even When Only Compared to Other Ridiculous American Trends, Modern Fashion Trends Are Really Dumb Fashion has always been kind of a silly idea: Victorian women’s’ corsets literally moving the internal organs of upper-class English ladies, college guys wearing beanie propeller hats in the 50’s, man-dresses representing the very height of masculinity in Samoa and … Read more

The Sickness Club

(Or why hospitals are horrible ideas) Think about the concept of a hospital. It’s an ass-backwards idea when you get right down to it. Bringing sick people into an enclosed building with a bunch of other sick people in order to cure them of their sickness? That’s the polar opposite of how we’ve treated the … Read more

Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs

Unfortunately, most of the signs are pointless. “Look Twice. Save a Life. Motorcycles are Everywhere.” Yeah, they’re really not. Motorcycles aren’t everywhere. Matter is everywhere. Motorcycles are confined to roads, driveways, Sturgis, North Dakota, and the Wendy’s parking lot on Saturdays. “Deaf Child at Play.” What if he’s not at play? What if he’s at … Read more