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Jack Cluth's avatar

How stupid are we? Good Lord, but we are apparently just THAT stupid. This reminds me of the old joke about cocaine- it's God's way of telling you that you have to damned much money.

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Stacey Eskelin's avatar

Right? John had a minor flirtation with cocaine a million years ago. It makes me wince every time he tells how much money he wasted, poor bear.

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Joan DeMartin's avatar

I loved this piece! Humans can be pathetic creatures, can't we?

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Stacey Eskelin's avatar

Why can't we evolve faster?

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Gary Herstein's avatar

I know of only one couple with the kind of money where they could dine there. And honestly, I'm not altogether sure they've the brains NOT to.

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Stacey Eskelin's avatar

Do they wear Balenciaga? I'm doing a survey ;-)

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Gary Herstein's avatar

The pictures I saw look way to "hip" for them.

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Gary Herstein's avatar

Before I look that up, I'm just going to say I've no idea what that is. The couple are actually older than I am, but the wife is quite the fashionista and might actually know. I don't hang around them to know if they wear such things or not.

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Stacey Eskelin's avatar

We book nerds rarely have a sense for these things. A friend of mine recently had to clue me into the hidden social hierarchy of handbags.

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Gary Herstein's avatar

One of my most overused memes on social media, when it is true: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzZNWqUJuA4

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Barbara Z. Banks's avatar

I'm ... uh ...

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