To People of My Demographic

i'm starting to feel like THE ECONOMY is just a really cheap excuse for lazy people to be lazier and selfish people to be selfish...er.

i don't understand any of it. this should be every poorman's dream.

are we forgetting that apartment prices have dropped drastically in the recent years? if anything, i feel like i've moved up the social ladder because of the economic scare. sure some rich folk downgraded which caused some poor folk to move back home, but let's not ignore that the rich folks' move created vacancies in great apartments which were then forced to lower their prices in order to get new tenants.

and suddenly we're all competing for jobs with people fifteen years older and ten times as experienced-- and it's scary. but guess who gets the job? it's the young, eager-minded, easy to train rather than untrain. it's an expensive waste of time to hire the man with twelve years experience if it just means you'll have to spend energy erasing what his twelve years have taught him.

to be in your twenties right now is a brilliant thing.

and despite all of that, people are still blaming THE ECONOMY for their lack of job or their extra dick-like attitudes.

how am i supposed to be polite in this economy‽

and now it's gift cards, too.

in this economy, how can we be spending money on anyone but ourselves? that would surely be foolish. and i will be damned if i'm expected to buy someone a gift card without getting something like a free scoop of ice cream at the same time.

awesome.

in ben & jerry's words: it give is good, but to get is gooder.

it's all just selfish and lazy.

look, when shit goes down, opportunities arise. i understand that's what some would call cliche or hopelessly optimistic, but i've lived most of my life with that in mind and while i may not have much to show for it i am certainly not as fucked as everyone who relies on THE ECONOMY as a scapegoat.

i mean is this seriously where we are? companies actually have to coax us into buying gifts for friends by offering a personal incentive beyond making the friend happy.

how about this: if you see me walking down the street, high-five me and introduce yourself, i will give you $2. you can ride the muni for four hours, or you can buy a double cheeseburger-- it's up to you.

that's for free. for free and for fun. there is no economic scheme here. i'd just like to see more people high-fiving strangers and worrying less about their financial well-being. this is a two in one.

limit one per stranger.