On the flight out to the Midwest today, I picked up the SkyMall catalog for a bit to see what I had been missing. And what were they hawking today;
- Laser-guided putter
- Single-serve, hermetically-sealed packet espresso / capuccino machine for the home ("shitty coffee, just like at the office!")
- Go anywhere portable icemaker ($399)
- Travel mug with programmable thermostat
- Radio and shower organizer... all in one!
Seriously, this is the kind of gadget-driven idiocy and commercial soullesness that drives the one hand, both evangelicals and crunchsters out into the Third World to reconstruct and save souls, It's also the kind of thing that makes radical Islam's critique of modernity occasionally understandable. Really, who needs this stuff? Better to have your pride as a culture, and subjugate and/or behead women while you're at it.
Alright alright. I know that it's the same technological drive that gives us this stuff that has improved mortality for infants and adults alike, but still.
2 comments:
Unbelievably, no comment on the technological wizardry behind the male enhancement cream so frequently discussed in comments on your blog. If only the evangelical set would bring such life-affirming products to the underdeveloped countries! Some early reports document the cream may have anti-retroviral activity. Let's cream those AY-RABS.
Does the skymall have a website? That stuff is so cool and Christmas, the celebration of the birth of baby Jesus (cute and little, not bad-assed like Mel Gibson's) is just around the corner. Watched Friends with Money last night. As reported by the Grouse, a good movie with two women I would like get to know.
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