Todays world is full of extras. Everyone wants more, whether they need it or not. We can double our fries and soda for a measly 39 cents. Car companies offer an LX, an EX, and an ELX option package… for those of us who can’t crank our own windows up, stick an actual key in a door, and need vibrating seat warmers that massage us while we drive. When I go to Albertsons to buy a ninety five cent pack of gum, I know I won’t leave without a 14 inch receipt with special offers, promo codes, some coupons, and a survey request. I can almost guarantee that if you pull out your wallet you’ll find at least 2 visa cards, an American express and some special edition new york yankees mastercard that you had to have.
Just the other day while waiting at a stoplight an old man with a walker passed in front of me. His deluxe walker not only had a carrying bag but sported dual handbrakes. Overkill? Maybe.
Costco sells 100 packs of condoms for $20. Motorcycles can exceed 200 miles per hour. Little caesars sells an entire pizza for $5. The newest cell phones can make calls, take pictures, play music, read this blog, get turn by turn directions and send emails anytime, anywhere(unless you’re still on the crappy sprint network). You can’t buy a DVD anymore that doesn’t come in a three disk special edition unrated and uncut set, with thirty five hours of bonus footage. Computers have 500GB of memory, enough to store every movie and every song that you’ve ever heard. More more more more more.
What do I think about all this? I dig it. Give me more. Let me make a 20 minute long distance phonecall for 99 cents. Let me view CSPAN in high definition. Let my television automatically record all the Seinfield episodes that ever aired so that I always have something to watch. Let netflix send me the entire 15 season set of stargate one disk at a time. And when the time comes, let me buy a walker with dual lever action handbrakes… because I just never know when that handicap access ramp is going to launch me into a 2, maybe 3 mile-per-hour sprint that a single handbrake just wouldn’t be able to handle all on its own.
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