Corner of Bourbon & Division

I am feeling cynical and annoyed with people today. Doubtless this will be remedied by sleep, and maybe alcohol.

Does anyone, when asked the question, actually answer: "Why, I would absolutely rather be surrounded by a hundred poseurs instead of a handful of good friends!"

I don't think anyone actively wants that. I really don't. The same way I don't think CEOs of huge corporations get up in the morning and say to themselves as they shave: "What a great day to go and screw over the world! I wonder what new and inventive ways I can find to exploit the poor, deplete the earth's natural resources, and create loads of pollution at the same time!"

(That's part of the reason why I never could bring myself to quite take Captain Planet seriously: I was old enough to know that pollution wasn't caused by supervillains)

I am annoyed by people's capacity for self-delusion today.

I'm also disabling comments on this because it's a highly negative post without swearing in French Canadian to act as a humorous counterbalance. I'm not seeking to perpetuate negativity, I'm just venting.