| There was an episode on The Soprano (no mafia/pizza pun intended :-D) where Tony tried to visit a prostitute he was "in love" with. She was not there, but her roommate, also a prostitute, from Russia (or an alike country I don't remember), with one fake leg, was. As he was complaining how miserable he was, she starts lecturing him of how Americans people have stopped having real issues, or living in life threatening situations, and so they invents themselves new ones which looks ridiculous for people coming from less developed countries. For me it's exactly that. And don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly aware that there are people in deep trouble in America, homeless or not wealthy enough to treat nasty diseases right. And this is a first world problem you can also witness in some European countries too. Or cities, not necessarily while countries. It's like we, humans, cannot bare to go through life being just happy. |