I work at a certain big name bookstore that not only carries copies of Fight Club and Palahniuk's other works, but also features a cafe named after one of the mates in Moby Dick.
Every day I see these sort of people who live by what they do for a living or what they wear, drive and drink. Nomally, they are yacking into a cell phone, totally oblivious to the outside world. God forbid you don't start your day without a grande latte. Who in their right mind spends five bucks for a cup of coffee? I recall a time when folks complained the phone rang when you were in the bath, eating dinner or making love. Now eveyone thinks they are Mr. Spock...flipping their little communicators and discussing personal and work related matters in public.
I think the message of the song, film and book is clear...we are a consumer society that judges and values by items of "status". The more trendy, overpriced useless crap you own, the more important you seem. Bullpucky. We need to evolve back to when we were human beings and department store manakins.
I work at a certain big name bookstore that not only carries copies of Fight Club and Palahniuk's other works, but also features a cafe named after one of the mates in Moby Dick.
Every day I see these sort of people who live by what they do for a living or what they wear, drive and drink. Nomally, they are yacking into a cell phone, totally oblivious to the outside world. God forbid you don't start your day without a grande latte. Who in their right mind spends five bucks for a cup of coffee? I recall a time when folks complained the phone rang when you were in the bath, eating dinner or making love. Now eveyone thinks they are Mr. Spock...flipping their little communicators and discussing personal and work related matters in public.
I think the message of the song, film and book is clear...we are a consumer society that judges and values by items of "status". The more trendy, overpriced useless crap you own, the more important you seem. Bullpucky. We need to evolve back to when we were human beings and department store manakins.