Why do the things that we crave in life trap us so deeply?
Why do some people become so vicious when they become well off? A friend married into wealth and, nowadays, she seeks our company simply to gloat. It’s tedious, a little pathetic, and wholly depressing. I don’t know if she is having trouble dealing with her new life, and perhaps misplacing her frustration and anxiety.
Why do grocery stores in poorer areas raise prices on the same items sold in more privileged areas and don’t bother with simple cleanliness?
Why do some intersections deny you a left turn between 3 and 5 and force you to take a detour, drive into a narrow ass lane, make an 11 point turn, almost run over a little old dude in a scooter, only to show up at the same intersection 3 minutes later?
Why do they think that we care about 2 candidates who are spending so much of other people’s money on their presidential campaigns?
Why do women display such pride at sons who may have never boiled an egg for them?
Are ethically bankrupt people naturally attracted to dentistry as a profession or do normal people become de-ethicized (my word) while in dental school? There must be a logical, plausible reason for every dentist I’ve run into being scum of the earth.
Why is Denzel Washington so damn fine despite being chronologically wounded?
