Just got back from the labs at ISU… what I saw was sobering. We’re so cooked, the world isn’t ready for what’s coming.
“…100 Marketing Professionals from Ankeny…”
“…100 elderly farmers from Kossuth county…”
“…100 CAFO hogs from Iowa Select Farms…”
“…100 Quaker Oats employees from Cedar Rapids…”
“…100 class of 2017 Luther College Alumni…”
Forced to listen to squirting ketchup and moist munching in the office break room because my car is at the mechanic ($1,200 bill)
“While standing next to the prepared deli sandwiches in Hy-Vee earlier, I saw my uncle looking at the produce cooler. We didn’t make eye contact, so I refrained from going out of my way to interrupt and say hello”
“Piglets sticking their noses through the holes of a livestock truck barreling down I-35 northbound”
Oh it’s a class signifier? A marker of a low status, low net worth individual? Is it a middling IQ trait? Surely it’s America B coded… Please tell us where this falls on the bell curve, we’re dying to know!
