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Old 11-20-2010, 12:38 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bennelson View Post
We invented the car, the fast food restaurant, the drive-in movie theater, the Chinese takeout container, and the suburb.
If by we you mean Americans, your hubris is showing (not to mention something else). The Romans had suburbs: even the word suburb is Latin, fer gawdsakes.

In addition, cars were invented by a bunch of Europeans, most prominently Karl Benz, and while I've no specific knowledge, I'd be pretty surprised if earlier cultures didn't have their equivalents of fast food. I'll give you the drive-in movies, though, but AFAIK they don't exist any more, except as an occasional nostalgia thing.

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Our hero finds a pair of sunglasses. When he puts them on, he sees the world as it actually is. Billboards simply say CONSUME. He sees that the rich and powerful are actually ugly aliens in charge of the place.
Ever wonder how the rest of you look to the rich & powerful :-)

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