Nah, people being forced into homelessness and medical debt is too real. Nobody wants to think about that shit, and when it happens to them, they aren’t really in a position to deal with it.
Paper straws are perfect. They’re the most minor of inconveniences, so people are willing to engage and make jokes about it.
I don’t think it’s a significant problem, I think it’s a significant illustration of the little folk being expected to deal with the inconveniences caused by the wealthy.
Nah. Not really. Time zones don’t follow state boundaries because they generally follow natural population boundaries.
I don’t know if you intended “get put out with them” as a euphemism for “killed” but it fits very nicely.
Sit and do nothing.
Money is an abstraction of time and resources. If you are interested in investing time and resources, your only option is to wander off, come back later, and hope that the problem fixes itself.
This is an interesting corollary to the “anything you say can only be used against you in court” adage.