12 Mar 2009 :: GDII
It has been a rough bit of stretch up in here in America. People are losing jobs, companies are going under or bailed out by the government and everything is getting sad. You know it is bad when the living conditions here are still way better than most of the world and we have a more comfortable living that most of the first world.
I knew it was kinda bad, but I was rather ignorant about how serious conditions had become, which led to my rather flippant and wry approach to what is certainly a depression, and after the events of today I am certain we are facing The Great Depression, the Duet.
It came at a strange time. I arrived at work early, with such swift and wide rivulets of sweat that they were reclassified as streams. I took a walk, and as I crossed campus I heard a noise that made my stomach clench in terrible worry and I looked about, expecting Calamity.
But no, it was a series of bicycles passing me, chains squeaking. Each pedal stroke made a noise that made my bones shiver and my heart quake. I shook my head, as it was clear to me that the depression spread so far that the very privileged college student could no longer afford to ask their parents for chain lubricant. I shook my head again and almost continued to walk.
Almost.
It was then I noticed that each one of these students were sitting up, hands off the handlebars, which were sheered off near the stem. Horror flooded through my soul, as I realized it was worse than not being able to afford lube, but the college students could no longer afford a full handlebar?
Though the very footsteps of Doom could be heard by me then, and in this very moment I am as a Prophet for this country, and yea, Doom is nigh, for two of the three student couldn't have their parents afford nary a gear or brake on their bicycles. The Duet is upon us!
I have been allowed a glimpse of the future and I hear the sound of The Duet at our very door; it sounds like a million rusty hinges slowly opening simultaneously. |
