Karen and I were at Fred Meyer last night, picking up a few odds and ends (everything from contact lens solution to malted milk balls). I stood in one of the aisles, marveling at the sheer abundance of EVERYTHING, the multitude of calm shoppers filling their baskets with whatever they desired, the soothing PA announcements reminding shoppers not to overlook certain specials, etc.
Then the abyss opened up beneath my feet. I saw the shelves empty, having been stripped bare by fearful people, driven by panic to grab whatever they could, to survive in a civilization where hunger, deprivation, and ruthlessness rule. Think 'Mad Max goes to the Mall'.
Obsessive, ain't it?
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