As I've gotten older, I've started noticing that culture goes through endless time loops like we're riding a toy train. Back in the 90s, we listened to disco an

As I've gotten older, I've started noticing that culture goes through endless time loops like we're riding a toy train. Back in the 90s, we listened to disco and wore bell bottoms just like our parents did. Today, I see teenagers wearing overalls and boots and listening to Nirvana (which is quite heartwarming, honestly - at least there is hope for the future). I'm going to go out on a limb and say that social media is just another cultural deviation. As a society, we haven't said yet that it's rude to talk loudly into your cell phone in public, or stare into it when you're surrounded by people also staring into it, or wear headphones everywhere like the gym where you might learn something if you ever talked to anyone. It's an eerie feeling to see the world a step or two back, to take in the big picture when everyone else is jacked in. I can't really blame people for putting on blinders, as bleak as these times are. Sure, we have unlimited access to news and information. But news is mostly bad, because that's where the money is. Even the best news like NPR leads to depression, especially when you realize that the main news networks broadcast spin now instead of investigative journalism, and they're all anyone watches. I have no deep epiphany here. But I just want everyone to know that this profound cultural cynicism we're experiencing right now is quite familiar to me, because it's what I grew up with in the 80s and 90s while most of the world was distracted with Monday Night Football. The world's been burning that entire time, most people actively tune it out, and the people like us who see through the veil see more than ever.