Friday, May 29, 2009

Dykes on Segways and other signs of cultural demise

After last year's holiday ice skating spectacular in San Francisco, starring Brian Boitano skating to the music of Barry Manilow, I have been on the lookout for additional signs of impending Armageddon and our equally disturbing cultural demise. If one only opens one's eyes, the signs are plentiful and obvious.

  • Dykes on Segways, logo'd and recently seen in Rockridge, whizzing along with the wind in their facial hair and causing the leather fringe on their jackets to flutter in the breeze
  • The Hottie and the Nottie makes millions overseas both in theaters and DVD release; foreigners readjust their views of Americans. And not in a good way.
  • 30-second national spot advertising Spam, the official meat of the islands, during the Oscars telecast earlier this year
  • Duke University's Women's Center, Student Health Center and Women's Studies Department's sponsorship of a "Sex Workers Art Show" at which nearly-nude artists danced for students and provided critical commentary through performance art that included a woman's eating "excreted" dollar bills from a man's ass
Feel free to share your own signs of cultural demise or Armageddon in the comments. And just get ready to grab my steering wheel when it all comes down. Because I'm going to be laughing my ass off while all those devout Christians go poof and leave us Spam-eating, Paris-loving, sex-working-supporting sinners here to rule the world. 

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