The Insanity Is Not New

Popular entertainment may be derpier than it seemed, when looked upon from the future.

So, I have a confession to make: when I first came to the States, I spent a lot of time watching sitcoms. Mostly because they provide a counterfeit of everyday life in the US and I was curious about that (and didn’t fully — though I suspected — realize it wasn’t a good counterfeit.) Partly because they’re brain candy I could get Dan to sit in front of in the evening, and we could cuddle. Look, this...