and some days I feel like a Vogon about to destroy Earth.
"There's no point in acting all surprised about it! All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you've had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaints, and it's far too late to start making a fuss about it now."
"What do you mean, you've never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh for heaven's sake, mankind, it's only four light years away, you know! No, I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs that's your own lookout. Energize the demolition beam.
I don't know, apathetic bloody planet, I've got no sympathy at all."
@green This is, to my great regret, a perfect parody of my cultural politics circa 2003.
It took a good long time to realize that an excellent-but-aimless liberal arts education and the time to ponder the world (not to mention a total lack of student debt-- thanks, Dad) are COLOSSAL hallmarks of socioeconomic privilege. :(
