"Do you know what the problem with California is?"
Do I know what the problem with California is?
The problem with California is that it's larger than most European countries, is more ethnically, culturally, philosophically, and environmentally diverse than most nations worldwide, and yet every yobbo east of the Sierras has an aching need to summarize all of our ailments in a sentence or two, and to voice it.
Eat me. I live in California. I know what my problems are. I know what the problems of my region are. They are not the same problems as the ones in Compton, or Placerville, or Ukiah, or Santa Barbara, or Trona, or Atherton, or Emeryville. Anyone who knows anything about those cities knows that they're way fucking different. Don't generalize their problems. We've got 34 million people, and they're all complaining about their problems. San Franciscans are especially vocal. We don't need your input. Shut up. Shut up.
And don't you fucking dare tell me that the problem with California is that we don't know how to make pizza. That wasn't funny back in the 70's, and it certainly didn't get funnier over the decades. Write a new joke, America.
Last updated 24 March 2003
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