One evening, I decided to drive to McDonald's, the largest food chain restaurant on planet earth. A good idea, I thought. Ruminations loomed, about how the Big Mac, in its own way, symbolizes globalization on planet earth. How utterly bizarre, I thought! The chain of thought was broken when my ever-escalating waistline promptly tried to outscream the cacophonic dissonance caused by the rush-hour traffic and familiarize me with the calories and cholesterol content of the snack I was about to ingest. I did not take the hint. I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol anyway. All the others in this godforsaken town do too. And on this particular day, there were apparently a hell of a lot of them driving around aimlessly. This made me feel like a gladiator wrestling his way out of a maniacal onslaught by beasts.After driving for nearly 90 minutes, I concluded that it was a torture that I could easily have done without. The whole thing was just a bad idea, I thought. My ever-escalating waistline promptly agreed.
Talking of tortures, the Total Perspective Vortex is the most horrible torture device to which a sentient being can be subjected. Located on Frogstar World B, it shows its victim the entire unimaginable infinity of the universe with a very tiny marker that says "You Are Here" which points to a microscopic dot on a microscopic dot. The shock of being placed in the Vortex could easily destroy your brain. I sometimes wonder what the inhabitants of Frogstar World B would say after a leisurely drive to a McDonald's restaurant on planet earth.
Peace.
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