冇感而发：their stuff is s~~~ and your s~~~ is stuff。这个国家病的很重。。。

前天从TJ Maxx退货回来，突然想到的，挖出这个（@2：10，their stuff is s~~~ and your s~~~ is stuff。好吧，老Carlin真是天才，每次看都由头笑到尾）

估计美国的商店都是大同小异吧。俺们村子，Bridgewater, NJ正中间的小村，4万5千人，豆腐干丁点大的地方。过去20多年，眼看着店区一块快建起来，各样店家一个个开起来。每次去店里，都是”拍乌蝇“，鬼影冇只。整个店里只有几只人。当然普通超市，Shoprite， Wegmans 这类除外，但也多极有限。
一直很奇怪，哪些东西是什么人会买回家用的？只会偶尔去Macy's, Target, TJ Max, Marshalls, Homegoods, Koels。昨天去Koels退个亚麻上买的乐高。进去就是那个亚麻退货台。但是，整个店子，整个店子，没有一个顾客。只有三个店员。这个店子是在笑坛大红人爪四哥地头Hillsborough。在俺们村子南边。
还有其它店家比如Christmas Tree Shop, Bed Bath & Beyond, Buy Buy Baby这类的。CTS 在离家3mile 的Somerville circle有一个。过去好几年俺只在里面买过几个土瓷的flower pot, 价钱倒是很亲民，made in Tailand的。至于其他的东西，天啊，就是5元店的质量，但是摆的满满当当，都是季节性的，过季了就扔掉。俺觉得，这里美国店子里面至少98%的东西，俺这一辈子也不会用到。声明一下，俺不是那”极简“的类型，绝对不是。

普通美国超市有Damage it out的policy, TJ Maxx这类店子叫做“savage out"。各位都是聪明人，都懂是什么意思。

 

俺就是想说，从中国进口这么多垃圾，干嘛？屎忽痕的话，捉条虫入去。

还有，俺们村里的Costco正对面，要开一家Trader Joe了。相距不超过80米。这还怎么做生意啊？美国人真的需要这么多古灵精怪的东西吗？之前在离costco不到2英里的地方又开个whole food以及其他的店家。唉。看看这个：

下面这个是俺最喜欢的老Carlin的一段。嗯，虽然其中说的主题“肥婆肥佬”，也是很可怕哈。

这个下次再说。俺这里的重点不是肥婆肥佬，没有耐性的请直接刷到1：38。。唉。

～～～People spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need. MONEY THEY DON’T HAVE ON THINGS THEY DON’T NEED.～～～

重点说的是这个：
Only a nation of unenlightened half-wits could have taken this beautiful place and turned it into what it is today, a shopping mall. A big, ～～～king shopping mall. You know that. That’s all you got. That’s all you got here, folks. Mile after mile of mall after mall. Many, many malls. Major malls and mini malls. They put the mini malls in between the major malls. And in between the mini malls they put the mini marts. And in between the mini marts. You’ve got the car lots, gas stations, muffler shops, Laundromats, cheap hotels, fast food joints, strip clubs and dirty bookstores. America the beautiful. One big transcontinental commercial cesspool. And how do the people feel about all this? How do the people feel about living in a coast-to-coast shopping mall? Well, they think it’s JUST ～～～KING DANDY! They think it is as cool as can be. Because Americans love the mall. They love the mall. That’s where they get to satisfy their two most prominent addictions at the same time. Shopping and eating.......
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Another reason for the backpacks is these people are going to buy even more stupid ～～～t. They ain’t got enough stupid ～～～t at home. They just had a stupid ～～～t sale, they’re gonna buy more. They’re going to go out in the parking lot and stuff this stuff into the big, fat, ugly, oversized SUV that’s got plenty of room in it. Plenty of room in it for stupid ～～～t and lots of room left over for these big, fat, ugly motherf～～～～～s to get them home. Stopping on the way, of course, for jelly roll and fried dough. These people, these people are efficient, professional, compulsive consumers. It’s their civic duty. Consumption. It’s the new national pastime. 

 

F～～～ baseball. It’s consumption. The only true lasting American value that’s left. Buying things. Buying things. People spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need. MONEY THEY DON’T HAVE ON THINGS THEY DON’T NEED. So they can max out their credit cards and spend the rest of their lives paying 18 percent interest on something that cost 12.50. And they didn’t like it when they got it home anyway!

 

唉。。。

还有，过去20年，家里附近就新建了好几个Public Storge的。好像这个是北美特色吧。家里垃圾放不下了，要去租个storge放垃圾。。