Originally Posted by AZRedHot

Consumerism, colonialism, racism, patriarchy, and a global society where people are told every day by any number of institutions that they're not good enough (not attractive enough, not thin enough, not godly enough, etc.) no doubt will have created many beaten down creatures who will become buyers of yet one more thing that might bring them infinitesimally closer to an impossible and imaginary standard of perfection, the benchmark for which is an ever-moving target seeing as it really doesn't exist.

For my own part, I'm of the opinion that if you're close enough to know the precise color of my cooter, you should count yourself very fortunate. End of story.