"The bottom line: more books about the evils of American free enterprise will do little to stop the tide of greed in this country. Most novels that rub their noses so thoroughly in the concerns of contemporary culture feel dated before they even hit the best seller list. The bourgeois may not drop their monocles in shock upon reading Beloved, but one hundred years from now our society will be richer for having read it (American Psycho - not so much)."

tl;dr: [gross generalization - facile analysis - stupidly self-confident conclusion]

Alison, when does the current batch of interns expire?

I think Glamorama is much better than American Psycho.

Donkey Kong is the best game ever.

Capitalism is not greed.
It relies on the basic human nature of self preservation.
It is by no means perfect, yet history proves it is the most efficient, innovative and compassionate way to distribute goods and services.
It has produced the most healthy and prosperous societies that have ever existed in history.
Look around at your spoiled selves.

This is why I only read comic books and candy wrappers: No smarmy book assholes are going to tell me that Spider-Man doesn't effectively epitomize the depressing miasma of our modern consumerist culture.

(PS: Hey Boxxy Cat, what do you have against the interns? Did they kick your dog? Your cat? You?)

Nex, I'm totally cool with interns, ask Alison. I just dislike bad writers, and the current batch has that going on with spades.

Once you take Molly's "i like these random things! spork!" schtick, Matthew's inability to use the byline correctly, and Kamala's super-power of regurgitating press releases verbatim, then add the fact that none of them have proven marginally ok at basic English composition (much less reasoned thought), and you've got a pretty sorry bunch, non?

(plus, that one time that all three of them gang-kicked my cat).