http://accismus.com/2008/12/03/accismus-yall/ I don't crave the warmth of your unconditional approval. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:47:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://accismus.com/2008/12/03/accismus-yall/#comment-2007 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:22:11 +0000 http://accismus.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2007 ‘Anthropological glee’ is so much more fun than ‘grim fascination.’

]]> http://accismus.com/2008/12/03/accismus-yall/#comment-2006 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:44:14 +0000 http://accismus.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2006 The day after black Friday my mom and I listened slackjawed as one of the nurses at my grandmother’s nursing home described her forays to Walmart, Lowes, Michaels, et al. Mom really enjoyed hearing about it, and just wanted to hear more and more stories about the kind of people who would stand in line fore 10 hours to buy a Wii. I would call her response “anthropological glee.”

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