More typical rants

I swear, I had no idea I could be this cynical and thoroughly disgusted with so much in the world by the time I was 40. I thought only really old folks had the 'In MY day...' thing going, about how everything is just useless overpriced crap and no one cares about anything except money. I am ashamed to have to try to explain to my child why so many of the toys people give her break soon after she gets them and can't be easily fixed. I'm sure there will be one of the many held-back Made in China rants unleashed soon...