For Sale: HLP Made In China Sticker Remover - $19.99
We wealthy residents of wealthy nations are lucky to have all our basic needs taken care of for us. The problem space theory, however, predicts that we feel the same anguish burden as children in Sudan who are eating rocks for breakfast. Very simply, the problem space theory states that humans have a finite, fixed space in their consciousness for problems. If you have big problems, (malnourished Sudanese children, for example) you shrink the problems to fit inside the space; if you have trivial problems (anyone reading this), you enlarge them to fill the space.
My biggest problem at the moment is Made In China stickers. Like most things made in China, they seem adequate in the showroom, but once you get them home, they fuck you. I just bought a desk lamp that has not one but two Made In China stickers. When I discovered the second sticker (hidden inside the lampshade), I almost returned the thing.
Instead, I have developed a specialized heating, lubricating and peeling apparatus so that after breaking four fingernails you don't have to reach for power tools that destroy the item the sticker was affixed to. In this way, the HLP Made In China Sticker Remover will pay for itself in no time. Get one while supplies last.
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I filled out my Canadian census today. The whole process entailed telling them that I am 30 years old, live alone, have never married, and do not sell plant or animal products. The last question asked me if I would allow them release the information I submitted in the year 2098.
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