( Whining: The conversation in this coffee shop is making everyone including me,

( Whining: The conversation in this coffee shop is making everyone including me, ‘stupider’ by the moment. (laboring class sicilian, italian, greek, turkic clientele. Flip side: everyone is happy in their “stupiderness” – they have lots of friends equally enjoying their stupidness. Stupid and happy is fine as long as they can’t vote. It’s this whole voting thing. )