When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture.

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I've got 911 on speed dial.

I've got 911 on speed dial.

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to...

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to...

A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the...

A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the...

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living.

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living.

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the...

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the...

Purchased experiences don't count.

Purchased experiences don't count.

In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.

In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is...

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a...

If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a...

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you...

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you...

Gap clothing allows you to look like you're from nowhere and anywhere.

Gap clothing allows you to look like you're from nowhere and anywhere.

A ring is a halo on your finger.

A ring is a halo on your finger.

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you...

Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you...

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as...

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as...