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Just paint it all gold; it'll be fine

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<img src="{att_link}when_i_paid_200_for_3_bags_of_groceries_today,_i_thought_to_myself,_i_m_sure_glad_they_re_having_a_ufc_fight_on_the_white_house_lawn.webp" href="{att_link}when_i_paid_200_for_3_bags_of_groceries_today,_i_thought_to_myself,_i_m_sure_glad_they_re_having_a_ufc_fight_on_the_white_house_lawn.webp" align="none" caption="When I paid $200 for 3 bags of groceries today, I thought to myself, 'I’m sure glad they’re having a UFC fight on the White House lawn.'" scale="50%"> When a friend sent me this, I was reminded that I'd wanted to send them an aerial shot I'd seen of what remains of the White House after they plastered a UFC arena <i>right in front of the White House</i> and then there's gigantic eyesore of the ballroom construction site right next to it but then I couldn't find it and I realized that it doesn't matter because we both already know how awful and stupid it all looks and how it's just so fitting that this is where we are now, watching what we thought was just a stupid reality TV star shredding the U.S. empire to bits but also just keeping on being a real-estate developer with the decorative sensibilities of a meth addict until he draws his last breath. I guess we gotta hit bottom before we can push off and go up for air. Hope it's soon.