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Our Dumb Decade

The 150th anniversary issue of The Atlantic is strong all around, but my favorite part so far is the title Walter Kirn gives our hitherto-unnamable decade: The Roaring Zeroes. It’s good, no? Try it out:

  • “Long before she became poet laureate, Lohan was known as one of the biggest trainwrecks of the Roaring Zeroes.”
  • “It’s hard to believe now, but in the Roaring Zeroes people in Los Angeles liked to wear fur-lined boots, even in the summer.”
  • “Back in the Roaring Zeroes, breast implants weren’t available at the local drugstore. It was truly a simpler time.”

 

Kirn's essay, about multi-tasking, is available online to subscribers only, but it's worth buying the whole issue.

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