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They are 15% machine: they must carry their iPod nano, their Blackberry, and their Nikon D90 at all all times otherwise they cease to function and Skynet loses.
-Anatomy of a Hipster #53.
La Influencia
My friend Heather currently lives in Mexico City. This is her blogging about what it’s like being at the center of the la gripe porcina scare:
“One moment you’re living in the middle of the churning grind of one of the world’s largest cities, the next moment, the city is a ghost town, spotted by people walking around with blue masks. It has been a bizarre weekend in Mexico City. …
“The affect that this scare has had on the city is amazing. Mexican cultural norms have been shaken as people no longer feel comfortable greeting each other with a kiss. …
“The whole thing seems unreal to me. The most mind-boggling aspect is the news coverage. Oh gosh, just as I was typing that a tremor went through the house and my desk began to sway back and forth. It seems that when it rains, it pours. Is an earthquake next? I doubt it, but at any rate, this does not look good for Mexico. Between news coverage of the drug-trafficking violence on the border to the swine flu (which apparently, did not originate in Mexico but in Texas), I think that many Americans probably believe that Mexico is experiencing a total societal breakdown and that people are running desperate through the streets. I was greeted this morning by a friend’s status on facebook which read, “Illegal immigrants…swine flu… what’s next, Mexico?” and promptly deleted him from my list of friends. Such total ignorance.
spring fever > swine flu
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