When you were young, didn’t you always think of the (contemporary)
United States as being, well….united? I was remembering the awesomeness of ignorant bliss and sugar-coated education, and how I always assumed being an American meant being on the same page about what was good and what was bad, and because of that, I was all about being an American because Americans could do no wrong. I’ll put it this way: In Rocky II, I rooted for Apollo Creed, solely based on his trunks and entrance music. Little did I realize how people in American flag-patterned clothing would send shivers down my spine later on in life…
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yup·pie (yŭp’ē)
n. a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.
dil·lem·ma (dĭ-lěm’ə)
n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
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not just the yuppie. While it’s surely convenient to be able to bike over to wholefoods (farmers markets are dunzo for the year folks) and pick up some plain yogurt, turkey bacon, wheat grass, or whatever yuppies eat, it is but a small joy in our lives compared to the impact bicycles can make on a lot of communities around the world.
well aware of all the injustice that exploits people across the world, it’s not exactly easy to plunge headfirst into a hedonistic lifestyle of yupdom, and it shouldn’t be. But as a 