And now, because people have just been itchin' at me to present it, here is my rant (or rather, just examples) on how we, as a society, are de-evolving.

1) On the el on the way to work the other day, just reading a book, minding my business. This man boarded the train, sat next to me, and started making some kind of odd crunching noise, which I was trying not to pay attention to while I read my book. After a while though I couldn't ignore the noise anymore and looked over to see him eating sunflower seeds, and letting the outsides fall all over his jacket, pants, and the floor of the train. He kept this up for about 20 minutes, and then got up to get off at his stop, leaving parts of the floor not even visable under the shells. And he continued to eat! He made a little trail from his seat to the door! It was quite disgusting.
2) Right after Sunflower Man, I was walking from the train to work, and out of nowehere a guy I can't see (he was in the crowd about a block away) makes an, "ooohhww OOOHHWW" noise (think of the kind of cawing noise a bird makes). After he made this noise I heard a woman behind me go "ooohhwww OOHHWW" back. I was witnessing a genuine mating call! Again, the man I couldn't see went, "oohhhww OOOHHWW!" and again, the girl behind me replied, "oooohhhww OOHHHWW!" At this point a friend of the girl behind me asked, "What are you doing?" to which the girl, who could have been half bird for all I know, replied, "I dunno. It's fun." Yes, we really are de-evolving. If this continues we'll be back to whompum, and picking ticks off/grooming each other. I don't know about you people, but I don't want to wear a loincloth. I just don't. Later.