Traditional: gambling, alcohol, smoking – all aggressively promoted.   With warnings language attached.

Work zones are semi-chaotic. The expenditure sign for government funds is to the penny.

Academic scores at a record low. The ability to click to get information is at an all-time high.

Smoke Shops are popping up everywhere. Urgent Care buildings are on the next corner.

St. Barnabas Orthopedics, a first class hospital. It is a major sponsor of Rutgers football.

Six year-olds with football helmets learning how to hit people hard. More CTE studies being released.

There are more ways to communicate than ever. We have fewer friends.

Real estate advertisements are everywhere. Some tout their ethics.

Is it philosophy which brings people together. No, it is some combination of babies, dogs, and football.

A child sniffles in frame one of the ad. The last frame is that of the insurance company.

People are overloaded with imagery. There are ads in the corner of every televised sporting event.

Almost every tennis player has his country identified. Russians get a blank.

The Pope preaches peace. He cannot recognize a war in front of his eyes.

High fat and sugary food and drink advertisements. In the same show, Ozempic is pitched.

Marijuana is promoted. Vaping is illegal.

Blue cities are business partners of Red, crop-growing areas. Each side vilifies the other’s cultural norms.

Escalating credit card usage and fees. When cash is used in large amounts, suspicion is immediate.

Who can sing which rap song lyrics out loud? Apparently it depends on your ethnicity.

Our headlong emphasis on economic growth. Negative ecological externalities are ignored.

Multi-capability devices that can do everything but slice bread. The directions are anything but simple.

New college graduates have a middle-class mentality. Their initial income is in stark contrast.

Which is to be the role of humanity? Did God give them “dominion over” or “stewardship of?”

Long discussion with a cardiologist. Not a question about diet, where one lived, or how one lived.

CBS News. Exactly the same “news” story on consecutive days, i.e., no lead-in, no interpretation.

A Google phone picture, among others: reality altered with a swipe.

An ad for Insinkerator: food thrown away that would be a meal for a billion people or so.

Urgency to get a Call Alert button: two-week delivery.

Smith & Wesson ad labeling its gun an “Equalizer.” Actually it can blow away dozens at a time.