latest doomsday scenario: bankrupted by our own idiocy

There's this guy that I like, and I feel like he's judging me too harshly, but all I can seem to think of to say is, "You don't know me! You don't know what I've been through!" Like, wtf, am I living my life like I'm on Jerry Springer, or what?

I've decided that the "cool" game is super lame, and I look for genuine people, and I try to be as genuine as possible. I'm not into playing games. I don't like lying, I don't like being lied to, and if I can't trust a guy, I'm wasting my time talking to him in the first place.

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OK, so there are some companies who are totally jumping on that "we're in a recession and I need to save all my money" zeitgeist in the US, all, "hey, you can save money by buying our product!"

I'm really curious to find out if the "save money by buying our product" will manage to replace the "buy everything! who cares if you don't have money, use your credit card!" zeitgeist, or if we are truly in a modal change. I wonder if people realise what this will mean for our country. When people are stingy in a macro sense, it means that everyone on the other side will have to work that much harder to make ends meet. Are we clever/productive/adaptable enough, as a nation, to accommodate that?

I sure hope so.