Total Perspective Vortex

Those people in class that feel the need to comment on everything and nod their heads enthusiastically every time the professor glances around the room - yeah, you know who you are. Apparently law school hasn’t completely crushed your spirit yet. This reminds me of “Hitchhiker’s Guide,” where Zaphod stepped inside the Total Perspective Vortex, a machine designed to show someone the entire universe to give them an idea of exactly how small and insignificant you are, which ultimately destroyed those people, then Zaphod steps out still believing that, despite what he’s seen, he is still the most important person in the universe. It was hilarious in the book, but here’s its just wrong. And in the book, he didn’t actually step into the real machine – it was an artificial one designed so that he would survive. And that’s the point – going into the vortex and stepping out with the same attitude of self-importance is just wrong. So to all of you here with spirits intact, I hope you die.