“There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.” – Lily Tomlin

“There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.” – Lily Tomlin

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual” by Arnold Kunst

16 November

We’re constantly surrounded by plastic copies of the real thing, and if we’re not careful we’ll end up thinking each one is the real thing. Unfortunately if and when the real thing actually does appear, we’ll be so dim that we won’t even notice it.