Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Oblivious to obviousness

Some poor misguided soul stumbled upon my blog by googling the phrase "obviousness in today's society," and I feel so guilty about having nothing to offer that I decided to do a little research into the topic, the results of which I present below:

Obviousness in today's society is a serious problem. In yesterday's society, nobody really noticed obviousness, and back in the day, individuals had to craft their own small stocks of obviousness on fragile hand-looms. Therefore, obviousness is becoming more and more obvious as time goes on.

Some people believe that obviousness was created by God, basing their conclusions on an alternative translation of the word "light." Others claim that obviousness suffuses the universe as part of the energy leftover from the Big Bang, and still others assert that obviousness is actually a space-age polymer secretly manufactured in factories along the Ohio River, where it can easily be introduced into today's society's drinking water like so much C-8. People will believe the theory they personally believe, so who am I to judge?

Obviousness often appears in literature, although not as often as some readers would prefer. Shakespeare, for instance, suffered from a severe shortage of obviousness; otherwise, Hamlet's famous soliloquy would have been only three words long: "To be--obviously!" In today's society, readers struggle to understand what was so special about that red wheelbarrow William Carlos Williams was always carrying on about. If so much depends upon that red wheelbarrow, why didn't he just come right out and make it obvious? But everyone is entitled to their own interpretations.

Tomorrow's society will look back at today's society as the Golden Age of Obviousness. If obviousness continues to increase at current rates, then tomorrow's society will simply be swimming in obviousness. When obviousness becomes as obvious as the nose on one's face, who will notice it? Tomorrow's society, then, will become completely oblivious to obviousness, which suggests that someone ought to write a paper called "Obliviousness in Tomorrow's Society," but who am I to say? Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. At the end of the day, nothing is more obvious than this.

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