Comedian Bill Maher on the flash mob trend that New York has systematically inflicted on the rest of the world: "The newest trend sweeping Europe is 'flash mobs' which begin when masses of people follow the instructions of an e-mail telling them to be at a certain location at a certain time, perform some random, harmless, meaningless act, and then disperse. In that sense it s a bit like the custom of mass church attendance on Sundays. Flash mobs combine the pointlessness of chain letters with the adolescent inanity of 'Everybody cough at exactly 2:08!' rituals in high school. They also prove several points I've been arguing for years: the Internet is evil, we're not wise enough to use the technology we have, and people in their twenties have way too much free time."
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