If you call up the typical American lottery winner and ask him what he bought with his winnings, which of the following three answers are you most likely to hear?
A - "I bought a coffee shop--the one I always go to with Phoebe and Ross and Chandler and the rest of the gang."
B - "I've built myself a portfolio consisting of real estate, stocks, bonds, and fine art. I own two Renoirs and four Cezannes. I'm also planning to take a trip to Europe. I hear Croatia is quite breathtaking this time of year."
C - "I bought a white F150, and I also bought a grey Silverado, and a blue F150, and a red F150, and I bought a black F150 for my brother Billy, and a green Dodge Ram for my cousin Bobby, and a blue F150 for my grandma Billie Jean, and a grey F150 for my other grandma Bobbie Joe. I'm currently homeless--but I got a fleet of pickup trucks parked on Flatbush Avenue."
The correct answer is C. The fact of the matter is, in 70% of America, the general public pretty much has a love affair with pickup trucks. Does the mainstream media educate you on such matters? Hardly. Instead, the mainstream media focuses on showing you sedans and compact cars and SUVs in Los Angeles and New York City.
The mainstream media specializes in selective information and disinformation. They even promote the myth that New York City is in New York State. New York City is in New York State? I beg to differ. New York City is in Puerto Rico State. I know. One time I went to New York City, I approached 100 random men there, and I asked each one the following question: "Is your name Luis Rivera?" The survey said, 4 out of every 100 New York males are Luis Rivera. I went through the city records, and it confirmed my findings. A plethora of Luis Riveras. There are also 8,873 women in New York with the name Jennifer Lopez. In any given month in New York, you can find a wedding where a man named Luis Rivera is marrying a woman named Jennifer Lopez.
Meanwhile, the show Friends is set in New York--and yet, if you go through all 236 episodes with a fine comb, there's no Rivera-Lopez wedding of any kind to be found, and furthermore, all 236 episodes contain a grand total of one Puerto Rican person: he makes his sole appearance in Season 10, Episode 3 and has a delightful exchange with Ross, which involves Ross assuming that the man has a spray on tan, and the man correcting him by saying that his tan does not come from spray, but rather, from his Puerto Ricananness. I am not making that up.
The point is, don't rely on the media to educate you on what the world is like. I've never been to Mexico, but I'll bet that it's vastly different from the Mexico presented to us by the media--especially if you visit the real parts of the country, as opposed to the touristy spots. If you go to an authentic Mexican restaurant in authentic Mexico, here's what will probably happen. As soon as you order a "taco," the waiter will say, "Taco? What the hell is a taco? Oh, you mean that fake Mexican food created by Americans. In Mexico, we don't eat tacos and burritos or salsa and guacamole. We eat real Mexican food. It's made of six ingredients total: nanche, pitaya, jicama, mangoes, pig intestines, and Chicklets. It's a good thing pigs have intestines. Otherwise, the average Mexican diet would be very deficient in selenium and magnesium."
The point is, if you want to know what America and Mexico are like, don't bother watching Friends and a bunch of Taco Bell commercials. You need to go through a 100 step procedure. I'm not entirely sure what steps 9 through 100 are, but I can give you steps 1 through 8 right now: 1 - buy an F150, 2 - drive the F150 to Mexico, 3 - eat the intestines of a pig, 4 - drive to New York, 5 - attend a Rivera-Lopez wedding, 6 - purchase the complete series of Friends on DVD, 7 - open a trash can, 8 - throw the DVDs in the trash can.
