It's Idiocracy happening right before our eyes. We can fix baldness, give an 80-year-old an erection, and cheaply float a balloon at your crotch-spawn's birthday party.
Fundamental research? Not so much, Nerdly McNerdherson.
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I'm with him. What good are helium balloons anyways? Just good for bringing to school so some suck-up can surprise the popular girl having a birthday, when all I ever got from them was a request for a piece of cake I brought for my OWN birthday cuz NOBODY CARES and then they're all like "It's your birthday? What kind of cake is that?" and then I grudgingly give them a piece which they take with them as they head for the small party that formed to congratulate some bitch for being nominated prom queen.