How NOT to write about the recession

The agony of the food snob on Slate.

I like wine and cheese as much as the next guy. But the recession is driving up prices at Whole Foods? Kiss my bright white ass.

When Gross pretends that his anemic heart bleeds for the "so many others are genuinely struggling to pay for enough basic sustenance to get them through the day" I want to chop off my own head in humiliation. Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Accept that you're a culturally bankrupt asshole! Don't pretend to give a shit about other people!