Stricken Sounds

I think we can all agree that the recession is making out lives harder, and its something we simply need to weather. But to constantly appeal to that fact is probably the most annoying part about it. These appeals take form in the extremely trite phrase “In today’s economy” or “times are tough”,then usually continuing on their way to try and sell you something.  When I hear these I am reminded how far from ideal conditions are. And when I say ‘Ideal conditions’, I do not mean economic conditions, but rather creative and rhetorical conditions. Americans love to utilize this appeal and it is by far the most rage inducing phrase I am aware of. That is probably the worst part about the recession.