[Julie Steiner]

My fellow San Diego County citizens were featured in several items in Colbert's Wednesday monologue. Enjoy from a safe distance.

[Ann Drysdale]

I watched that all the way through. The bit I liked best was the young woman who was obliged to approach the dreadlocked one, did so defiantly masked and, as soon as she resumed her seat, sanitised her hands ostentatiously.

[John Riley]

I live in the South. Stop whining.

[Chris O'Carroll]

Thanks for the Zeitgeist update, Julie. Like the Jan. 6 gang that couldn't coup straight, these anti-public-health whack jobs disconcert me by looking way too much like people I used to get high with.

[Jesse Anger]

x is the problem

yes, and y is the solution

well, I don't think that's the only solution

Oh, so you're denying x is the problem!?

J

[Julie Steiner]

John, correct me if I'm wrong, but I've been under the impression that Southern eccentricity is mostly a cottage industry (even if widespread), handmade artisanally in small batches, mainly for local consumption. In contrast, since One America News Network is headquartered here, San Diego County is a major producer and exporter of fortified wackadoodle.

Jesse, to misquote Animal Farm, some solutions are more equal than others. Then again, I personally have great hopes for a possible solution involving moths and tree bark, so I'm probably not in a good position to sneer at solutions that sound bonkers.