Status = Vicarious

Richard: In Love Actually, who’s the chick musician that one lady adores? Her cheating husband buys her a CD of the music for Christmas.

Nic: I can’t think of it off the top of my head.

Richard: Joni Mitchell.

Nic: You were just trying to rub your knowledge in my face weren’t you.

Richard: It has nothing to do with knowledge. I just like rubbing things in faces—inanimate or animate; tangible or intangible.

Nic: Abuse of concepts is how people catch Nihilism.

Richard: New Facebook status: Richard caught the Nihilism.

Nic: You know there is only one cure for that don’t you?

Richard: So tell me what my next status will be.

Nic: Cupcakes and Pandabears.

Richard: That’s not a complete sentence.

Nic: The only cure for a disease so completely disabling as that of Nihilism is the surrender to the overwhelming benevolence of the mighty cupcake and the unconditional love of the noble Panda.

Richard: Richard has been cured of the disease of Nihilism by surrendering to the overwhelming benevolence of the mighty cupcake and unconditional love of the noble panda.

Nic: I'm glad you have Facebook so I don't have to.