The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above average drivers. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. There apparently exists, somewhere in Los Angeles, a computer that generates concepts for television sitcoms. And so on. We need to locate this computer and destroy it with hammers.
Nobody is normal.
Whatever they announced last year about global warming is wrong. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them. The value of advertising is that it tells you the exact opposite of what the advertiser actually thinks. If Coke and Pepsi spend billions of dollars to convince you that there are significant differences between these two products, both companies realize that Pepsi and Coke are virtually identical. If the advertisement strongly suggests that Nike shoes enable athletes to perform amazing feats, Nike wants you to disregard the fact that shoe brand is unrelated to athletic ability.