"When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture"
- Doug Coupland
About this Quote
This quote by Doug Coupland is a funny yet thought-provoking declaration about the culture of California. He is recommending that in the future, when archaeologists collect the remains of California, they will find the abundance of gyms and their challenging fitness center equipment and assume that the culture of California was obsessed with abuse. This is an amusing exaggeration of the existing culture of California, which is greatly focused on fitness and health. Coupland is recommending that this concentrate on physical conditioning will be misinterpreted by future generations as a focus on abuse. This quote is a humorous yet informative commentary on the culture of California and how it might be misinterpreted in the future.
This quote is written / told by Doug Coupland somewhere between December 30, 1961 and today. He was a famous Author from Canada.
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