When I went through my "why is everyone delusional or dead" phase, I uncovered Jean Baudrillard, Umberto Eco, and hyperreality.

You may have already heard of Baudrillard and Eco, but here's a link to a brief summary of Eco's "Traveling Through Hyperreality" if you want to reread or read it. The philosophers helped me to make sense of our bizarre culture and society.

The pseudo-reality exploded into existence, and I'm as bewildered by this phenomenon as you. I often want to scream, "put your hands in some dirt to ground yourself," but I don't think it's a long-term fix because we obey the Worthless God's demand to worship and pursue manufactured value.

Disney World wasn't joking, and Orlando is everywhere.