There seems to be about 150 billion things in the world that I care about, and Lady Gaga has yet to make the list

This is why.  I read this and realized it isn't hard to believe that in another hundred years the civilization that was once the cradle of human rights, equality, and freedom will be a thing of the past.  Of course given the rhythmic caterwauling that passes as modern music, it's almost unfair to pin it all on her. Still, their empty, sex obsessed pontificating is about all our cultural icons have to offer, and even that appears to stretch their insights to the breaking point. Sigh. Never in the field of human history have so many said so little about so much.