Egress Considered

Interested in the history of fire escapes? You’re not? Fuck you, you incurious clod! Get the fuck out of here with your lack of interest in a classic city feature. The sign up top says* “Be less stupid,” and you, sir — I am assuming you are a sir, because we know the ladies are far too clever not to care about something like this — have failed at that easily achievable goal. Get out of my site. Okay, those of you who remain and who are interested in the history of fire escapes, first let apologize for that bit of unpleasantness. I try to keep a lid on this fiery temperament of mine but sometimes the ignorance in just too great to bear. Please forgive me. I appreciate your patience while you’ve waited for me to direct you to… wait, what were we talking about? Genius? Jon Lovitz? Hahaha, just kidding, there’s NO WAY. The subject was fire escapes, and here’s where you can go to read about them. I’m gonna go lie down.

*At least it used to. I stopped paying attention a while ago and I guess it disappeared? Oh well, nothing lasts forever. You can’t stop progress, even though everything would almost certainly be a lot better if more people did more often.