You have got to be kidding me

-   $450 for a plain white designer t-shirt -  Dropped-crotch, cropped harem pants as a directional fashion statement -  Atonal music (Schoenberg!) as something a person should sit through and savor -  VIP bottle service at a roped-off table that just ends up trashed, filthy and overrun by the hoi polloi by sunrise   Sometimes I believe product designers/cultural "tastemakers" play pranks on the general public.  They'll serve up something ordinary, ridiculous or both and EVANGELIZE it as revolutionary or must-have cool.   Which I believe may explain:   -   $499-$699 (only $100 extra for 3G!) for the privilege of reading books from a backlit LED screen.      -   $499-$699 (only $100 extra for 3G!) to miss out on any web feature using that newfangled technology "Flash."   - It's a laptop with no keyboard     -  It's an oversized iPhone that can't make calls   -  It's a "technological innovation" with no built-in camera   -  And it's named for a feminine hygiene product   "But it has a touch screen!"   Technically, so did the Etch-A-Sketch.