Please Don't Make Me Say This NY Times Magazine Essay is "Everything"

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Jody Rosen, one of my favorite writers about anything, has written a very good piece about the rise of the word "everything." You ought to read it, if you are into reading smart, funny things about language and the world and how the internet is eroding the comparative case. It's worth your time.
“Everything” is a hawker’s cry, a hard sell. Which makes perfect sense. The Internet is the most dizzying marketplace in human histo