I guess the major cultural note here is that it's not *that* bad. The younger folks have started drinking more cold things.I've been trying out new Copic markers! It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy when I use it. The nib is so different from my usual Tomboys. Inking with a rather thick pen, but not a brush pen. I think I've pretty much set the texting standard as in the narrative voice is in caps, while the smaller "notes" sort of text is in lower case.Funny story: When I was in Beijing to volunteer for the Olympics, our hosts actually: (A) got us each a whole pack of bottled water because so many people didn't know how to deal with hot water bottles, and (B) made a special arrangement with the dining hall people to allow us to put the bottles in their fridge.I thought that there is too much white space, but various people said "Just put it up, Sushu".