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Step your mind into a crowded elevator, an elevator so crowded you cannot turn around without bumping into (and aggravating) your neighbor. The elevator is so crowded you are often held aloft. This is a kind of blessing, as the slanted floor is made of wire, which cuts into your feet.

After some time, those in the elevator will lose their ability to work in the interest of the group. Some will become violent; others will go mad. A few, deprived of food and hope, will become cannibalistic.

There is no respite, no relief. No elevator repairman is coming. The doors will open once, at the end of your life, for your journey to the only place worse (see: PROCESSING).

The quote could be talking about overpopulation, but it's referring to the use of 'battery cages' by chicken farmers. I'm reading Eating Animals, a wittily written book on, well, eating animals.

Another good quote about KFC:

Formerly signifying Kentucky Fried Chicken, now signifying nothing, KFC is arguably the company that has increased the sum total of suffering in the world more than any other in history.

Heh, reminds me of an old KFC commercial, where Kernel Sanders tries to cater to 'urban' audiences by yelling "Booyah!"