Pome Of The Day

Could be of the entire damn wk., who knows (anything)?

[T]he flatulence, lethargy, and ennui that are, alas, merely the individualized symptoms of
a civilization teetering on the brink of an unfathomably nightmarish death.

— Dave Noon, at LG&M.

(Cut off a clause or two before the part reproduced above. Were I being paid to help, I'd suggest "civilization" may be too strong a word. Culture or society, perhaps.)