Who needs a unifying theme anyway?

That’s not to say that Sheen’s a saint undeserving the mockery he received. But it was symptomatic of a larger cultural ADHD in which we collectively agree to get outraged over something until something new shiny comes along to replace it. That new thing could be the BP oil spill, the cost of the Kardashian wedding, or something the kids on the Internet are now referring to as “Qwickster.