Occasionally I have ideas that, while interesting, are either too weird to contemplate or too flimsy to withstand further exploration. Usually, these ideas fade into obscurity after a while, only to be replaced by other half-baked ideas. But sometimes I wonder if, among these mutant musings, there isn’t some unexpectedly genius notion, some wacked out idea that’s so bizarre it just might be true.

Take, for example, what I call Starbucks Personality Disorder.

Is it possible that Starbucks is to blame for most of America’s ills? Think about it. In the olden days, people used to have a cup or two of coffee a day and those cups were small. Even a “large” coffee in, say, the nineteen-fifties, would be dwarfed by Stabucks’ smallest offerings. Not only that, but Starbucks routinely increases the caffeine levels in its beverages, just to keep you hooked. Is it possible that all this extra caffeine is making us edgier? Angrier? With shorter fuses?

Personally, I had to give up caffeine completely a while back because of the horrifying mood swings it was causing, which I discussed in detail here. What if we’re having mood swings on a national scale? It makes you wonder if the Tea Party–a band of angry nut jobs if there ever was one–might be aptly named. Maybe they should switch to herbal and they wouldn’t be so angry all the time.

So what do you think? Mutant musing or world-changing brainwave?