ISIS may be spreading terror and chaos. Cars may be burning in the streets of Milwaukee. Russia may be getting ready to invade Ukraine. The election may be a shambles. But the good (rich) people of Chicago’s Gold Coast (and the name does speak for itself) know what’s really important: the quality of their gelato. Only in America.  (Where I’m sure some of the less pecuniarily blessed among us are just as worried about the quality of our pizza.)

Now, it’s pretty easy to thumb our noses at those foodie snobs with their First World problems. But really, in an odd way, we owe them a debt of gratitude – not only for providing us with a few moments of absolute hilarity, but also for reminding us that even when the World Is Going To Hell In A Handbasket, life goes on, at least for those of us lucky enough to live here in the U.S.