I forgot to wear my pants to the beach
No one told me!
It was just a mistake, of course. But... fake apology
Acting like it was actually a really progressive thing to do.
Like, it was way ahead of our time to do that.
Put a seed of doubt in their heads, ya know?

A child will grow up in that town, pushing an oily tater tot across a red plastic plate under an energy-saving bulb.
The sun is low in the sky and someone looks out across the floodplain.