Humping the couch is not jumping the shark - that well-chronicled cultural phenomenon of a faltering TV show making a desperate move to save its ass. While it may sound similar, humping the couch is quite different. Dare I say, it's more complex - perhaps a post-modern version of the familiar shark jump. When someone or something humps the couch they are not merely attempting to save themselves from obscurity or declining ratings, they are not becoming something they weren't. Oh no, humping the couch is performing something they never were, or maybe something they believe they should have been, or just maybe, something they believe they should be now. This might be, as I suspect is the case with Tom, based on a publicist' suggestion, or it could simply be an unconscious self-consciousness that plagues college freshman throughout the world. Whatever causes it, it is important that we begin to label this as the pathology it's become. People and things are humping the couch everywhere - in your city, in your town, maybe, just maybe, in your living room. Leave no stone unturned.
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