The Banalité Challenge

While I was in Las Vegas I started - rather unconsciously - referring to just about everything I encountered as 'une banalité.' Yes there are amazing resorts, amazing places to dine, amazing shows to see - but in the context of the whole, it all seems so utterly banal. Now that I have arrived home I can't stop it. Everything seems utterly trite. I find it impossible to watch television. Has the world really gotten to be morbidly dense or is it just the effect of the internet (= taking away the intelligent). I tend to think the former ...