The amusing thing about modern society and the younger generation is, whatever is considered insulting or unfunny one day, could be and would be considered acceptable and comedy gold the next day. If someone has a general fixation on the simple prospect of clean and tidy, they could be then accused of being OCD, even if they don’t even have the disorder. In XO9, Chabon’s own infatuation with the most simplest of things when he was describing his own activities due to the disorder was one of the main string of reasons that drew me closer to this paper. His rocking whenever he is performing an important task, his fixation on certain words, and even his need to see through a repairing job relate to me on a deep personal level because I too share
