Eavesdropping at an Arcata Coffee Shop

I overheard parts of a conversation between a blond dread-locked man and a hippie woman today:

Dread-lock man: "See, the government may have put you in a physical jail, but the government is putting us all in a physiological prison.

Later...

Woman: "Yeah, she is so petty, like, there is so much more to talk about"
Dread-locked Man: "Ah, yes, I know, like eternity!