i don't get tablecloths

the idea of them is to 'protect' yr table from spills, stains, damage, etc

but what is the point of doing that if the immaculate aesthetic of the table cannot be appreciated anyways by virtue of the fact that it is being concealed by a tablecloth

and don't say 'the tablecloth has its own aesthetic' no that's bullshit because the tablecloth itself is susceptible to all the things that a tableclothless table is susceptible to so if you are tableclothing the table to protect its aesthetic then you would do the same thing to the tablecloth (with a meta-tablecloth i suppose)

does this make tablecloths ironic? maybe the person who invented the tablecloth is like walking around and observing the massive success of his invention while looking down in disdain and shaking his head at the sorry state to which human society has been brought down by time, stupidity, materialism, capitalism, politics, consumerism, and one more thing shit what is it i can't remember

who knew that tablecloths were a symbol so laden with insight about us and the way we live,

oh yeah the 'thing' i forgot before (that is bringing down human society) is drug use