Still, there are signs that a generation once known for its deeply felt views may be taking out its checkbook, however belatedly.
They arguably should have, particularly if this confirms that the company has hit a plateau or, worse still, has belatedly succumbed to the general malaise on the high street.
A lot of us, even those of us who consider ourselves pretty with-it and aware citizens of the modern enlightened world, are still waking up belatedly to stuff our friends of color (and family members of color and coworkers of color and strangers of color) have known forever because they've lived it.
He also took action, belatedly and still far from completely, on the export of Wahhabi extremism and the funding of Islamist movements abroad by Saudi individuals and groups, the worst aspect of the dangerous double life long led by the Saudi state.
Last summer, when the election looked lost for Gerhard Schröder, the unions belatedly swung their still quite heavy weight behind him.
He received commissions throughout the 1490s and was still paying his dues, if belatedly, to the Company of Saint Luke, the Florentine painters' guild, in 1505.
Though it may not be a tangible product of global warming, the rain has still shown the U.S.T.A. was belatedly pursuing a retractable roof after failing to do so when Ashe Stadium was built for the 1997 Open.
In Britain we certainly got it wrong in 2010 when we stripped out things we then belatedly realised we still needed, like maritime reconnaissance and some of our air squadrons – and then along came Russian penetration missions in or near our airspace, and we found it a strain to register our disapproval of these incursions in the usual way.
But it still gets the fundamental point belatedly right in noting "...we do understand that we have a responsibility to stay abreast of the latest science as we strive to make the best decisions possible in the management of the state's natural resources".
Nevertheless, even such belatedly obtained information can be of a certain help in the therapeutic process.
