Curious little stove and its compelling power to spread virally show that our consumer confidence is still in the toilet.

It keeps popping up on Facebook, this crafty little stove from Metacafe (which is maybe a bistro where everything is made on craft-made stoves). The calm voice walks you through using common (Heet?) household items to create exactly what it claims. While this might be most conventional for campers, given the crowd that is posting it, it would seem that there fear is in play. We're talking people like a fashion stylist and a pop singer (see his video after the jump). Are they expecting to hike the trails soon? Or are they preparing for the potentiality of living as hobos? (If you're similarly hobophobic and worry about your future can of beans being properly cooked, it turns out that there are a plethora of simple stoves, so don't worry too much.)