Fortune Cookie Rant

Okay, what's the deal with fortune cookies? When did they stop being fortune cookies and become trite platitude cookies?

I see the following relevant definitions of the word fortune at Dictionary.com:
5. fortunes. things that happen or are to happen to a person in his or her life.
6. fate; lot; destiny: whatever my fortune may be.
-Idiom
12. tell someone's fortune, to profess to inform someone of future events in his or her own life; foretell.

It's about the future and what's going to happen to somebody in the future. It's not about giving silly advice. Here's the one I got today - "At the end of each day, think 'What has this day brought me, and what have I given it?'"

Huh?!?

Where's the fortune?

What ever happened to things like, "You will live a long life and accumulate vast wealth" or "You will meet a stranger who will change your life" or perhaps "You will die with a very big grin and very sore genitalia"?

I think the fortune cookie writers need to get off their high horses and start delivering fortunes again. If I want advice I'll go to Dear Abbey.

Hope everybody is getting as lucky as they want to be,
bbobb