Two of my three are teenagers now, and I completely agree. Not only that, but some of the science projects that my son has inadvertently created by leaving food in places in his room (which is against the rules of course), have had their own interesting odors.
I am going out on a limb here to say you aren’t married, or have children. Once either of those happen, it’s usually that she wants you to smell meat or milk or some food to see if it’s still good. Or to share with you how preposterous something smells that one of your kids did or made.
Me too, pay $175 for a yearly subscription and read it at dinner everyday. My kids read the comics, and my wife does the crosswords. I’ve found tons of interesting things about local news, even some obits, that I never would have found online. Well worth the cost.
And maybe that is the case, but even so, I can’t comprehend that happening given the advancement in the last 100 years. Such an unknown. (Honestly, I think I’d be cool with printed announcements in the town square.)
You just know they were standing there thinking “this is incredible technology. I can’t imagine how it can get more advanced than this”. Makes me think all the time how we can’t even begin to comprehend what the next 100 years looks like.
Ask them to look at their credit card bills or grocery receipts from January 2024 and January 2026. Just compare. If they’re better off, super, vote however you want. If literally everything in their life is apples to apples more expensive in 2 years’ time, like double, let the numbers do the explaining.
You understand that there are a lot of people alive before the internet existed, right? And if this person is relating a story from their childhood, and they’re anywhere over like 35 years old, us old people couldn’t just “go on the internet”.
Living in that area in that era I can hear the original “Stand Back!” voice in my head from the metro recording, with the old school flashing lights on the floor, and also remember when they changed it to the ‘softer’ recording.
Ok, but wait. Why would there be no traffic? I know that near the middle/end of ep 2 she says how many millions died during the “transition”. And we have seen sparse roads like when she’s driving the scooter to the airport to fly the plane.
But what keeps nagging at me is that stuff still needs to happen. People still need to go to the power plant to make power to allow the chef to cook your food and power your mansion. Someone still needs to mine fossil fuels for you to put in your bikes. Someone still needs to plow the roads in the snow and patch the potholes and make the vehicles that do those things and the clothes you wear and… even if it’s a hive mind, and happy people, someone still needs to keep the lights on the and the sewers working and all that creates traffic. Even if everyone knows how to do everything, there is still transit and shipping. I dunno. I like the idyllic Italian coast setup, don’t get me wrong, but I have been tossing around the rest of that for a while also.
Two of my three are teenagers now, and I completely agree. Not only that, but some of the science projects that my son has inadvertently created by leaving food in places in his room (which is against the rules of course), have had their own interesting odors.
I am going out on a limb here to say you aren’t married, or have children. Once either of those happen, it’s usually that she wants you to smell meat or milk or some food to see if it’s still good. Or to share with you how preposterous something smells that one of your kids did or made.
Shunnnn. Shun the nonbeliever.
Off topic, but this gives me a craving to play Stranded Deep. Fun game.
Me too, pay $175 for a yearly subscription and read it at dinner everyday. My kids read the comics, and my wife does the crosswords. I’ve found tons of interesting things about local news, even some obits, that I never would have found online. Well worth the cost.
All great advice. Do this, and good luck!
“This ain’t a scene, it’s an arms race” by Fallout Boy. Been stuck in my head for a week now.
Naw, come on, now I want to hear it.
And maybe that is the case, but even so, I can’t comprehend that happening given the advancement in the last 100 years. Such an unknown. (Honestly, I think I’d be cool with printed announcements in the town square.)
You just know they were standing there thinking “this is incredible technology. I can’t imagine how it can get more advanced than this”. Makes me think all the time how we can’t even begin to comprehend what the next 100 years looks like.
2026 is underway!
On the comments for that one, it said “Ho-gazm” is what they think.
Ask them to look at their credit card bills or grocery receipts from January 2024 and January 2026. Just compare. If they’re better off, super, vote however you want. If literally everything in their life is apples to apples more expensive in 2 years’ time, like double, let the numbers do the explaining.
Smarter Everyday has only gotten better and better as he has grown in notoriety. Fantastic content, and not beholden to sponsors.
Ah yes, name calling. What a mature way to handle the situation.
You understand that there are a lot of people alive before the internet existed, right? And if this person is relating a story from their childhood, and they’re anywhere over like 35 years old, us old people couldn’t just “go on the internet”.
Living in that area in that era I can hear the original “Stand Back!” voice in my head from the metro recording, with the old school flashing lights on the floor, and also remember when they changed it to the ‘softer’ recording.
I miss listening to EITM. Great show, made me laugh everyday. This probably wouldn’t have, but that show is a DMV classic.
Lawrence - Don’t Lose Sight
Ok, but wait. Why would there be no traffic? I know that near the middle/end of ep 2 she says how many millions died during the “transition”. And we have seen sparse roads like when she’s driving the scooter to the airport to fly the plane. But what keeps nagging at me is that stuff still needs to happen. People still need to go to the power plant to make power to allow the chef to cook your food and power your mansion. Someone still needs to mine fossil fuels for you to put in your bikes. Someone still needs to plow the roads in the snow and patch the potholes and make the vehicles that do those things and the clothes you wear and… even if it’s a hive mind, and happy people, someone still needs to keep the lights on the and the sewers working and all that creates traffic. Even if everyone knows how to do everything, there is still transit and shipping. I dunno. I like the idyllic Italian coast setup, don’t get me wrong, but I have been tossing around the rest of that for a while also.