I assume you’re basing the abuse argument on the WWE logo in the corner. Everyone who didn’t notice that (me included, at first) just see a girl with a “how dare he?” look on her face. Which is actually pretty funny.
In case you’re wondering where all the downvotes are coming from.
Some of the best Mexican food I’ve had was in Okinawa.
Where I really miss Mexican food is Spain.
People do tend to become more (small c) conservative as they grow older for a multitude of reasons. It makes sense - you’ve spent years accomplishing various goals and establishing a place for yourself. You’ve got more to lose, so you resist change.
But what I’m talking about is the loss of novelty. You stop caring about every new fad, every new piece of tech, every new movement. Life loses the magical quality it holds for the young. You focus more on the things you think are important, while the rest becomes background noise.
You don’t really notice at first. Then one day you look up and everything is different. Young people are talking about stuff you’ve never heard of and doing things that seem silly and inconsequential. New ways of doing things become common, and you feel stupid because you haven’t learned them. Instead of being more knowledgeable over time, you find yourself having to relearn new ways of doing things you mastered years ago.
Some people try their hardest to keep up, even though it’s harder every year. Some people shrug and accept it, content to let the young find their own way. Some complain endlessly and try to fight against change, insisting that the way of life they’ve led is the only proper way to live.
This happens to almost everyone. There are a few who manage to hold on to that spark of curiosity and wonder into old age, but they’re few and far between. You probably aren’t one of them. I know I’m not.
So what kind of person will you become?
Sometimes I tell myself, “this is not my beautiful stapler!”
Ask to borrow his lighter, light up a smoke, and then talk about classic cars. Now you’re friends.
Ah, that’s more what I expect. Of course, most of his readership will look at that top book and try to remember if Karl was the one with the horn that didn’t talk.
Ben is losing his touch if he thinks his target audience knows what a “Maoist” is.
Hah! Old age will have surprises for you.
My generation will have tech illiteracy problems worse than the boomers. Yours will be even worse than mine. It’s because most people reach a point where they stop trying to keep up with everything and fall behind.
You’ll start to see it after you pass 40 or so. Then when you’re in your 60s it’ll be your generation’s turn to be mocked as the bumbling idiots who ruined the world.
So have fun with that.
Sure, I’ll just smuggle in European toilets to replace the perfectly serviceable toilets in my house.
Shall I remove the toilet seats and paper as well to really get that “Spanish gas station” feel?
Or maybe - just maybe - it’s not a big enough problem for anyone to take the time to fix.
Yes, but people tend to have the habit of flushing at least twice in hopes the second time works, despite past experience.
That won’t stop it from overflowing. You need to pop the lid off the toilet, push the float down, and unhook the chain going to the flap.
It’s also horribly inconsistent, poorly designed, and mostly a money grab. So it fits.
It’s just one letter away from “wang”…
Ah, that’s right. Damn, that’s half the social scene there.
We work on the fuel farm. It’s up for a major overhaul in a couple years.
Back when I was a kid you would fight over the vice-grips you used to turn the shaft where the missing channel knob was supposed to be. The vice grips doubling as a makeshift cosh was integral to the conflict.
Yeah. Grandfathers aren’t supposed to hug their grandkids, after all.
Oh, holy shit. They normally leave the foundation vents open on the buildings in the winter and close them in the spring to make sure the permafrost stays frozen.
One of my coworkers (who loves going to Thule) is a major climate change denier. Wonder how he’ll spin that when we go back in a couple years.
“The tow” isn’t ringing bells - what’s that again?
Maybe at the south pole. There’s little to no snow around where I was in northern Greenland. It gets above freezing up there during the summer and it almost never snows, so what accumulation you do get is actually from snow being blown off the ice cap rather than down from the sky. So it takes a while to build back up in the winter.
Accusing people like Stallman of being rapists dilutes the meaning of the word.
Is he creepy? Sure. Does he have rather unpopular opinions on what constitutes pedophilia? Yep. Does he go around forcing people to have sex with him? No.