• Mixairian@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I’m just going to steal the response I read years ago.

    “I possess a device, in my pocket, that is capable of accessing the entirety of information known to man. I use it to look at pictures of cats and get into arguments with strangers.”

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    11 months ago

    Things they considered morally fine (smoking, dropping litter, 40 year olds dating 16 year olds) is morally reprehensible, while things they thought were morally wrong or even outlawed are totally acceptable (homosexually, porn, divorce).

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    Most difficult imho would be to explain why we haven’t advanced any further. If the person is 50 in 1950 he started with horse carriages and saw development to intercontinental bombers, rockets etc. The landing on moon would astonish him, advances in medical sciences and computing too but he probably would ask: “And what are you using that neat little gadgets for?”

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    11 months ago

    That shitty actor from Bedtime for Bonzo becomes president.

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    That we’ve been to the moon and back, and that they can casually toss into their pockets a device with enough “thinking” power to do the necessary math for the task and then some.

    And that we still can’t make nylon stockings that don’t “run,” but that nobody cares because we don’t wear them anymore.

    That, and transgender is normal.

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      toss into their pockets a device with enough “thinking” power to do the necessary math for the task and then some.

      “And then some” is a bit of an under statement. An iPhone 14 is literally millions of times faster than the Apollo Guidance Computer.

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      11 months ago

      What a dumb answer that completely ignores that was a topic of debate at that time. The concept and topic was WELL known. 17 upvotes 🤦‍♂️.

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    11 months ago

    If your tire pressure is low, you have to pay money….for air.

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    11 months ago

    You know what I’ll be just take them grocery shopping at a supermarket and show them that for X amount of money you’ll get less items.