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MartinSE 06-26-2022 01:45 PM

Douglas Adams Quote - seems applicable here... LOL!
 
“I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies,” writes Douglas Adams in The Salmon of Doubt.

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

alwann 06-26-2022 03:28 PM

So says Doug
 
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable."

―Douglas Adams,' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.'

tophcfa 06-26-2022 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MartinSE (Post 2110448)
“I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies,” writes Douglas Adams in The Salmon of Doubt.

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

And anything invented after you reach the curmudgeon age of 60, when you no longer embrace change, is absolutely unacceptable! That is, unless someone finds the fountain of youth : )

JMintzer 06-26-2022 07:05 PM

Not to mention that any injury you have after 40 is permanent...

MartinSE 06-26-2022 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alwann (Post 2110472)
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable."

―Douglas Adams,' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.'

Maybe that already happened…


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