http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk
Pretty funny and true. Good to keep perspective in your life.
Pretty funny and true. Good to keep perspective in your life.
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Ok, so his point is that we have cell phones (that dont go to space, BTW) online banking but if capitalism fails that is ok, people are spoiled and we should all be happy because we have technology.
So ask this question, if capitalism fails what makes everyone think that we wont go back to donkey carts, rotary phones and no banks. How did we get all of this technology and make it affordable for the average person ?
So ask this question, if capitalism fails what makes everyone think that we wont go back to donkey carts, rotary phones and no banks. How did we get all of this technology and make it affordable for the average person ?
Lets not make this political....
Some of it is very funny. Like they say humor is based on truth.
Some of it is very funny. Like they say humor is based on truth.
elz, It is not an indictment of capitalism.
I once read an essay reflecting on the gains made by science since the 1500's and the subsequent explanation of the behavior of energy and matter by the use of mathematics, all the results of this culminating in a teenager sitting on the floor of his house listening to a Walkman thinking, "I wanna be a rock-n-roll star"
I once read an essay reflecting on the gains made by science since the 1500's and the subsequent explanation of the behavior of energy and matter by the use of mathematics, all the results of this culminating in a teenager sitting on the floor of his house listening to a Walkman thinking, "I wanna be a rock-n-roll star"
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Yeah, please don't make an issue of his use of the word capitalism. I don't think he was suggesting it's bad, but that we take for granted what we have NOW in our lives. One could argue this means we need to stop demanding more from others and be content with what we have.
Funny though. I try and catch myself when I start complaining meaningless "stuff".
Funny though. I try and catch myself when I start complaining meaningless "stuff".
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Ok, so his point is that we have cell phones (that dont go to space, BTW) online banking but if capitalism fails that is ok, people are spoiled and we should all be happy because we have technology.
So ask this question, if capitalism fails what makes everyone think that we wont go back to donkey carts, rotary phones and no banks. How did we get all of this technology and make it affordable for the average person ?
I don't think he meant that cell calls go into space. However, some long distance calls are routed through satellites instead of going entirely by land. So any call, cellular or POTS could end up going via satellite.
Ok, so his point is that we have cell phones (that dont go to space, BTW) online banking but if capitalism fails that is ok, people are spoiled and we should all be happy because we have technology.
So ask this question, if capitalism fails what makes everyone think that we wont go back to donkey carts, rotary phones and no banks. How did we get all of this technology and make it affordable for the average person ?
I don't think he meant that cell calls go into space. However, some long distance calls are routed through satellites instead of going entirely by land. So any call, cellular or POTS could end up going via satellite.
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It was funny. We take way too much for granted. Our complexity is so "common" that no one really sees it.
I have a somewhat different slant on it. I don't really see much need ..or as much need for constant reinvention of the wheel. Much of what we develop really has little value beyond (broad view) entertainment.
I have a somewhat different slant on it. I don't really see much need ..or as much need for constant reinvention of the wheel. Much of what we develop really has little value beyond (broad view) entertainment.
We've a friend who is always looking for the next rainbow, gets there, and looks for the next to be happy. She doesn't get that she is responsible for her own happiness.
As to going back to the rotary phone...we'd never be able to afford one of those mechanical masterpieces after a world of solid state and digital.
When DVDs were new, the better half spent $500 on a player, that lasted 13 months. I pulled it apart and was appalled at what wasn't in it.
As to going back to the rotary phone...we'd never be able to afford one of those mechanical masterpieces after a world of solid state and digital.
When DVDs were new, the better half spent $500 on a player, that lasted 13 months. I pulled it apart and was appalled at what wasn't in it.
Yah the only reason I have a cell phone plan is because of my Daughter. I could take it or leave it. My Dad has resisted my Sister getting him on a cell phone and the more he resist's her attempts, the more I respect where he is coming from.
There is much peace in the old ways of not being available anywhere and anytime........
There is much peace in the old ways of not being available anywhere and anytime........
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Yah the only reason I have a cell phone plan is because of my Daughter. I could take it or leave it. My Dad has resisted my Sister getting him on a cell phone and the more he resist's her attempts, the more I respect where he is coming from.
There is much peace in the old ways of not being available anywhere and anytime........
Man is that ever true....
Yah the only reason I have a cell phone plan is because of my Daughter. I could take it or leave it. My Dad has resisted my Sister getting him on a cell phone and the more he resist's her attempts, the more I respect where he is coming from.
There is much peace in the old ways of not being available anywhere and anytime........
Man is that ever true....
I see some (new gen) people's "problems" and I chuckle...
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Originally Posted By: crinkles
but shannow our daddy's din't teach us!!
but seriously, you should know whether $100 a month is disappearing from your account or not...
Oh, everyone knows that it's disappearing ..they just usually find the cause to be a 5th column movement within the clan
If money was water, my wife would be a better evaporator operator than I ever was. No training needed.
but shannow our daddy's din't teach us!!
but seriously, you should know whether $100 a month is disappearing from your account or not...
Oh, everyone knows that it's disappearing ..they just usually find the cause to be a 5th column movement within the clan
If money was water, my wife would be a better evaporator operator than I ever was. No training needed.
That was a good little comedy routine. That's the first time I've seen or heard of Louis C.K.
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When DVDs were new, the better half spent $500 on a player, that lasted 13 months. I pulled it apart and was appalled at what wasn't in it.
My first DVD player was a $400 Pioneer, but it's still working nine years later and is much better than any other DVD player I've used because it opens the tray immediately after pressing the button and loads the disc within a couple of seconds. Why do new DVD players take so long? I've been spoiled by my old technology!
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When DVDs were new, the better half spent $500 on a player, that lasted 13 months. I pulled it apart and was appalled at what wasn't in it.
My first DVD player was a $400 Pioneer, but it's still working nine years later and is much better than any other DVD player I've used because it opens the tray immediately after pressing the button and loads the disc within a couple of seconds. Why do new DVD players take so long? I've been spoiled by my old technology!
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Because the R&D people who brought the first vanguard to market were more posh than the cut raters that followed. When you have little competition you can "fluff it up" for the distinctive owner. While Shannow was paying $500 ..the rabble were still using $40 VHS that had probably migrated from Japan, to Korea ..to Malaysia to Taiwan ..to who knows where in handmedown manufacturing.
Awesome video... Some things I don't agree with but just my opinion.
Thanks for posting it
Thanks for posting it
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