A lot people like quick, convenient too

Convenience, and quick

I guess if there’s fast food, there’re fast people too.

Fast computers, fast cars.

Stuff people have some influence/control over.

But, in the hurried world what of peoples perceptions of that they have no control over, or little influence, does it become slow(er) by comparison, perhaps distorted.

A Tofflerish contemplation maybe.

And, did Mr Blackboard serve ideology well.

A lot of people just want everything now, property, mansions, swimming pools, fast cars, yachts, beach homes, kids, fastest pc, largest THX system possible, lots of energy, and more energy etc for cooling and heating their mansions etc, its the Everything Now Disease, END, fueled by greedy people, fast sex, fast cars, fast life, fast time is all important in a universe 13.7 billion years old to them.

Tau.Neutrino said:

A lot of people just want everything now, property, mansions, swimming pools, fast cars, yachts, beach homes, kids, fastest pc, largest THX system possible, lots of energy, and more energy etc for cooling and heating their mansions etc, its the Everything Now Disease, END, fueled by greedy people, fast sex, fast cars, fast life, fast time is all important in a universe 13.7 billion years old to them.

And that’s why debt is out of control. Way back when there was a phrase “No mun. No fun” If you didn’t have the money you waited until you did.

Tau.Neutrino said:

A lot of people just want everything now, property, mansions, swimming pools, fast cars, yachts, beach homes, kids, fastest pc, largest THX system possible, lots of energy, and more energy etc for cooling and heating their mansions etc, its the Everything Now Disease, END, fueled by greedy people, fast sex, fast cars, fast life, fast time is all important in a universe 13.7 billion years old to them.

tractor, red.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK97VG-m3W0

IQ Millenial Question

City people become detached from nature in their boxed up life, driving to work in a box, to work 9 to 5 in a box, to then drive home to live in a box, to eventually die in a box, city life, horrible.

Peak Warming Man said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

A lot of people just want everything now, property, mansions, swimming pools, fast cars, yachts, beach homes, kids, fastest pc, largest THX system possible, lots of energy, and more energy etc for cooling and heating their mansions etc, its the Everything Now Disease, END, fueled by greedy people, fast sex, fast cars, fast life, fast time is all important in a universe 13.7 billion years old to them.

tractor, red.

I like green tractors. they match the countryside.

Tau.Neutrino said:

City people become detached from nature in their boxed up life, driving to work in a box, to work 9 to 5 in a box, to then drive home to live in a box, to eventually die in a box, city life, horrible.

Sheeples!!!

Tau.Neutrino said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

A lot of people just want everything now, property, mansions, swimming pools, fast cars, yachts, beach homes, kids, fastest pc, largest THX system possible, lots of energy, and more energy etc for cooling and heating their mansions etc, its the Everything Now Disease, END, fueled by greedy people, fast sex, fast cars, fast life, fast time is all important in a universe 13.7 billion years old to them.

tractor, red.

I like green tractors. they match the countryside.

All red soil here. Doesn’t matter what colour they start they all end up red.

Tamb said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Peak Warming Man said:

tractor, red.

I like green tractors. they match the countryside.

All red soil here. Doesn’t matter what colour they start they all end up red.

ok, red tractor for you, matches the iron

AwesomeO said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

City people become detached from nature in their boxed up life, driving to work in a box, to work 9 to 5 in a box, to then drive home to live in a box, to eventually die in a box, city life, horrible.

Sheeples!!!

I used to drive through the rainforest and down a cablecar to get to work.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tamb said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

I like green tractors. they match the countryside.

All red soil here. Doesn’t matter what colour they start they all end up red.

ok, red tractor for you, matches the iron

Ooh, thanks.

Are we there yet?

transition said:

Did Mr Blackboard serve ideology well.

Yes. Quite the philosopher was Mr Blackboard.

I’ve noticed myself that I get impatient more often. It’s got to to stage where “denial of immediate gratification” means “toast”.

I used to sit through TV ads. Then as the pace of life increased I would get up and go to the kitchen during the TV ads. Now even that takes too long so I play computer games while waiting for the TV ads to finish. And beyond that now I play computer games during any slow part of the TV program. I used to hate it initially when miss m did that, now I do it myself.

I used to walk everywhere. Then the pace of life increased and I drove everywhere. Now the pace of life has increased so even that became too slow – so now I don’t leave the house.

Which reminds me, I must see where I can get a TV aerial signal strength monitor.

Digital TV Signal Strength Meter

https://www.jaycar.com.au/digital-tv-signal-strength-meter/p/LT3332

I’ve used my Mr Blackboard impression on the rest of the family for yonks.

:)

fsm said:

Digital TV Signal Strength Meter

https://www.jaycar.com.au/digital-tv-signal-strength-meter/p/LT3332

Bookmarked. (Yes this was originally on topic).

people have always wanted stuff quickly… it’s not a new phenomena and is ridiculous to suggest otherwise…

to me, this all smacks of “back in my day”

diddly-squat said:

people have always wanted stuff quickly… it’s not a new phenomena and is ridiculous to suggest otherwise…

to me, this all smacks of “back in my day”

But you don’t have a day to be back in :/

kii said:

diddly-squat said:

people have always wanted stuff quickly… it’s not a new phenomena and is ridiculous to suggest otherwise…

to me, this all smacks of “back in my day”

But you don’t have a day to be back in :/

Yes he does, and he/she is still back in it!

bob(from black rock) said:

kii said:

diddly-squat said:

people have always wanted stuff quickly… it’s not a new phenomena and is ridiculous to suggest otherwise…

to me, this all smacks of “back in my day”

But you don’t have a day to be back in :/

Yes he does, and he/she is still back in it!

diddly is a she, bob :)

The way technology progresses the hurry up seems almost inevitable, last years model is no longer fast or good enough, its not true or course but is actively encouraged.

kii said:

bob(from black rock) said:

kii said:

But you don’t have a day to be back in :/

Yes he does, and he/she is still back in it!

diddly is a she, bob :)

Ta.

bob(from black rock) said:

kii said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Yes he does, and he/she is still back in it!

diddly is a she, bob :)

Ta.

He’s not really, bob.

kii said:

bob(from black rock) said:

kii said:

But you don’t have a day to be back in :/

Yes he does, and he/she is still back in it!

diddly is a she, bob :)

We’ll now diddly is a she, was a bloke not long ago, got a crowdfunded operation, The Snip and Tuck campaign

Cymek said:

kii said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Yes he does, and he/she is still back in it!

diddly is a she, bob :)

We’ll now diddly is a she, was a bloke not long ago, got a crowdfunded operation, The Snip and Tuck campaign

Ah, I didn’t hear about that.

kii said:

diddly-squat said:

people have always wanted stuff quickly… it’s not a new phenomena and is ridiculous to suggest otherwise…

to me, this all smacks of “back in my day”

But you don’t have a day to be back in :/

well I’m not the one complaining about how the world has changed

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

For me, it would have to be dial phones and the transition to button-dial phones. Also just having one telco… Anyone remember when they were called Telecom?

Bubblecar said:

bob(from black rock) said:

kii said:

diddly is a she, bob :)

Ta.

He’s not really, bob.

Yes, he is!

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

For me, it would have to be dial phones and the transition to button-dial phones. Also just having one telco… Anyone remember when they were called Telecom?

I remember when they were called the PMG.

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

For me, it would have to be dial phones and the transition to button-dial phones. Also just having one telco… Anyone remember when they were called Telecom?

I remember when it was PMG.

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

For me, it would have to be dial phones and the transition to button-dial phones. Also just having one telco… Anyone remember when they were called Telecom?

yep, friend used to work for telecom, another friend got a heap of the telecom khaki workman shirts and always used to rip the arms off them and wear them in his workshop.

for me it would be the relationship between the bic pen and cassette tape

I remember when 1c would buy two lollies.

Bubblecar said:

I remember when 1c would buy two lollies.

1c used to buy 1 cigarette and 2 matches..

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

For me, it would have to be dial phones and the transition to button-dial phones. Also just having one telco… Anyone remember when they were called Telecom?

in fairness there really is still only one true telco – the rest are just re-sellers

Bubblecar said:

I remember when 1c would buy two lollies.

I remember when a penny would buy four lollies!

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

For me, it would have to be dial phones and the transition to button-dial phones. Also just having one telco… Anyone remember when they were called Telecom?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra

scroll down to history

stumpy_seahorse said:

Bubblecar said:

I remember when 1c would buy two lollies.

1c used to buy 1 cigarette and 2 matches..

those were the days my friends

Peak Warming Man said:

I remember when they were called the PMG.

Yeah….. Public Money Grabbers they were.

Well I remember when I was young how one and Thripence got ya to the Movies
To look Tough we’d Lite a Smoke and very nearly Choke but we had a real good time
Growin older Meant you get to fly a saber Jet and fight a few wars
So id just sit there all day and let my mind decay somethin awful

And those paper covered chocolate sticks called Fags, before anyone was offended?

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

Riding your bike to school.

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

Riding your bike to school.

Teachers hitting kids. And caning them.

bob(from black rock) said:

Bubblecar said:

I remember when 1c would buy two lollies.

I remember when a penny would buy four lollies!

I remember when a penny would buy a banger.

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

Riding your bike to school.

yeah… now lots of them just ride their scooters

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

Riding your bike to school.

my kids ride their bike to school almost every day

Pluto was a planet.

ChrispenEvan said:

Well I remember when I was young how one and Thripence got ya to the Movies
To look Tough we’d Lite a Smoke and very nearly Choke but we had a real good time
Growin older Meant you get to fly a saber Jet and fight a few wars
So id just sit there all day and let my mind decay somethin awful

When I were lad, you could go to corner store with a pound, and come back with five pounds potatoes, two loaves of bread, three pints of milk, a pound of cheese, a packet of tea, an’ ‘alf a dozen eggs. Yer can’t do that now.

Too many security cameras

Woodie said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Bubblecar said:

I remember when 1c would buy two lollies.

I remember when a penny would buy four lollies!

I remember when a penny would buy a banger.

Yeah they were great, you could blow the lid/door off letter boxes with them.

Divine Angel said:

Pluto was a planet.

And a Disney character.

diddly-squat said:

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

There’s a meme currently doing the rounds on Facebook about “without revealing your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today just don’t understand?”

Riding your bike to school.

yeah… now lots of them just ride their scooters

My answer to that was Ration books.

In my day centurion was a rank not a tank.

bob(from black rock) said:

Divine Angel said:

Pluto was a planet.

And a Disney character.

And the King of the Underworld.

Jacko-: Life was good back then, Trev.
Trevor-: Sure was Jacko, when do you think it all turned to shit?
Jacko-: The front foot rule, things were never the same after that, Trev.

Tamb said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Divine Angel said:

Pluto was a planet.

And a Disney character.

And the King of the Underworld.

Are you sure?

AwesomeO said:

In my day centurion was a rank not a tank.

Ave Caesar.

AwesomeO said:

Tamb said:

bob(from black rock) said:

And a Disney character.

And the King of the Underworld.

Are you sure?

Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld and the judge of the dead. Pluto is an alternative name for the Greek god Hades, but was more often used in Roman mythology in their presentation of the god of the underworld.

>to me, this all smacks of “back in my day”

the point was of, if things that humans have little or no control over seem in some sense comparatively slower (and perhaps less relevant, or important) as there is more that humans do have influence over.

the sum of the great mass of intentions of humans (the work and affect of minds) changes the perspective of the realities of which minds have little or no influence over. A shrinking of nature. Diminishing it.

Tamb said:

diddly-squat said:

Woodie said:

Riding your bike to school.

yeah… now lots of them just ride their scooters

My answer to that was Ration books.

Slide rules.

Do kids still learn about log tables?

That’s about it I think

It takes too long to microwave food. Eat it cold.