the thread that can't be derailed....

[Taka]

so much time spent on irc, and i still haven't thought of visiting susans' chat.....

[MadelineB]

I read two disturbing news articles today. About a looming global bacon shortage, and about a pig farmer in Coos Bay Oregon who was eaten by his hogs. Coincidence?

[suzifrommd]

I read two disturbing news articles today. About a looming global bacon shortage, and about a pig farmer in Coos Bay Oregon who was eaten by his hogs. Coincidence?

An instance of Transspecies. This was clearly a tiger born into a hog's body. If only it had been allowed to transition as a piglet and live in the asian jungles, a lot of bloodshed would have been avoided.

[kelly_aus]

An instance of Transspecies. This was clearly a tiger born into a hog's body. If only it had been allowed to transition as a piglet and live in the asian jungles, a lot of bloodshed would have been avoided.

ROFL!

[androgynoid]

An instance of Transspecies.

Have you ever heard of otherkin?

[Taka]

and once again, the technology i'm dependent on for teaching my students doesn't work
even bacon is better than this

[suzifrommd]

and once again, the technology i'm dependent on for teaching my students doesn't work
even bacon is better than this

Never let technology know you're dependent on it. Technology is like dogs. It can smell dependence and use the opportunity to show who's boss.

[Kevin Peña]

I never liked newfangled technologies. They fail. Chalk and a board don't...

[Shantel]

I never liked newfangled technologies. They fail. Chalk and a board don't...

Count me too on this one! The older we get the more resistant we become to change, and since technology is moving at warp speed I an occasionally befuddled. That's when I ask a ten year old, they have all the answers to tough tech navigating problems. 

[ativan]

I'm such a Geek.   I love how people misuse new technology.   The look of frustration that they have after standing in line, waiting to get their hands on the newest gadget, and finding out that it's really not changing their lives like they thought it would.   K.I.S.S. Geek wisdom rule #1. You need to think like a geekologist to understand geekology. It's a phone, that you won't use half of what it can also do, after a week of trying. It won't tell you to look out for that pole you're about to walk into because you're busy looking at your gadget.    It's dangerous out there, IRL.

Ativan

[Padma]

I feel like this about ebook readers - I prefer a book I can still read after dropping it in the bath .

[Kevin Peña]

I feel like this about ebook readers - I prefer a book I can still read after dropping it in the bath .

So a book with every page laminated?

[ativan]

Which reminds me. If all this new high tech gadgetry is so good, why isn't it waterproof?
If it's handheld, if it's able to be used outside, or near any water, why isn't it waterproof?
The companies know you'll buy another one or step up to the newest most expensive toy for doing something simple, yet.
I want a phone or tablet that makes me a cheeseburger. Underwater. When I'm done with the app that makes me fly.
And answers my voicemail and messages for me. Will keep everyone thinking I'm still alive after I die...

Ativan

[Kevin Peña]

I know! Phones aren't even phones anymore. They make gadgets too fancy to the point where people stop using the best gadget of all: a brain. 

I still play with stuffed animals and toy blocks, so my toys are cheap. 

[Padma]

So a book with every page laminated?

Not necessary - carefully dried, they may be wrinkly but they're still readable .

[Padma]

If I didn't have a "smart" phone, I wouldn't be able to moderate in bed .

[Brooke777]

I know! Phones aren't even phones anymore. They make gadgets too fancy to the point where people stop using the best gadget of all: a brain. 

"a brain"? What is that? I have never heard of that gadget. It must be new

[Padma]

I can see clearly now, my brain is gone...

[Kevin Peña]

Braindrops are falling on my head...

[ativan]

They are braindrop proof, I do believe.

And makes bacon the way I like it...
Yep, I might wait in a short line for that one.