That the SDMB has reduced timeouts to a fraction of their previous rate of occurrence, and are promising free posting as soon as they get the details straightened out.
Any number divided by any number is a fraction, yes?
What are you planning on carrying this fancy card in? Eh?
You did see the pockets on the Yellow Jump Suits that everyone wears, right?
SSG Schwartz
Yes, but I assumed those were to carry the wallets in…
That’s another thing about the North American Freedom and Prosperity Sphere… the fashions. Oh, they’re not actually mandatory, but if you don’t show up at morning bell in the colour of the day, things get a bit… dicey.
There are people who still don’t know about the twist in The Sixth Sense …
Tell me about it. You don’t want to give Comrade Supervisor Li the impression that you lack enthusiasm at the daily morning calesthenics. That might call for . . . gulp . . . “reeducation” . . .
You obviously didn’t read the link. Nobody expected the internet. And even if a few dozen people (out of billions) expected the internet (they really didn’t), then nobody expected the internet.
I’m surprised my great-grandson lost 200 quatloos on the newcomers.
Quite a few flying motorcycles, though.
And its three key features were fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency, as well as an almost fanatical devotion to the pope? No, wait . . .
In 2048 contact lens will be very popular - but not for vision correction. Instead they’ll be a form of wearable camera that can help people increase their ability to photograph every mundane event in their lives.
In 2048 there will be TV commercials sponsored by a group that is trying to reduce brain cancer by warning people about the dangers of cell phone use. They’ll remind people what they already should know - early reports in the 2010s that called cell phone use “harmless” were paid for by biased (and often fake) organizations under cell phone providers’ thumbs, and that cancer takes several years to develop in many people. By the time 2030 came around and there were massive cancer increases, it was too late for millions of phone users. On the other hand, the average IQ of the remaining population’s children jumped five points after the cancer epidemic.
Abortion is considered primitive and barbaric - in 2048 there’s cheap, extremely effective, entirely reversible birth control. And on the off chance an unwanted pregnancy still occurs, artificial wombs allow adoption proceedings to be started months before babies are born.
The highest rated TV shows for the 2047-8 season are “Who Wants To Be America’s Democratic Presidential Candidate?” and “Who Wants To Be America’s Republican Presidential Candidate?” Though federal law will not allow actual elimination of candidates based on viewer’s voting, viewers are able to vote with nominal financial contributions. Voters are allowed to cast up to 50 $2 votes an episode. The final episode of each show culminates in June with getting people to vote in their real life primaries. Voter participation for the Republican party goes down by 3% but increases 35% for Democrats.
I’m impressed by how muscular and fit my 75 year old self is, what with all the medical technologies and stuff by then.
So the average person will still be just as clueless about basic RF radiation physics? Damn.
Ignorance still not defeated.
Pastafarianism has evolved into a legitimate mainstream religion, thanks in part to this awesome discovery
But Oprahism is catching up as the second-biggest mainstream world religion.
That despite the nuclear strikes of the 2010s, the Middle East is not a radioactive hell-hole.
Ironically, it’s also the second largest world company, right behind the Pope.