You’d have a lot of people erasing their trauma and then not understanding why they do or feel a certain way about things.

Thanks for that input. I might look into something.

How difficult was this to do?

Do people genuinely rely on these or are they really just a novelty?

This story is specifically non-gendered but people keep assuming that OP is male and partner is female.

Sir is not a grammatical person. You/Thou are, however. That’s the difference.

Technically English has this too but it’s not used outside of extremely formal situations. You = formal, Thou = informal.

Why is it necessary to go on the attack over a past attempt that didn’t work? That’s how innovation functions. Sometimes you hit the mark and sometimes you don’t, but everyone learns from the process.

I agree. Even when it was new and I went “wow look where the technology has gone!” I still felt that it was insufficient and would age. Honestly the movies are fantastic until they try to show giant orc armies and then it’s a bit MEH.

probably the best simpsons quote ever

Anything before the year 2000 is old. Ask any Gen Z/Alpha.

Yeah that part made me very sad.

They sure are not as white as the Germans.

Forever underappreciated. They were hiring research professors at universities to do that stuff. It was so cutting edge that it was actually experimental.

Matrix 1. Other than some CGI, it doesn’t have so much special effects as much as it has special camera tricks.

Notable that they chose a country filled with brown people rather than, say, Germany.

I think that the people who dislike it are more likely to shout about it so that gives the impression that many dislike it.

Pixel really. They don’t put in the bloat that Samsung and others do. You just get an offing and basic apps pre installed.

Thanks for a thorough explanation.

It’s Android, iOS, or some third party niche thing.