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« on: August 27, 2016, 07:43:18 PM » |
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I'll believe it when I see it.
A couple of months ago, I was sitting in the waiting room at my son's dentist office, reading a book--1491 it was, by Charles Mann--which to me seems a perfectly normal thing to do when you're in a waiting room at a dentist's office, and when I looked up I noticed that all the other people in the room--there were four of them--were fingering and fondling their sleek, flat, black dildos. The book I held in my hand represented the only printed word being read, despite the huge piles of magazines and paperbacks available on the large office cocktail table in the middle of the room. At the time, Pokemon Go didn't yet exist. I imagine that the situation would be even worse today. At least they were sitting in their chairs fingering their fingertoys. If I were sitting in the same office today, I imagine that they'd be swatting the air and jumping up in unison.
Beet, you rarely seem upbeat about anything. Usually you're about as sour a poster as anyone could create, but I'd be surprised if your newfound joy is substantiated. Books seem to be a thing for me and my colleagues to discuss over scotch in the wee hours of the morning. I doubt anyone born today will even hold a book, well not to read it at least. Maybe as a curio from Grandpa's dusty basement shelves, they'll show it off to their classmates. Or use them to swat flies or stand the doors open on windy days. Better yet, if Donald Trump is elected, a thing to burn, especially if they extol the virtues of the immigrant nation.
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