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[–] protist@mander.xyz 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm a 40 year old man, and my grandmother was born 45 years closer to the Civil War than to today. When she was growing up in the American South, she knew elderly people who had been slaves. Our perception of time is heavily skewed toward yesterday, but time flies

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I'm 50. I remember when getting an answering machine was a big deal.

[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

But everyday we get further from "wake me up before you go, go" we get closer and closer to WWIII.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Another solution to the Fermi paradox - every civilization develops "Wake me up before you go go" before achieving interstellar travel.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sort of like gin and tonic

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Which is sometimes called a Ouisgian Sohda.

[–] muzzle@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

There's always a relevant xkcd.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Hey buddy, fuck you too!