Double edged swords
There are many double edged swords out there - things that, on the one
hand you can't live without, but on the other hand you wish you were
rid of.
Take computers for example. I would NEVER want to type a paper on a manual typewriter again. The computer's backspace key is MUCH more convenient than correction tapes. Without computers, facebook and many other good things wouldn't exist. BUT... Computers drive nearly everyone who uses one up the wall. They're famous for stupid errors like sending folks bils for $0.00, or misnaming The Reverend Smith as "Dear The". They make managing and understanding very complex problems much easier. And they allow the WalMarts of the world to figure out just what to put on sale to make the most profits.
Or cell phones - a cell phone means never missing another call - unless, of course, you're in a radio dead area, or the call gets dropped. And, having a cell phone means never missing another call - including the one from you boss asking why you're not at work. And if I have a cell phone, so do you. And MY really important call that I just have to take when we're in the restaurant is your unutterable rudeness in interrupting the occasion by yakking on your phone.
Take computers for example. I would NEVER want to type a paper on a manual typewriter again. The computer's backspace key is MUCH more convenient than correction tapes. Without computers, facebook and many other good things wouldn't exist. BUT... Computers drive nearly everyone who uses one up the wall. They're famous for stupid errors like sending folks bils for $0.00, or misnaming The Reverend Smith as "Dear The". They make managing and understanding very complex problems much easier. And they allow the WalMarts of the world to figure out just what to put on sale to make the most profits.
Or cell phones - a cell phone means never missing another call - unless, of course, you're in a radio dead area, or the call gets dropped. And, having a cell phone means never missing another call - including the one from you boss asking why you're not at work. And if I have a cell phone, so do you. And MY really important call that I just have to take when we're in the restaurant is your unutterable rudeness in interrupting the occasion by yakking on your phone.
1 Comment:
Microwaves, I must have been a last holdout, then, I got one free and didn't want it, and eventually began to miss it during the move when I didn't want my kitchen heated up in the heat wave...
Cell phones, we've forgotten how to use our instincts and when they go dead, we are like chickens with our heads cut off!
By Bruyere, Aug 25 06 11:36 PM