https://firecat.dreamwidth.org/ firecat - Dreamwidth Studios Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:11:33 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios firecat personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/548368/33024 https://firecat.dreamwidth.org/ 100 97 https://firecat.dreamwidth.org/796039.html Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:11:33 GMT https://firecat.dreamwidth.org/796039.html 'If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared today, what would be the most difficult thing to explain to them?'<br /><br />This is a strange meme. I know plenty of people who were alive during the 1950s. If they are any indication, the most difficult thing to explain is how to use a modern cell phone or smart phone to make a phone call while not accidentally doing anything else with it. <br /><br />(I recently got my dad what was advertised as a basic, unsmart cell phone. Every time I picked it up, I managed to trigger the voice recognition function.)<br /><br />I think the other most difficult thing to explain would be certain kinds of humor that have come about since the 50s. I'm not sure how to explain which kinds, though.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=firecat&ditemid=796039" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://firecat.dreamwidth.org/796039.html technology aging humor public 16