<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:19.2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Wasted a fun 20 minutes watching some of these goofs fumbling about, but then it occurred to me that it might be reinforcing the unsettling notion that as technology steps up, we stand down.<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="gmail-HOEnZb" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:19.2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px">spike</p></font></span>I almost wish you had not sent these - pathetic.  What tech may improve in the future is the ability to articulate the English language, as all we will need to do is talk to our gadgets.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Something needs to be done to obviate 200 page manuals.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 4:04 PM,  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-1994700716077753932WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.<wbr>extropy.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 11, 2018 1:25 PM<span class=""><br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.<wbr>org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] female heros?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">>…<span style="color:#222222"> A funny YouTube had a group of teenagers trying to figure out how to dial one of those old-time rotary phones  spike</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:white"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:white"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Please supply the link.  I just don't believe it. bill w</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></span><p class="MsoNormal">I found some even better ones just Googling on teenagers rotary phone:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://digg.com/video/wheel-of-misfortune" target="_blank">http://digg.com/video/wheel-<wbr>of-misfortune</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hilarious-video-millennial-trying-use-11926498" target="_blank">https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/<wbr>world-news/hilarious-video-<wbr>millennial-trying-use-11926498</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nukrZEKkg1I" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=nukrZEKkg1I</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5993907/Comical-moment-teens-try-operate-rotary-phone-fail-miserably.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/<wbr>news/article-5993907/Comical-<wbr>moment-teens-try-operate-<wbr>rotary-phone-fail-miserably.<wbr>html</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wasted a fun 20 minutes watching some of these goofs fumbling about, but then it occurred to me that it might be reinforcing the unsettling notion that as technology steps up, we stand down.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></font></span></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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