So I'm not really getting fat. I just have a ring of dark matter around my midsection that looks like fat. My weight gain is actually a physics experiment.
You laugh at the power of Lord Cthulhu, the Great and Glorious One. You try to come up with "scientific" theories and fancy math but the truth will become apparent to you very soon.
Your screams of terror will be like the song of angels to me.
I'm not laughing. I, for one, welcome our new tentacle-faced overlords. Wait...that sounded weird.
It's conventionally wise that people tend toward the "change is scary" view, but I think the real change that we think others find scary is the change that we've already accepted. Thus, the OP's comment may remain valid depending on where you're standing.
For instance, in the parent comment the texting example is a very good one. I still have people in my life who fear texting (I'm talking to YOU, Mom!). But our acceptance of it as a communication form makes people who don't accept it appear to fear what we consider inevitable change.
Likewise, there wouldn't be such a proliferation of what are generally considered to be catalytic movements, technological or otherwise, if enough people weren't willing to embrace them. This statement covers myriad concepts, from the adoption of smartphones to the abolition of slavery to the possibility that gay people might get married (at least in some places).
You are not your tools. At the risk of sounding touchy-feely, they define some of your capabilities but not all of your limits. People who tell you that you need to keep up with the ever-changing Joneses are ignoring something we like to call taste, as well as the fact that while the world around you might change a lot, your little segment of it might not change much at all.
I manage to do fairly well with a mid-level tablet (in my case a Toshiba Thrive) and a logitech bluetooth keyboard. Both fit in a pocket on my carry-on.
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Cultivate only relationships with people you actually know and recruiters. Sort of like I assume reasonable people do on FB.
So I'm not really getting fat. I just have a ring of dark matter around my midsection that looks like fat. My weight gain is actually a physics experiment.
You laugh at the power of Lord Cthulhu, the Great and Glorious One. You try to come up with "scientific" theories and fancy math but the truth will become apparent to you very soon. Your screams of terror will be like the song of angels to me.
I'm not laughing. I, for one, welcome our new tentacle-faced overlords. Wait...that sounded weird.
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For instance, in the parent comment the texting example is a very good one. I still have people in my life who fear texting (I'm talking to YOU, Mom!). But our acceptance of it as a communication form makes people who don't accept it appear to fear what we consider inevitable change.
Likewise, there wouldn't be such a proliferation of what are generally considered to be catalytic movements, technological or otherwise, if enough people weren't willing to embrace them. This statement covers myriad concepts, from the adoption of smartphones to the abolition of slavery to the possibility that gay people might get married (at least in some places).
You are not your tools. At the risk of sounding touchy-feely, they define some of your capabilities but not all of your limits. People who tell you that you need to keep up with the ever-changing Joneses are ignoring something we like to call taste, as well as the fact that while the world around you might change a lot, your little segment of it might not change much at all.
I manage to do fairly well with a mid-level tablet (in my case a Toshiba Thrive) and a logitech bluetooth keyboard. Both fit in a pocket on my carry-on.