xkcd: The Pace of Modern Life - http://xkcd.com/1227/
Jun 19, 2013
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Steven Perez,
Soup in a TARDIS,
Andrew C (✔),
Kevin Johnson,
WoH: Professor MOTHRA,
Amit Patel,
Juan Pablo González,
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A bit of perspective on the perceived changes of pace in our lives.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Ah...same as it ever was. :)
- That's So CAJ!
Yep, but what did old folks yell at kids before there were lawns?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Back in my day we didn't have lawns. We had to play in the dirt. #getoffmydirt
- Amit Patel
Dirt? Would 'ave bin a palace to us! We were too busy eating a handful of cold gravel in the primordial ooze.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
I blame the steam engine. And the time clock. So, yeah, it was all the railroads' fault.
- Victor Ganata
"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans."
- Victor Ganata
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."
- Victor Ganata
tl;dr
- Joe