Popular Post Square Wheels Posted March 22 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 22 has ruined conversations. In the pre-cell phone days, you could make an outrageous comment and debate it with friends for hours. Today, someone pulls out their phone and tells you you're wrong, and the conversation is over. 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 22 Share #2 Posted March 22 But what is truth? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths - are mine the same as yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 22 Share #3 Posted March 22 63% of facts are fabricated. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 22 Share #4 Posted March 22 3 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: has ruined conversations. In the pre-cell phone days, you could make an outrageous comment and debate it with friends for hours. Today, someone pulls out their phone and tells you you're wrong, and the conversation is over. Wrong. I just Googled this and found that 61.8% of facts on the internet are inaccurate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 22 Author Share #5 Posted March 22 1 minute ago, Kzoo said: Wrong. I just Googled this and found that 61.8% of facts on the internet are inaccurate 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 22 Share #6 Posted March 22 12 minutes ago, Kzoo said: I just Googled this and found that 61.8% of facts on the internet are inaccurate 61.8156%! You need to definitely go to the 4th decimal point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 22 Share #7 Posted March 22 Quite honestly, the long conversations with good friends, we get past / seldom have outrageous remarks. Most of the time phone use is for: checking restaurants, taking or looking at photos. I know-- am boring, friends are boring, yaddy-da-da 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zephyr Posted March 22 Popular Post Share #8 Posted March 22 I agree SW. As a Grade A bullshitter, I use to try to convince people of the dumbest things I could conjure up, and had a good success rate. (My wife always said I was a "Tom Sawyer" and could convince others painting the fence was fun) Google has ruined me, because now those that know me well fact check everything I say. I say "Good Morning", they check the time on their phone before replying 3 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 22 Share #9 Posted March 22 7 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: 61.8156%! You need to definitely go to the 4th decimal point. You dolt. Sometimes significant digits are not significant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 22 Author Share #10 Posted March 22 2 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Quite honestly, the long conversations with good friends, we get past / seldom have outrageous remarks. Most of the time phone use is for: checking restaurants, taking or looking at photos. I know-- am boring, friends are boring, yaddy-da-da It doesn't have to be outrageous in a contentious manner. For instance, "My brother just bought an awesome 1965 Camaro!". In the days of old, you'd argue back and forth for 10 minutes about when the first Camaro came out. Maybe one of you would go to the library and look it up when it opened. Today someone pulls out their phone, tells you the first one was made in 1966, conversation over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted March 22 Share #11 Posted March 22 I was having a conversation with two friends and we were discussing a tv show where we couldn't remember the name. We wondered how long we could go trying to let the name just occur to us before we would look it up . FYI, the answer was16 hours. The show was " that show about the rodeo clown who studied clowning in France. You know, Louie Anderson played the mother" Answer: Spoiler Baskets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 22 Share #12 Posted March 22 10 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: Today someone pulls out their phone, tells you the first one was made in 1966, conversation over. Are you making that up or do we need to fact check it? And first one "made" vs "first model year sold" or even "first one to roll off the production line" make your points a bit squishy for my liking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 22 Author Share #13 Posted March 22 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: And first one "made" vs "first model year sold" or even "first one to roll off the production line" make your points a bit squishy for my liking. Perfect example, this would have been an hour long conversation as a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 22 Share #14 Posted March 22 Some recent topics with friends, time spent with each friend: 2-3 hrs. *Chicago visitors: about Banff-Lake Louise. I didn't show/pull out Internet info. I already emailed stuff to 1 of them earlier. Anything about Chicago was generic..vague plans. Our general life backgrounds and where we lived, worked. *Long-time Toronto friend: about movie we saw (French movie about artistry of French gastronomy, love relationship), family food memories, her upcoming trip and mine. A little about local politics. I can't remember.... we've been spending time with each other, nearly weekly before she returns to Toronto. I dunno....I only use my phone for photos or checking a restaurant. when with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 22 Share #15 Posted March 22 13 minutes ago, Kirby said: I was having a conversation with two friends and we were discussing a tv show where we couldn't remember the name. We wondered how long we could go trying to let the name just occur to us before we would look it up . FYI, the answer was16 hours. The show was " that show about the rodeo clown who studied clowning in France. You know, Louie Anderson played the mother" Answer: Hide contents Baskets 4 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 22 Share #16 Posted March 22 My son, SIL and I often talk sports and I’ll reference players from the past that they of course never heard of or never watched play and we’ll look up stats or I’ll have the. YouTube the person. They can’t wrap their heads around a Walter Payton, or Lynn Swan, Reggie Jackson or even MJ but seeing them play or looking up stats somewhat enriches our discussions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 22 Share #17 Posted March 22 24 minutes ago, Kirby said: The show was " that show about the rodeo clown who studied clowning in France. You know, Louie Anderson played the mother" Answer: No idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 22 Share #18 Posted March 22 3 minutes ago, ChrisL said: They can’t wrap their heads around a ........ Lynn Swan, WHAT? Say it ain't so. #herewegosteelers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted March 22 Share #19 Posted March 22 1 hour ago, ChrisL said: My son, SIL and I often talk sports and I’ll reference players from the past that they of course never heard of or never watched play and we’ll look up stats or I’ll have the. YouTube the person. They can’t wrap their heads around a Walter Payton, or Lynn Swan, Reggie Jackson or even MJ but seeing them play or looking up stats somewhat enriches our discussions. That’s me. We have a large age discrepancy in our office. I will make an old pop culture reference and either they or I will look it up so they understand. It actually has helped our conversations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 22 Share #20 Posted March 22 2 hours ago, Kzoo said: Wrong. I just Googled this and found that 61.8% of facts on the internet are inaccurate But 98% of statistics are made up (including this one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 22 Share #21 Posted March 22 1 hour ago, Kzoo said: WHAT? Say it ain't so. #herewegosteelers I was a huge Steelers fan in the 70’s. Really conflicted when my two favorite teams played in the SB in 1980. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a bunch of numbers Posted March 22 Share #22 Posted March 22 2 hours ago, Square Wheels said: Today, someone pulls out their phone and tells you you're wrong, and the conversation is over. I have a friend who does this all the time. I'll ask him a question, and if he doesn't have the answer he immediately pulls his phone out. I've even told him a number times it wasn't that important and he didn't need to look it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 22 Share #23 Posted March 22 56 minutes ago, a bunch of numbers said: I have a friend who does this all the time. I'll ask him a question, and if he doesn't have the answer he immediately pulls his phone out. I've even told him a number times it wasn't that important and he didn't need to look it up. Give it a few years, and the chips in our brains (not the COVID ones, but the ones we elect to implant) will take care of that in the "background" and no phones will be needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 22 Author Share #24 Posted March 22 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: no phones will be needed nor conversations, nor friends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 22 Share #25 Posted March 22 18 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: nor conversations, nor friends Virtual friends, dude! Like @jsharr! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 22 Author Share #26 Posted March 22 11 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Virtual friends, dude! Like @jsharr! I like friends I can see, hear, touch, lather in oil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 22 Share #27 Posted March 22 29 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: lather in oil... He's your man! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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