DoubleOJoe
DoubleOJoe
DoubleOJoe

I don’t think those are equivalent, though. Smart watches and fitness trackers are just adaptations of something we already had. They’re improvements on already-existing tech.  They fit a need.  Google Glass didn’t fit a need at all, it was just pie-in-the-sky utopianism masquerading as progress.  No one needs a

I guess that would be a Vorderblende? Somebody get Torch on this.

No, don’t feel bad. If they were intended for that purpose, then we should feel bad. This is just a meaningless marketing stunt that took unfair advantage of a real need.

“something that I think is futuristic and everyone else thinks is stupid

Oh they already know.  Every time this happens it’s a test case.  “Let’s see what we can get away with on a small scale.  If no one figures out how we did it, we go big!”

I think it’s the second option.  Putin is possibly the world’s greatest opportunist and manipulator.  He saw his old real estate buddy Trump making noise about the presidency, and just started nudging.  You can see it in every picture of him in the last three years:  that “Can you believe I’m getting away with this?”

I debated that, but I thought “sweet (of) nut juice” sounded better than “sweet (of) juice (of) nuts”. Neither of which sounds good in English, anyway.

So let’s slide down the slippery slope!

“Please inform the Court that the photograph and comment today was improper and should not have been posted

Hey, fellow olds, remember when buying a game meant you got to play it as intended rather than endless iterations of fixing things that should have been discovered in the QA process?

But anyone outside the Premier League, relegation/promotion aside, is functionally part of the minor leagues.  We’re got those too, most of which aren’t televised.  30 MLB teams plus rookie, AAA, and AA ball for each means we have 120 teams at all levels just in pro baseball!

Option fatigue.  There are already far too many options for entertainment, between multiple sports leagues, movies, a plethora of “MUST WATCH” TV shows, video games, and so forth.  Adding another time sink to an already crowded field of possibilities is going to be an uphill battle.

“Should” being the operative word. “Won’t care if it gets them a couple more years in power” is the more likely outcome.

We are morons. We keep giving all our money to rich assholes, and then claiming surprise and alarm when they act like rich assholes.

Oh I didn’t know Ivanka went with him!

As a Volvo driver:  get the Volvo.  You won’t regret it. Mine is 6 years old and I love it every bit as much as the day I bought it.

I wish you weren’t right.

“3. Kitchen sponges”

Agreed.  Alternatively:  banana peppers.  I love the tart/sweet combo.