Let’s Settle This Bet
Let me paint a picture for you.
You are at a dinner with friends and seemingly out of nowhere a friend spouts off a fact so ridiculous that it is instantly a point of contention. Be it whether or not the graphic novel “The Watchmen” won a Pulitzer or that Nikki Sixx’s real name is Frank or if the blind guy from “Roadhouse” is dead. And what was his name anyway?
In the old days, before smartphones, these friendly debates couldn’t be settled without a phone call to your favorite comic nerd or that guy you once knew that loved the Crue. Even then, could it really be settled on the basis on one other person’s opinion? Then the internet came. Sure, it wasn’t on your phone, but at least the bet could be settled for good when you got home and looked it up.
But a new day has dawned. Folks, we are living in the freaking future. With smartphones we can answer any question, any time.
Has it made things better? In some ways, yes. But as I sat with my friends last night, briefly debating the facts above, our minds grew lazy and my hand instantly grabbed for my Droid.
Did I have instant gratification? Absolutely yes. But I have to say that I missed the joy of hashing it out and leaving the “fact” unsettled.
Just so you don’t have to wait, “The Watchmen” won a Hugo, Nikki’s Sixx’s real name is Frank Carlton Serafino Ferrano, and Jeff Healy died in 2008.
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It is true! While I love being able to be proven right, I miss hearing retorts and counterpoints and hashing out the truth the old fashioned way.
In arguements like those there used to be a winner and loser, now it is just right or wrong. There is a difference.
It’s true. I am afraid of a smart phone for this very reason: I like to argue;)