"It’ll have to go,” the men of Krikkit said as they headed back for home.

Ewwwwwww

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Chinatown

You honestly couldn’t pay me enough to use MacOS so I didn’t know there wasn’t a “computer icon” but I love that detail. I’m gonna go ahead and assume that whole anecdote is fictitious.

That’s a very funny anecdote about Apple that I can find no evidence of ever actually happening. Leaving aside the fact that Xerox had GUI, including the modern WIMP GUI we’re all familiar with today, in 1974. The Apple Lisa was released at least a year before the Macintosh 128K came out in 1984. As much as I love the idea of Apple making such an amateur mistake, I’m going to need a reputable source before I believe that story actually happened.

Edit: I’m seeing a lot of “it’s technically possible” but still no sources to confirm that it actually occurred. Until a a verifiable source emerges, I’m still going to assume this story never actually happened. Anyone have Woz’s contact info? We could always just ask him.

Would it be a poor professional choice to send this to my bosses boss who’s current raison d’etre is getting our product on the cloud? I ask because I get the alert emails when we go over budget. And we always go over budget.

Relevant XKCD

I’m laughing because if I don’t I’ll cry

S08E10 The Springfield Files.

Oh I agree the article is dumb. That’s why I’m scoffing at it.

What I’m saying is that my parents will probably be alive another 15 years. If I get that inheritance then I’ll be 50 or more. That’s 15 years from what’s generally considered retirement age (like I’ll get to retire), and 30 or less from my life expectancy. Even if I get be ‘rich’ for a few decades, I’ll still have spent the majority of my life poor.

In totality, I would not be considered a rich person, but a poor one who got some money in the end. That feels like an extremely important distinction to me.

This is of course all leaving out the inherent issues with generational wealth accumulation and the effects it has on economic disparity. As previously agreed, the article is dumb.

I’m scoffing because as a 35 year old millenial myself, it hardly feels like I’m the “richest generation” when I can’t afford to heat my home and have to wait for my parents to die and divide their estate amongst me and my siblings before I have a meaningful shot at economic security.

Edit: spelling.

Had I been drinking mine at the time I would have as well. As is I scoffed hard enough to send me into a coughing fit.

“Descend” is an interesting word choice here considering they’re literally going to “ascend” from the ground.

I’m glad I could help