You’d have a lot of people erasing their trauma and then not understanding why they do or feel a certain way about things.

Thanks for that input. I might look into something.

How difficult was this to do?

Do people genuinely rely on these or are they really just a novelty?

This story is specifically non-gendered but people keep assuming that OP is male and partner is female.

Sir is not a grammatical person. You/Thou are, however. That’s the difference.

Technically English has this too but it’s not used outside of extremely formal situations. You = formal, Thou = informal.

I agree. Even when it was new and I went “wow look where the technology has gone!” I still felt that it was insufficient and would age. Honestly the movies are fantastic until they try to show giant orc armies and then it’s a bit MEH.

probably the best simpsons quote ever

Anything before the year 2000 is old. Ask any Gen Z/Alpha.

Yeah that part made me very sad.

They sure are not as white as the Germans.

Forever underappreciated. They were hiring research professors at universities to do that stuff. It was so cutting edge that it was actually experimental.

Matrix 1. Other than some CGI, it doesn’t have so much special effects as much as it has special camera tricks.

Notable that they chose a country filled with brown people rather than, say, Germany.

Worth it for the adventure. Also companions have a far better survival rate than randos.

Doctor Who could whisk me away for a few adventures.

You notice when you wake up and the sun either is brighter or it is dark outside.

Yes. My parents would have given me the support and love I needed instead of worrying about the least common denominator. I love my siblings but my life would have been so much better without them.

First, see if they have the wining numbers for Powerballs that were never won. Something in the tens to hundreds of millions. Then use the entries on the stock market to invest in things that will take off, allowing you to sell before they tank.

Then take all that money and put it in to left wing think tanks that will make this mess go away entirely.