Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 26, 2015
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Caption: Bernie & Phil learn the hacks of life. Man in red: Hmm...says here we've been doing it wrong. Man in blue: Doing what wrong? Man in red: Everything. Man in blue: What are you talking about? Man in red: "Life Hacks" trumpeted by millennials on the internet. Man in blue: Ok...so what are life hacks? Man in red: It's what we used to call helpful hints, but with snark and bombast. Man in blue: Wait...so how is everything we've been doing "wrong"? Man in red: It's the old formula of cool= better, and old ways are NEVER cool......therefore, UNcool= wrong. Man in blue: Ah...of course. Glad our generation wasn't like that. Man in red: If you feel an earth tremor, it's probably from your parents rolling in their graves laughing.
phylum over 9 years ago
rolling over and over again yelling…get off the grass you whippersnappers..and the young whippersnappers asking what the he— is a whippersnapper…???
vwdualnomand over 9 years ago
Well, some things are constant. The cubs will never win. Mississippi will always be the backwards place. And, never mess with Texas.
mischugenah over 9 years ago
Every generation believes themselves smarter than the one preceding and wiser than the one that follows.
Proginoskes over 9 years ago
Nowadays, if you feel an Earth tremor, it’s probably due to fracking …
Can't Sleep over 9 years ago
The parents who were outraged in the 50’s-60’s by rock and roll forget they’d outraged their own parents with the jazz and swing music of the 20’s-30’s. Just as parents who hate rap drove their parents crazy with rock and roll.The beat goes on.
Hardthought over 9 years ago
And every generation thinks they invented sex, not realizing how they got here. Always funny to watch!
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
what was old, is new again…love that song, Anything Goes.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
what was old, is new again…love that song, Anything Goes.
joegee over 9 years ago
LOL. Yeah. Here in Pittsburgh we call it the road out of Cleveland.
whiteheron over 9 years ago
My wife tells me that I am wrong all the time. I don’t need any young’uns telling me too.
magicwalnut over 9 years ago
Oh, so true!
ladamson1918 over 9 years ago
Texas is already a mess; it doesn’t need help from outside.
Space_cat over 9 years ago
I used to be “with it”Then they changed what “it” wasNow whats it is weird and scary!It happened to me, It’ll happen to you..
dabugger over 9 years ago
An da lingo? Un-cool. So it is nowhere dude. Long gone
markjoseph125 over 9 years ago
Unofficial state mottosReally funny list. My two favorites have always been:UTAH: Our Jesus is better than your JesusandKENTUCKY: Tobacco is a vegetable
Diane Lee Premium Member over 9 years ago
Thank God every generation thinks they can do it better than the last. Otherwise, we’d still be living in caves.
markjoseph125 over 9 years ago
“There are two kinds of fools. One says, ‘This is old; therefore it is good.’ The other says, ‘This is new; therefore it is better.’”
strictures over 9 years ago
Actually, that’s South Carolina’s. SC always came in 49th in educational & healthcare ratings with Mississippi at 50th, so SC officials always said"Thank god for Mississippi"
sarah413 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Our parents would always remind us how we would become them one day. Whether we had children or not, we’d become our parents. It’s funny how many are for something, yet are certified NIMBY’s (Not In My Back Yard)
katzenbooks45 over 9 years ago
Some of these “life hacks” have been around for years, if not generations.
junemmoffatt over 9 years ago
So what else is new?
mourdac Premium Member over 9 years ago
We all know it all and those who don’t listen to our wisdom are stupid.
Fan o’ Lio. over 9 years ago
When I was your age I had to walk 3 miles and back to school each day. And it was uphill both directions.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 9 years ago
I never had the chance to despise my parents experiences I get to enjoy it through my children
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
When I worked for Voc Rehab in Florida during the ’80’s and ’90’s, we had an unofficial motto regarding our rank in the national pay-for-state-Voc-Rehab-Counselors scale: Thank God for Mississippi!
dawnsfire over 9 years ago
Of course, some of the old ways are becoming cool—check out the guys shaving like their (great) grandfathers or the people who suddenly realized Grandma was actually saving money or making good food by doing it from scratch and the like.
wrwallaceii over 9 years ago
I’m 63 or so… my dad is 94, still pretty sharp mentally and I have three grown children, who have children of their own. I see this scenario all of the time… I still have to show my dad how to program his Old School VCR so it tells the right time and my kids have to show me how to use the smart phone they got me for… ‘just in case’. I can’t wait until my grand kids are showing my kids and maybe me; if I should live so long how to navigate through the future maybe with Interstellar Virtual reality or some such.
PS. I remember My Grandpa telling me he didn’t need T.V. because The Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates played better ball on the radio… sigh.
reynard61 over 9 years ago
vwdualnomand said: “Well, some things are constant. The cubs will never win. Mississippi will always be the backwards place. And, never mess with Texas.”
Texas’ unofficial motto: “We ain’t Mississippi yet, but we’re goin’ as fast as we can!”
Vonne Anton over 9 years ago
Know why Oklahoma is so windy? Cuz Texas really sucks!
Dr_Zinj over 9 years ago
Ah, but wisdom comes to the young when they reach the age that they realize their parents were right.
R0Randy over 9 years ago
Thank you for reminding everyone what a terrible state Mississippi is. We like it that the masses don’t move here.