From aaff2ba6bf0ec27b173ad6af4a3d6e0561ce8311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:48:08 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] fix phrasing, soften tone a midge --- content/blog/2022-10-28-curmudgeon.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/blog/2022-10-28-curmudgeon.md b/content/blog/2022-10-28-curmudgeon.md index ff9f9b8..ee07b28 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022-10-28-curmudgeon.md +++ b/content/blog/2022-10-28-curmudgeon.md @@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ At some point, some related technology will come along and sweep me up with it. It will be awkward for me, and young people will recognize that I'm just no good at it. They'll wonder how any human being could be so inept at something so obvious. It will become a mental shortcut for the elderly that they are awkward -or near-inept at this technology, and people who can't get it will band together -and discuss how pointless it is and how they just can't understand why anyone -needs it. We'll watch with some degree of sadness as our way of life dies with -us. +with this technology, and the elderly will discuss how pointless it is and how +they just can't understand why anyone needs it. We'll watch with some degree of +sadness as our way of life dies with us. When you hear writers and philosophers talking about how limited lifespans are a gift to humanity, they're talking about this sort of thing. + +I hope y'all have a nice time :)