Finally, a subject I can qualify with an “expert” designation.
Now, my days of exercising poor judgement in a never-ending dans macabre of drugs and other peoples’ girlfriends are long gone.
But talk about today.
Now.Now.Now.Now.Now.
No one wants to wait for anything anymore.
They shortened (and de-valued) the college degree with online diplomas and “life experience credits” in an effort to get the student loan money and “graduate” students with a bachelor’s degree in as little as two years.
But get this, the highest bastions of education in the land, yes, including Harvard and Yale, offer online classes in lieu of the classroom setting.
That really is too bad.
There is a feeling you get, like no other, when you are in a lecture hall or classroom where great thinkers have spoken and gathered. The same feeling you would get as a musician climbing onto a stage at Woodstock.
Really.
Maybe a little different.
Computer technology can be the only reason behind it, in my most humble opinion.
An abacus wasn’t fast enough.
A slide rule took too long.
I remember getting our very first computer from Gateway. Remember the cow-painted box?
Up until then, I was OK with how long things took. I wasn’t feeling impatient all the time and wishing things would move along or anything. I thought cell phones were a bigger deal than the computer, but haha! The phone is just a portable computer.
Another reason cryptocurrency was all the rage.
Wall Street was too slow.
People wanted their dream NOW!
Not after going through school and working a thirty-year job.
IVF.
I want my baby ON MY TIME!
Sports TV.
I want my rugby match from Senegal on at 2:30 am because I will not wait for Sportscenter.
Fat pills.
Gimme a break.
I love the new ad for some form of “weight loss” aid. In the ad, an obviously overweight man injects himself in his thigh while the spokesperson says now with diet and exercise, he can lose up to 15% of his excess weight.
NEWS FLASH!
Skip the injection.
Diet and exercise will lose you all the weight you want.
It’s free.
It’s just not NOW.
Fast food.
I remember back when Arby’s used to roast off their own bottom rounds in Alta Shams at each location. The smell at around 10 am (they opened at 11 am back then) insured the demise of more than several roast beef sammies.
But that took too long.
They can get a cheaper processed beef product that will save labor hours (time) and is cheaper to purchase. It will also last an additional six months past expiration date due to the chemicals and preservatives in this NOW product.
To all you youngsters (anyone born after 1990), don’t automatically roll your eyes when you hear the expression “the good old days.”
There were some things that were better way back when.
But to show I’m not such an old geezer, there are many things today that are better.
But not Arby’s “roast beef.”
Stay well.
