Mind your P's and Q's, everyone. It is illegal to text while driving in Wisconsin as of December 1st. Damn, why do they have to take the fun out of everything? Not to worry, though.
I saw in an article that mobile providers are scrambling to provide technology where you can speak your message and have it interpreted into the text message for you. The same technology would enable the recipient to have the text message spoken to them via a computer generated voice.
Congratulations to them if they can do it. They will have successfully invented...the friggin' telephone. And a very inefficient one at that. Have we become that stupid? Really? They're going to invent devices that translate voice into text, and text back into voice? Just so we don't have to speak to other people? What planet do we live on? Honest to God.
While I'm on a rant, why do they run commercials for feminine hygiene products during football telecasts? Don't miss my point...I think it is AWESOME when women are into football. But is the two-minute warning really the best time to go over the specifics?
I just find the whole 'advertising' aspect puzzling to begin with. My assumption is that y'all have the info you need on certain consumer choices without seeking the aid of, ya know, ESPN.
The worst part of the ad that caught my eye was what I'll call the "Always Challenge." Tubes of blue liquid were lined up and poured to demonstrate the wonderful properties of the darned thing with wings.
Across the screen, the word 'Dramatization' appeared. Come on, now. At that point, I felt that my intelligence was being insulted. Unless I mistakenly missed that they were marketing to Smurfettes, I think that most reasonable people can figure out that this particular test doesn't represent the real deal.
I'm know that I'm getting old and cranky, but I am convinced that the collective intelligence of the planet grows dimmer by the day. If you don't believe me, go to any store and find a teenage checkout clerk. Purchase, say, $6.37 worth of merchandise.
Pay with cash. Better yet, hand them $7.53 and watch their head explode. If they freak out, just say, "There's an App for that," and point to the cash register.
