Was dealt double 8’s yesterday – my birthday. I can say without fear of contradiction that I have enjoyed the ‘spirit or mood’ of a number of eras. [see following comment]
There are at least 360 million people in the United States. If we use the standard adopted by educational professionals that the average I.Q. is 100, then that means at least 180 million are “below average”. Fertile ground for those who can be influenced by those with nothing useful to offer.
There are at least 360 million people in the United States. If we use the standard adopted by educational professionals that the average I.Q. is 100, then that means at least 180 million are “below average”. Fertile ground for those who can be influenced by those with nothing useful to offer.
I’ve often contemplated the irony of bars and liquor stores being required to close on election day so their patrons can elect a candidate that is going to drive them to drink for the next four years.
Remember all those loud, annoying people who used to shout from the TV screens hawking one product or another? Influencers are their unemployed kids and grandkids, making commercials from their bedrooms.
This is one reason why immortality might not be all it’s cracked up to be. You could conceivably age out of being able to survive navigating day to day necessities. Of course I don’t mean influencers or keeping up on cultural zeitgeist, but the advance of technologies and new methods and ways of doing things, and the loss of what has become habitual for you. There might be work arounds, I suppose. If you were rich enough, you could pay other people to navigate for you; but it does raise a host of issues that would seem to make living forever an increasingly difficult challenge. Maybe if you remained perpetually 25, you might have the moxie to do it. I know the older I get, the harder it is to keep up in some areas.
I’m a little curious about that “ye who are over 50” bit. I suspect that a lot of commenters on GoComics are, like me, well into their later years, with time on their hands and chores to avoid. Anyone else wanna fess up to being in the “abandon hope” target audience?
Age discrimination is real. I don’t know who does those medicare supplement commercials. The one with “Martha” is particularly annoying. The makers of the commercial apparently believe that us old folk are crabby, stupid and senile. Another commercial repeats the same message about 6 times in the 30 seconds, as if senior citizens have to be told things over and over like little children so they can understand simple concepts.
rmremail 6 months ago
If Influencers are their usual clientele, they must serve some really strong booze.
Superfrog 6 months ago
I can feel a draught.
Bilan 6 months ago
It’s better than Schadenfreude on tap.
strictures 6 months ago
Influencers, AKA idiots without jobs scamming products from companies that then rate as excellent, no matter how rotten the product is!
Isenthor1978 6 months ago
I’ve noticed that influencers only influence the ones that seem to be gullible. If that’s the case, then it’s nothing new.
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PraiseofFolly 6 months ago
Zeitgeist: The idiotic alcoholic spirit of the times. (See also “Trumpgeist”.)
dot-the-I 6 months ago
Tasting notes: A heady concoction that quickly becomes unpalatable past its sell-by date.
phritzg Premium Member 6 months ago
Does his “social media translator” know if they’re brewing beer or brewing coffee"?
phredturner 6 months ago
Everyone inside will just be sitting ,staring into their phones
MS72 6 months ago
all right, i’d like to know the average net worth of people over 50 and under.
Ignatz Premium Member 6 months ago
A couple of years ago on New Year’s Eve, we wound up in a bar full of college kids. And they were playing Neil Young on the jukebox.
And the college Hardware Store near here plays Hendrix.
Linguist 6 months ago
Influencers? Are those the self-absorbed narcissists perpetually posing for selfies? I Like them not!
TechInDallas 6 months ago
I know what’s going on. I just don’t care for it.
For a Just and Peaceful World 6 months ago
As one of those who should have paid more attention while in school, I was forced to do the following:
Google: zeitgeist meaning
oakie817 6 months ago
whatever…
Chrisstopher 6 months ago
It usually seems like the other way around to me.But that’s just me.
DaBump Premium Member 6 months ago
Ouch.
sandpiper 6 months ago
Was dealt double 8’s yesterday – my birthday. I can say without fear of contradiction that I have enjoyed the ‘spirit or mood’ of a number of eras. [see following comment]
dflak 6 months ago
I’ve never walked to the beat of a different drummer. I’ve got a whole freakin’ marching band up there.
sandpiper 6 months ago
So, whenever I hear anyone trash the past as being out of date, I reply, ‘Buckle up, Bud. It’s your turn.’
[For some reason, the idiot censor would not let me include this sentence in the first comment block. Go figure]
sandpiper 6 months ago
Seems the censor does not like the phrase, ‘nobody does that anymore.’ Anybody have a clue on that?
ragsarooni Premium Member 6 months ago
You could say THAT again! ;-)
Old Crusty 6 months ago
There are at least 360 million people in the United States. If we use the standard adopted by educational professionals that the average I.Q. is 100, then that means at least 180 million are “below average”. Fertile ground for those who can be influenced by those with nothing useful to offer.
Old Crusty 6 months ago
There are at least 360 million people in the United States. If we use the standard adopted by educational professionals that the average I.Q. is 100, then that means at least 180 million are “below average”. Fertile ground for those who can be influenced by those with nothing useful to offer.
Bookworm 6 months ago
I’ve often contemplated the irony of bars and liquor stores being required to close on election day so their patrons can elect a candidate that is going to drive them to drink for the next four years.
Can't Sleep 6 months ago
Remember all those loud, annoying people who used to shout from the TV screens hawking one product or another? Influencers are their unemployed kids and grandkids, making commercials from their bedrooms.
gnorth22 Premium Member 6 months ago
Influencers – the modern day equivalent of a carnival barker.
wildlandwaters 6 months ago
…which actually might not be a bad thing
monya_43 6 months ago
All I can say is, “STAY OFF MY LAWN!”
morningglory73 Premium Member 6 months ago
I can relate to this.
willie_mctell 6 months ago
Spokesmodels, aren’t they?
Mike Baldwin creator 6 months ago
Funny and triple the price.
cracker65 6 months ago
I have no time for influencers. They are just digital telemarketers.
Buoy 6 months ago
This is one reason why immortality might not be all it’s cracked up to be. You could conceivably age out of being able to survive navigating day to day necessities. Of course I don’t mean influencers or keeping up on cultural zeitgeist, but the advance of technologies and new methods and ways of doing things, and the loss of what has become habitual for you. There might be work arounds, I suppose. If you were rich enough, you could pay other people to navigate for you; but it does raise a host of issues that would seem to make living forever an increasingly difficult challenge. Maybe if you remained perpetually 25, you might have the moxie to do it. I know the older I get, the harder it is to keep up in some areas.
Silence Dogood Premium Member 6 months ago
Just get a lobotomy and then enter…You’ll fit right in!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 6 months ago
Nobody will look up from their phones long enough to drink their beer
Cpeckbourlioux 6 months ago
I abandoned years ago.
keenanthelibrarian 6 months ago
So there are people younger than 50 who know what’s going on? Show me!
Richard S Russell Premium Member 6 months ago
I’m a little curious about that “ye who are over 50” bit. I suspect that a lot of commenters on GoComics are, like me, well into their later years, with time on their hands and chores to avoid. Anyone else wanna fess up to being in the “abandon hope” target audience?
dflak 6 months ago
Age discrimination is real. I don’t know who does those medicare supplement commercials. The one with “Martha” is particularly annoying. The makers of the commercial apparently believe that us old folk are crabby, stupid and senile. Another commercial repeats the same message about 6 times in the 30 seconds, as if senior citizens have to be told things over and over like little children so they can understand simple concepts.
I’m not buying it – literally.
Happy Tinkerbelle Premium Member 6 months ago
call them what they are Shills
eddi-TBH 6 months ago
It’s a living. Since they are too lazy to knock on my door and try to sell me something I neither need nor want, I leave them alone.
The Brooklyn Accent 6 months ago
Going home from there, take care not to get arrested for driving under the Influence.
jadem308 6 months ago
Made me laugh
Otis Rufus Driftwood 6 months ago
I’m still somewhat south of 50, and still would feel lost there.