I'm picturing people on those

Verified Atheist — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:47:49 +0000

In reply to Yeah I checked out that link

I'm picturing people on those bicycles with the two different sized wheels, yakking away on their mobile phones…

Yeah I checked out that link

artappraiser — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:34:41 +0000

In reply to We are losing the art of writing and of conversation

Yeah I checked out that link too; it's fantastic. I want to dedicate this one from it to Orion:

The existence of mental and nervous degeneration among a growing class of people, especially in large cities, is an obvious growing phenomenon...the mania for stimulants...diseases of the mind are almost as numerous as diseases of the body...this intellectual condition is characterized by a brain incapable of normal working...in large measure due to the hurry and excitement of modern life, with its facilities for rapid locomotion and almost instantaneous communication between remote points of the globe...

The Churchman, Vol. 71, 1895

Also, the outrage expressed by a Marie Corelli about people ruining "the art of conservation" by doing it on bicycles is an especially new and fun one for me.

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I'm picturing people on those

Yeah I checked out that link