Is there any technology on earth more amazing than the electric eye toilet? I mean, sure, there are some amazing things out there...we have a car that runs on electricity available to us. That is pretty staggering to think about.
Airplanes are pretty amazing too. Heavier than air, relatively non-flapping wings, seats so uncomfortable that if the Inquisition had had access to them we would still all be catholic, these things traverse the world in small segments of time with safety records that, considering how the mechanics are paid and the apparent intellect of some of them, are quite amazing.
Computers...I mean, wow. They have unbelievable power to communicate across space and language barriers, to store vast quantities of information, to do complicated mathematical computations so obtuse I cannot even figure out how to set them up....they are some amazing technology.
There is also destructive technology. Imagine even the rather archaic (by today's standards) A-bomb. Using small particles that even some microscopes cannot see to bombard U-235 and create mosaics of mushroom clouds...though the technology is destructive and pretty weak by today's standards, it is still amazing. We won't even go into the guided rockets we watched on Operation Desert Storm.
Have you really considered how amazing the technology is behind space exploration? We have seen the edge of the Milky Way, something the ancients did not even dream might exist. We have seen other galaxies, we keep finding more stuff beyond THE edge of the Universe as our technology becomes more powerful.
And what is the most amazing thing of all is that with all this technology, we still have people who can't figure out the urinal.
This, people, is not difficult. There are very few moving parts. The design is quite intuitive. When you are taking a pee, it doesn't dodge, it doesn't do elevator action, it doesn't dance around...it just sits there.
How in the name of all that is holy and a whole lot that isn't can so many people continue to be unable to figure out this technology? How do you "miss" from three inches away? Seriously.
And most impressive of all, in a world so technology driven that you can have your house, car, stove, and microwave warmed up for you at appropriate times, when you can have your money go into the bank and out to pay your bills without ever pressing a button, when we can walk on the moon and conceivably destroy it, how can an electric eye urinal continue to not flush?
4 years ago
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You must let me print this and hang it in the bathroom in my office building. If they could read it.
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