Wednesday, November 6, 2013

In a car in the year 21XX

"Do you believe people used to drive these things?"

"What're you going on again about?"

"These cars.  Humans used to have to physically drive these cars around themselves."

"I mean it's not a big deal is it, you just tell the car where to go."

"It is a huge deal!  It's so primitive.  Let me tell you, they basically let children drive these things and guess what - they'd crash into things.  Tens of thousands of deaths per year! Traffic accidents used to be the leading cause of death for people 15-24 years old."

"That's horrible.  Why even let them drive at all?"

"I mean what else are you going to do?  They've got to learn how to drive sometime right.  Pretty much everyone learned how to drive."

"I suppose so..."

"And you know what's worse?  People used to get drunk, drive these cars around, and kill people."

"Are you serious?  Now that's just stupid!"

"But is it really - how many bars are within walking distance of our place?"

"Well, zero I suppose."

"And do you like going to a bar every once in a while."

"I do."

"There you have it!  You're stuck now, aren't you?  You would go to a bar, grab a drink or two, then operate this deadly machine back home.  The law even said you could have a couple of drinks before driving since you weren't too impeded."

"Gosh."

"That's not even saying where you'd put the damn thing when you got your drinks."

"The car?  You'd own one of these?"

"Damn right you would.  It can't drive itself so it sure as hell can't pick up Aunt Millie and take her to where she needs to go after it drops us off.  So you'd have to find a place to park in this congested city, grab your drinks, then drive it back to your home."

"Why put it in your house?  What the hell's it going to do there?"

"Nothing!  It used to just sit there useless.  The average American drove their cars maybe 1-2 hours each day.  So the other 22 hours it would just sit there like a piece of brick."

"That's so inefficient."

"Damn right it is."

...

"Geez well I'm glad they figured out this car stuff since then."

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Thanks to Hillary and Jonathan for the idea

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