Remember the sense of awe of new technology that you felt when you saw the iPhone for the first time?

[stefanthinks@beige.party]

Remember the sense of awe of new technology that you felt when you saw the iPhone for the first time? I bet it was 1000x more intense for the person who was cooking and saw corn turn into popcorn for the first time. “Don’t ask me what I did but I’m pretty sure I’m a goddamn wizard.”

[dos@social.librem.one]

@StefanThinks I remember, but it was of disappointment rather than awe, so I'm fairly certain it couldn't compete

[turre@mementomori.social]

@dos @StefanThinks
Reminds me of the popcorn scene in Ice Age:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0QO7ii_tFY

The only awe I've ever felt regarding the iThings is the price. Or rather, that there are folks willing to pay that much for a phone.

[securedllama@infosec.exchange]

@StefanThinks I would like to think it was during a time when witchcraft and wizardry was punishable by death. There would then be a thirty minute comedy episode as a handful of likeable characters tried to hide the invention whilst one of them gets addicted so they can't stop making it. Another member would want to sell it for untold riches arguing the inventor should be sacrificed for the greater good.

Popcorn must be corn and heat though so, unfortunately, there's probably a pyramid sporting a hieroglyph of a Pharaoh eating popcorn. Erich von Däniken would probably love this and no doubt the ancient wizard would have been celebrated.