Life so easy these days.
Life so hard these days.
When my mother said “Son, get on the stick”, she’d no idea.
Admit it, when you see someone who’s lost a lot of weight, your first thought: The stick.
Ozempic, Wegovy – has to be a ‘miracle’ drug.
But the now thinner person would reassure “I’m pre-diabetic – I didn’t really want to get thin, but I beat sugar!” Which was every Academy Awards conversation earlier this year…
Losing weight used to be so hard, or attempting to lose weight, anyway. I’ve actually lost a lot of weight, but the pounds missed me so much, they returned.
On one hand, I believe we are who we are, there’s no changing – on the other, I wish I was pre-diabetic.
But if you thought losing weight was now easy, how about being a straight A student?
My Captor is tired of hearing it, but I’ve been grumbling about grade inflation for years – since my physics teacher rounded my 85 up to an A – or was it a 65 to a D? My story, so it’s the former…
Harvard reports 65% of their grades now As. I don’t know if the rest are A+s, but I feel for anyone who got a B+ – should have gone to Yale.
This trend became real years ago, when a friend tried to get his daughter’s – who had a 4.45 GPA – class rank. After much prodding, the school finally let him know she was 44th in the class. Couldn’t even get into Yale, poor thing.
Speaking of sad friend stories, a good friend tutors high school students, and reports her business has gone from thriving to non-existent: AI!
While her financial situation is now hard, for kids writing a paper is easy! Tell AI the topic, and moments later you’re there. But be clear – if you mumble or repeat yourself, AI may rewrite the same paragraph repeatedly. May rewrite the same paragraph repeatedly. May rewrite…
The AI option ending great stories like my college friend who could compose a paper at the typewriter; when asked what his paper was about he replied “I don’t know, I’m only on page 14”.
Don’t know how AI’s grades are, but doubt they’d be much above 44th in their class – state school for them.
But I imagine AI fraternities – sororities? Gender thing unclear – could get pretty wild. You’d know because they’re typing in ALL CAPS.
And if AI has a gender, you could use male for sports and adult content themed papers, and female for Hallmark themed content.
Or in today’s ‘realized world’, vice-versa.
Speaking of easy, how about googling the internet? As kids, we’d ‘google’ with a divining rod until realizing the internet hadn’t yet been invented.
Or Alexa? Tell her what you need, she’ll solve your problem. But I fear our Alexa is set to ‘wife mode’, it’s solving problems I didn’t even know I had.
The toaster our technological innovation, the family saving up to buy an 8 piecer. Good times!
So, with all that easy, what’s hard?
From what I read, relationships.
Easy, right? You swipe right, away you go. But kids today staying single, not dating, not in relationships. Not even making eye contact (Shakes fist angrily! the kid no idea, looking over there).
But perhaps the best – and easiest – part of Christmas season, renewing and/or savoring relationships.
So, if you haven’t told those you love, you love them lately, say it now. Always say it now.
Because as we’ve recently been reminded, relationships can disappear in an instant, and then it’s too late…
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Well said, Jim. Thank you.
Sadly, I really identify with this post!