Car conversation

[halojedha]

*conversation in the car about why our car is a hybrid leads to explanation of climate change*
Me: ...and we want all the people to live long, happy lives.
E: like us! We're people! We're living long, happy lives!
Me: I hope so!
E: No we are, we are! *gestures outside* Look, it's all so beautiful! People are building houses, and the trees are beautiful, and there are cars on the road, and it's all so BEAUTIFUL!
Me: (delighted) What do you think is beautiful?
E: That house is beautiful! There are pigeons in the sky! There are - what are those?
Me: Telephone poles.
E: Do you know why?
Me: Because when I was your age, telephones were attached to the wall with wires, and the poles carry the signal to the house on the wires. The phones didn't have screens or video, only voice, and if you wanted to talk to your friend you needed to sit on the stairs.
E: (stares at me in incomprehension)

Comments

[wildeabandon]

<3

[strange_complex]

Aw, bless, that's properly precious! How old is E now?

[umadoshi]

E: (stares at me in incomprehension)

It was a whole different world, truly. ^^

[pauraque]

Hahaha! When my kid was little they liked to watch movies from many different eras, and they were often proud of their knowledge of how technology was different in the past, but they sometimes had trouble with the timeline. I remember when we started up Mary Poppins and I noted that it takes place in 1910, they confidently remarked that "this was when they listened to music on cassette tapes".

[kaberett]

WONDERFUL. <333 Thank you so much for sharing.

[sfred]

<3

[doseybat]

Awww!