July 10, 2019
Just to be clear, I am not the most assimilated person I know, but I am likely in the top 10. I often wear wireless headphones, have owned 4 generations of smart watches, and NEVER leave home without my phone. I regularly ask both Google and Alexa questions and use GPS in my car even when I know where I am going "in case there are traffic slowdowns ahead." At least that's the sort of thing that I tell myself as I am glancing at my phone to check on the camera on my front porch to see if any packages have arrived. There's no doubt that I have been assimilated. And I am not the only one.
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April 03, 2019
That's a good nerd question, am I right? Because social interaction is awkward. It also sounds like the title to an article in a 17 or Cosmopolitan magazine. Except, no one reads magazines anymore. These days, it's the kind of thing that someone might look up on Google or YouTube. It's also a great nerd question because the real question, in nerd language, is how do you initiate a possibly romantic relationship with someone. Look, I sucked at this when I was younger, but I went the nerd route and got a PhD in sociology studying human behavior, practiced social skills in professional settings, and eventually learned to *gasp* make small talk with people I didn't know. With all that fancy learning, this is how you talk to your crush.
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