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> cellphones are now such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from Mars might conclude they were an important feature of hu
by sramsay 12y ago
> cellphones are now such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from Mars might conclude they were an important feature of human anatomy.
Anyone else concerned that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States appears to believe that Mars is an inhabited planet?
- dragonwriter 12y agoI don't think you understand what the word "proverbial" means, which might be worrying, were you, rather than John Roberts, the Chief Justice. There's plenty of things that bug me about John Roberts being CJ, but your complaint isn't one of them.
- nknighthb 12y agoIf I were a student at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, it'd certainly be worrying to me that an Associate Professor of English at my school doesn't understand the word "proverbial".
- sramsay 12y agoI was, um, joking.
- nknighthb 12y agoCould you point out the joke? I can't locate anything that could be interpreted as one. It would be especially odd for it to be a joke since you've been around HN long enough to know better.
- sramsay 12y agoIt was an egregious lapse in judgment. I am shutting down my computer now, and will schedule an appointment with my therapist later today.
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