@thomashawk It’s hard to believe that wife-spanking, for other than comic or erotic effect, was ever a real thing. But it was a routine TV and advertising trope mid-century.
@airdog19@phl43 Interesting theory. I guess we should only expect it then in places that are routinely saturated with customers. That might fit my anecdotal observations.
@tracewoodgrains@thinkingshivers No, it doesn’t have to mean that. Sometimes it just means agreeing to stop arguing about something, while still remaining on speaking terms.
@Plinz granting that arguendo, there is some optimal timeframe for moving from where we are now to agi/asi — and arguably that timeframe is closer to 30 years than to 3.
@Benthamsbulldog@HistoryBoomer You did not write “this is not what a philosophical zombie is” but rather, “this is not what a zombie is.” I repeat my question, sir: do you, or do you not, deem yourself the expert of zombies?