Humor | Satire
I’m a Father From Six Decades Ago and I’m Worried That Mattel’s See ‘n Say Technology Is Moving Too Fast
Hold your horses… and cows
When I got home and kicked off my work boots, that new toy was on the living room floor, all round and bright and modern with a big old dial at its center.
“Salesman fella said it’s made of plastic,” my wife said. “Stuff NASA uses.”
“Hm,” I said. Then I watched my boy aim the dial at a dairy cow, pull a little string on its side, and out came the most perfect moo you ever heard.
“Machines talk like cows now?” I asked, trying to mask the hurt. Because you see, up until then, I reckon I’d been the one teaching my son them animal sounds.
“A whole mess of animals,” my wife said. She pointed to the colorful drawings along its edge: horse, rooster, turkey — why, just about every barnyard animal under God’s blue dome was on that machine.
Now listen, I consider myself a modern man. Over the course of my life, I’ve seen folks split the atom, cook with micro-waves, and even fasten their tennis shoes with nothing but a few thin strips of Velcro. But this felt different, technology-wise. You just got to figure that once a fella can put together wires and speakers…
