The Internet is the death of interesting dinner conversation.
In the past, a topic of contention would come up around the dinner table and spark a lively debate.
"Who was the fitfh Jackson Five?"
"How did kitty-corner come to mean diagonally across an intersection?"
"Is a metric shitload bigger than a regular shitload?"
Two or more differing viewpoints would arise and things would go back and forth, back and forth, keeping the chatter going for ever. Debaters would present their viewpoints, along with assumed-to-be-truthful facts supporting their position.
Now, whenever a item of contention comes up, one of the diners says, "We should look that up on Google." and everyone else nods in agreement. Then silence.
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