"Answer" by Fredric Brown. I dug through my bookmarks of short stories to find it because I knew I read it before as well. (For those curious, it's like a 1 minute read)

2 more that come to mind are "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov and "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke. Both great short stories.

Because we basically drive tanks everywhere on roads designed for incredible speed.

So basically our cars are the main culprit making the side issues worse.

Well that sounds fucking awesome

The amount of people I see who are the "iPad kids" they constantly scream about is incredibly high

Keep an eye on your screen time folks.

Get out there and touch grass, the world is waiting!

Here's a fun little tid bit I once brought up with a relative.

Same sex couples are a benefit tax wise.

They'll get married, pay their taxes, contribute to society like any other couple, but with one key caveat: they don't accidentally make new mouths to feed and extra burdens on our systems and infrastructure.

Last I checked, 2 gay men (or 2 lesbians for that matter) aren't gonna accidentally make a new mouth to feed, a new student in our public education, a new person that has to use our roads, etc. If they want a kid it's intentional. And statistically they're significantly more likely to adopt (bringing the number of children in those systems down as well)

They still were against it though because "they just don't like the idea of it" but hey, that's one of the reasons them and I don't talk anymore. One of the others being that they found out I was Bi lol

Well that's a roller coaster of emotions

Dualing banjos intensifies

Hell if they're someone who not only can stand me but I can stand them, then we're already halfway there lol

Found family stories always hit extra hard for me

Easily among my favorite tropes in media

I don't have a tumblr account so I can't really dig through the artist's page, but found this comic and loved it as a stand alone comic

I wouldn't be surprised if the software had a cheap rate at first but then they raised the rate dramatically to increase profits after stores were dependent on them.

Kinky

Luckily the stations near me that play ads only play ads when you're actively pumping gas.

Of course they sound horrific now that all the speakers are blown, you can't even tell what the ad is trying to say.

"Sorry can't go to the movie, it's perfect kite weather! I'm going to the park and I'd for for you to join me!"

I like learning about other people

It helps distract me from my boring life lol

An ai robot that will do my dishes while I create art doom scroll memes

In theory they can save a bunch on labor costs by having 1 person look over the lot and being ready for help vs having an army of clerks.

NGL I dig self checkout

I never have but damn have I thought about it a few times

It comes from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, though I found it by searching "first time meme". It's a silly fun time of a movie, I'd recommend watching with friends.

If you wanna know more about the meme, it's uses, and it's history though here's the Know Your Meme page about it.