Chris TrottierDoes anyone remember when it was both legal and socially acceptable to pour mustard on a hot dog?
We even let children do that.
Gross.
The only good thing about mustard on hot dogs is that we all collectively became aware of the feasibility of ketchup.
And that's why important initiatives, like mass transit, exist!
One time, I was having lunch with a guy who told me, "I'm building a new plug-and-play interface!"
I looked at his hot dog. He dressed it with ketchup.
It became apparent that guy was a real go-getter.
So I gave him $1 million.
That guy invented USB-C -- and the rest is history!
Now imagine if that same go-getter put mustard on his hot dog.
The world would be chaos.
All our phones would be daisy chained with serial ports, SCSI, ADB -- you name it.
Moral of the story: mustard creates misery -- and we're all better now that society has closed the book on that painful part of our history.
Oblomov@atomicpoet I can't understand if you're serious, joking or metaphorical.
@oblomov Metaphorical?
@atomicpoet Like, a metaphor for something else that wasn't about hotdogs and sauces but other things we usually work with in some way but this opens up to different ways. Was this a literal anecdote?
@oblomov That's impressive! Now I feel the need to come up with a compelling enough metaphor.
@atomicpoet I mean, I found it quite compelling as a metaphor, even if it wasn't 8-)