The Seven Voyages Of SteveMar 16

I saw a young person ask ChatGPT how long their flight was today when they were literally holding the boarding pass with that information on it in the same hand that had the phone in it. ChatGPT spat out about 4 paragraphs on the subject when the answer was “40 minutes”. What a time to be alive

Edit: this blew up so I’m muting it now to save my notifications. No, I didn’t make it up for clicks, I’d have preferred fewer. Just a little anecdote from a tiring day that I’m trying to relax from now

Show threadMike McCaffrey Mar 16
@sinbad That does not sound plausible. Why in 2026 would a young person be holding a physical boarding pass?
Show threadcanleaf08✅ 加拿大葉子 🏳️‍🌈⚧️🇪🇺🍁Mar 16
@mikemccaffrey @sinbad Because it is a valid documentation and receipt of your bags at hand… Electronic devices fail, paper not.
Show threadMike McCaffrey Mar 16
@canleaf @sinbad Alas, technology does not advance because it is a good idea.
Show threadcanleaf08✅ 加拿大葉子 🏳️‍🌈⚧️🇪🇺🍁
@mikemccaffrey @sinbad It is good that etix were adopted instead of waiting weeks for the flight coupon. But I prefer to hold a paper copy in a binder when i am out there in the outback or Canada’s west with no internet. I was asked the boarding pass coming into a country when I tried leaving the US at some point in the past. I keep mobile phones off at immigration proceedings.
Mar 17 at 6:23pmWeb