*hugs with a good laugh...

V.

*gasps* Wait, are you criticizing the New World Order...! Without me?

why yes... yes I am.... *snickers...

V.

He, she and it.

Bunners

altogether now... he and she and it... once again please... he and she and it... not to mention, yes?... they and them and those... altogether now... don't say sex but count your toes...

V.

And if you run the words together, a fine summation.

Ahh yes such a challenging time to live... for them and us with a small bunch of woke hemorrhoids pushing their worldview on everyone else.

*giggles... well said...

V.

Thank you.

(note: According to ‘WOKE’guidelines,the term ‘man’or ‘male’hereby encompasses all genders, non-genders, species, robots, and things in general. It should be changed out for ‘person’ whenever possible.)

Okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but the term "Man" or "Mankind" has ALWAYS included both genders in scientific/literary publications hasn't it? If that is true, then the "WOKE" folks are woefully behind the times.

I believe that's true... but the note I pulled out of thin air... *snickers... it just amazes me that people have actually embraced the idea - hopefully it will go away like other hopelessly stupid things...

V.

You know, there was a time when all an AI genderless-but-female german shepherd robot would have seemed ridiculous, but these days it's not that far off. Definitely gave me a chuckle, especially the end.

*smiles so very big... I totally agree... if you just do an on-line search of sexbots, it's pretty incredible what companies are working on. I do think the next big step in this is a phone AI so people are actually speaking to their phones as a person. Of course, the very next step after that would be phone sex.

V.

Marm's seal of approval... I love it - thank you...

V.

I'm too old and tired to be 'woke'. I think I'll just sleep this one out. When society gets its head out of its ass, have my alarm go off.

Yes, I realize I just said I'm going to sleep until eternity. I'm good with that.

*laughs and gives him a hug... this sort of thing is a pendulum, eventually it will swing back the other way...

V.

But will it be soon enough?

only the future knows for sure... when they begin bumping off anyone over 60 you will know it's too late...

V.

One way to get out of paying off the Social Security debt... If they try something like that, though, I'm taking a few of the little blighters with me.

*smiles... language is as old as mankind. I think, except for the fabled Amazons, man was always the top dog. Mankind's structure is very much like the wolf pack. Since the female bore the children, she actually had a value, and became a sought after object; thus the language nuances.

The people trying to change language, and yes, it is happening, are fighting history - but - people being as malleable as they are, all they have to do is keep hammering away at the metal, and it will reshape.

*chuckles... there is a famous Irish tune called, 'The Irish Washerwoman'. I think it would be a total shame to have to change such a historic name, but in the words of William Shakespeare, "A rose (object name/noun) by any other name would smell as sweet."

V.

the world is a mystery... smiles... some day, long after my time, they might figure it out...

V.

I love paranormal too... saw a wisp breeze past in the house just the other day... I believe I've told you my stories...

V.

*Smiles* I don't think I'll ever get tired of your puns.

My thoughts on this one are a tad scattered. On the whole, its quite good. The characters all make an impression with the time they are given, and the climax straddled that odd line between comedic and genuinely tense.

And as for Sal, she's makes for quite an attractive German shepherd I think.

*chuckles... and I think you are correct...

*hugs...

V.