Heh, so does mine.

All our parents’ book hoarding may end up saving us. And the internet, if they become the new standard?

You joke, but that’s horrifying.

This is already an SEO technique, apparently, and I could see Amazon book sellers finding a way to fudge it: https://yoast.com/help/date-appears-search-results/

100%.

But I was pondering more what the general population might do. People are going to figure out slop recipes don’t work, but the question is what’s the next most accessible thing to replace it with?

…So are we going back to print cookbooks? Published before 2024?

Honestly, that feels like the practical solution.

Plantains are a fickle plant. Ripeness is a huge factor, and that aside, some are just fibery/less sweet and don’t cook as fast.

In theory, Google should fight all attempts at SEO.

But they infamously stopped doing that to bump some quarterly result (as sifting through them generates more clicks), and here we are.

What happens to people operating below the poverty line?

There are probably parallels. Personally, I see some hazardously skip healthcare to avoid the cost.

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Social interaction is really, really important, right?

I think you aren’t giving other little kids enough credit. They aren’t their parents. I had good friends with awful family cultures, and I’m better for knowing them.

I think you may be judging ‘rural’ neighbors a little harshly, too. And your own kid, especially if they are bright.

…It doesn’t mean you can’t supplement their curriculum though, or advance them. My Dad grew up in a really poor area in the deep, deep south. But he just skipped grades, and didn’t come out as a religious nut or anything, and he didn’t have the benefit of two masters degrees parents.

…I’m bringing this up, because I also knew some homeschooled people, and I feel like it screwed them up. Different situation, but still, the isolation makes me very hesitant.