Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
Don't take air travel for granted
Watch more SpikedHumor videos on AOL Video
At the rate that humans are creating new and more dynamic technologies, it's easy to begin to take things for granted. I mean, space shuttle launches used to be front page, stop what you're doing and find a TV news. Now, most people don't even know when a trip to the International Space Station takes place. And that assumes that people even know that we have an International Space Station. Where people live. In space. Away from Earth.
Well, comedian Louis CK paid a visit to Late Night with Conan O'Brien and helped us regain the proper perspective. Long one of my favorite comedians, Louis summarized what I have been thinking for a quite some time: Pay attention to how amazing the world is and stop bitching about everything! You can travel the world in a flying tube in a matter of hours. You can leave Sydney at 11:00AM Monday and arrive, more that 20 hours later, in New York at 5:00PM the same Monday! I just did that! It was amazing. And I watched TV in the flying tube while I did it.
So, the next time that you find yourself complaining about a flight delay or a seat that doesn't recline, watch this video and take a deep breath. The world is an amazing place. You just have to pull your head out of your ass to realize it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MiamiMeg Mar 18th 2009 11:12AM
He is oh so true! Everyone just needs to take a step back and realize some of the options we have and take nothing for granted.
nismo334 Mar 18th 2009 3:44PM
Seriously so true!!! If you think of the entire span of history, then think about the incredible moment in which we live you'll be dumbfounded. Not only can we instantaniously communicate to anywhere across the globe, but we can physically get anywhere in a few hours. Before the technology of today, a trip to europe involved a boat or before that it was impossible without a few months some wood and some cloth for some sails (oh and a little scurvy). This is why I travel so much, because at no other time in history has it ever been so cheap easy and accessable. If you asked people 200 years ago if they would travel the world if it was affordable and extremely easy, they wouldn't have even believed that was possible. I Love the world we live in despite it's pitfalls.
Jim Kane Apr 16th 2009 12:34AM
I don't think either of you get the point....he is NOT praising the new technologies at all, oh no---he is decrying the bane of technology and how it has made us alienated and ungrateful "spoiled idiots" from the less spoiled generations of the past, that were not so driven to destruction as we are. In the "worst" and "most wasted" generation to ever exist, his humor should not be lost upon the "lost" of today...but your comments reveal that you want us to be even more lost than the comedian originally tried to salvage.