Whee! Technology is Cool, Yet Scary

I think it's because I'm desperately lazy that I have such bittersweet love for the Beyond Microwave Oven, a funky new nukerowave that allows barcode scans of packages for instant settings.

The implications that frighten me intensely about this new bit of techie magic are these:

1. People shouldn't be eating that much packaged food anyway. It doesn't do a body good, if you know what I mean. Microwaves ought to be for warming your barcode-free leftovers.

2. The sales text: "sometimes it's hard to know exactly what "half-power" means on your microwave, and who can always remember how long to cook those frozen meals?" Believe me, I know how difficult it is to flip your Lean Cuisine entree box over and read those tome-like instructions. Unnghh! It makes my brain hurt SO MUCH!

3. If you can't read the package instructions or work the microwave, how are you going to work your way through the byzantine business of checking the ingredient list and nutrition information to figure out what it is you're eating?

Eh, what do I care about literacy or critical thinking skills? Very soon, we'll all exist on caffeine (your choice of carrier vehicle), Netflix and Jamba Juice with Powerboosts(R).

(Thanks to Josh for the freaky BMO tip!)