I guess it was inevitable - I’ve become a curmudgeon. I’ve started the whole, "It wasn’t like this when I was a kid!" bit…

A little example, from about a year ago…

Dyson walked up to me, making very odd vocalizations. Choppy, curt, abrupt sounds. Something like, "Eeet <pause> k’ck <pause> ch’t." Weird stuff like that. After a bit, I asked him what he was doing.

He said, "I’m a scratched DVD."

Upon reflection, he was doing a very accurate representation…