A paradigm forever changed...

It's a line I've read and repeated almost reflexively from the time I was first able to decode the squiggly marks in a book:

"The Great Wall of China/Pyramids/Northeastern Urban Metroplex/Big Pile of Tires In South Cackalacky is visible from space!"

Brian J. Noggle retorts that these days, thanks to Google, so's his pickup truck.

A certain amount of wonder has gone from life when your neighbors can access satellite footage to check on the edging job you did behind the backyard privacy fence with less effort than it would take to go fetch a stepladder from the garage...
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