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by HelixEndeavor 1711 days ago
As self-driving cars come closer to reality, I fear your hypothetical will eventually become a real conversation someone will have to unironically have.
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Well, that's how progress looks like.

Computers also used to be only for those willing to geek out and geniuses. Now they are used without thinking too much about them.

I have no idea how to shoe a horse.
Did anyone complain when people stopped being able to use rotary phones?
But if someone told you that a horse needed to be shod before riding, you'd at least know what the sentence meant.
I'm pretty sure a lot of people wouldn't understand the word "shod". It's not really a word in common usage.

I just hope nobody would mishear it as "shot". That could be unpleasant.