Pretty soon it'll be so bad you'll be hearing something like. 'I built this cruise missile to stop those damn kids from playin' ZZ Top.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker imagines a future where military weapons are humorously misused to stop children from playing music.
- In plain terms
- Someone built a missile just to stop kids from listening to ZZ Top.
- What can you take from it?
- Technology can be absurd when used for petty reasons.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why use missiles for small problems?
- What does this say about resource use?
Another view
It relies on a specific band reference that may not be understood by everyone.
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