There is a couple in their living room sitting in a recliner and couch. They are both holding chiseled stone tablets written in either Sanskrit or Egyptian hieroglyphs. The man is smiling at what he is reading while his little dog lays on the carpet in front of him.
It is unusual for anyone to be reading stone tablets for at-home leisure reading material.
What does the man's stone tablet say?
There's something about holding a rock in your hands that newspapers can't replace.
scene: the living room description: There is a couple in their living room sitting in a recliner and couch. They are both holding chiseled stone tablets written in either Sanskrit or Egyptian hieroglyphs. The man is smiling at what he is reading while his little dog lays on the carpet in front of him. uncanny: It is unusual for anyone to be reading stone tablets for at-home leisure reading material. entities: Reading, Stele. caption: There's something about holding a rock in your hands that newspapers can't replace.
A joke about the progression of technology: people will often say that there's something about reading on physical paper that digital devices can't replicate. But here, paper is re-framed as the new, underwhelming tech, and these folks are committed to the feel of reading on rocks. It's a funny re-framing, and also funny to think about how these modern looking people could possibly have gotten used to reading on rock tablets initially.