How to explain technology to Dwarves.
"What is the interwebs?" Someone from the group of males behind me had asked. Go figure mentioning something to a friend that was from the same time and space I was, would eventually lead to questions.
"Well… It's something from where I'm from" I respond with a sweet smile. How can I explain to group of dwarves, who's society was closer to the Anglo-Saxon era of your "world" than the modern one that I, well used to live in. Better yet, how do can you explain that you have a vast wealth of information at your fingertips, and you use it to look at cats, and get into arguments with random strangers?
"But WHAT is it?" Bofur asked leaning closer to my face than I would have liked.
"Well it's a type of technology that we have" I smiled wearily. Every time I opened my mouth it led to an explanation. "It's much like a huge library and letters all rolled into one" I say hesitantly. "I can learn, read, and write to friends, and can share portraits." This wasn't going as well as I would have liked. "It's also called the world wide web."
"Web… as in spiders?" Kili, the youngest, and definitely Captain obvious of group asked.
"No, but if you think of a spider web, there's a type of thread that connects all this information so we can share it"
"Why can a thread carry information? That's foolish" Dori scoffed from behind, Jackson definitely didn't prepare me for his attitude.
"It's an analogy." I sighed felt I like wanted to face palm. This was only the beginning. Of course my stupid friend over there was snickering at my misfortune.
