Me: I should learn how to drive a stick shift.
Jilly: Why
Jilly: Why would that ever be useful for you to learn?
Me: Well, you know. They’re more fuel efficient.
Jilly: That hasn’t been true for decades.
Me: I could do that thing where I roll it and start it if the battery is drained?
Jilly: What, jumper cables are too expensive?
Me: But in the event of a world-ending event, y’know, I might wind up needing to drive stick just to navigate this post-apocalyptic hellscape.
Jilly: Most cars manufactured now are automatic. What you’re talking about is a plot device that’s only in movies as an obstacle to the hero.
Me: I would get to brag about how I’m a better driver than everyone else?
Jilly: You already do that.
Me: I, uh…
Jilly: Yeah?
Me: When a Coronal Mass Ejection finally hits the earth, life will be spared but every electronic device using a transistor will be inoperable, leaving only really old cars available for use. So really, it’s just pragmatic.
Jilly: Was that bullshit your reason this whole time?
Me: MAYBE