whotookkarl

I think they mean forward wrt the direction the sun is moving relative to the galaxy, like this:

Hot diggity dog, let's strike while the iron is hot and get on the ball while it's rolling with some old tyme phrases.

Frank can finally download a hoagie

The Waldorf salad rises from the depths of its ancient dimension of cosmic horrors

People working those jobs aren't from a passion for registers or retail commerce. They don't have many options or can only work part time to accept a low paying job with few responsibilities other than keeping accurate count when making change. I'll prefer cashiers until we have better social support for people that need those jobs.

Guy with a high school education is the safety inspector for a nuclear power plant and is able to afford a large home in the burbs, vacations, braces, frequent nights at the bar, etc on a single income.

We hide from the robots during the rain and snow, because they can't see where they have to go

Or walk over one with a lawn mower

"The pays not great, but the work is hard."

I'll go with some classics if you haven't tried them yet. Planescape: torment is a really engaging crpg if you don't mind old graphics and dig lots of lore and dialogue. Morrowind if you prefer first person for another old school rpg with lots of stuff to discover in a weird surreal environment. Dwarf fortress sounds like another older one you might be into too.

On the playground kids would follow other kids who they felt were confident or charismatic, not who had the best ideas or were most concerned with fairness or equity. It's just childish, naive notions of importance that are leaking out into the broader society due to social media, culture of celebrity, etc.