Dear LFTP soapbox: instant gratification and Jell-O

• How should I handle my dad's embarrassing habit of sending restaurant food back?

A listener's soapbox about instant-gratification culture — people feeling compelled to answer cell phones immediately — prompts the hosts' riffing: one host answers his phone about 46% of the time; they joke Dan only calls when he hit a deer or someone's selling a website service. The 'instant Jell-O' hook spirals into a Jell-O history tangent: the Mormon Corridor 'Jell-O Belt', Utah's 2001 designation of Jell-O as official state snack, and the Jell-O No-Bake line from 1966. The verdict, echoed by 'Secular's' brief answer: faster tools just let people express timeless human folly more quickly.