"Uncle, you're missing the point," he sighs. "It's not like a real bulletin board, it's like— a portable place..."

Oh, god, the metaphors are already getting away from Iroh's nephew and they've scarcely begun.

"I'll make the writing bigger on your phone if you want, I know how to do that, I think. But you can post to this 'place' and anyone can see what you say and reply, at any time, from anywhere in town, that's the point."

He's a good teacher in his way, wants to help, but patience and even-keel explanations are not his style.