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Anybody else besides me sick of technology?
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:02 pm
Dear Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Pinterest, Truth, MySpace, TigerDroppings,
I build websites for a living. I do a lot of programming, etc. which means I am not some “out of touch with technology” boomer.
It just seems that everything with technology just sucks. Of course it’s great when it works but it’s crazy how every single day something stupid happens.
Everything from routers to wi-fi to appliances to cars to Nest thermostats.
Every single day there is an issue with something that has to do with technology.
For example (tonight) I’m wanting to chill a little and watch a movie or something. The remote control doesn’t work. Ok, no biggie, I’ll just replace the batteries. NOPE.
Called up Xfinity where I basically had to get through the AI bullshite press 1 or say something crap.
Unplug everything, reboot everything. NOPE.
Finally get through to a real human being. After 30 minutes on the phone they determined my remote has an issue.
Now I can’t use Xfinity until I get a new remote from them. Friday I should have my new remote. Can’t use Xfinity without their special cutting-edge remote control.
My refrigerator is fricked up. 2 years old (LG) will not get cooler than 47 degrees
My washing machine 1-2 years old is fricked up - the spin cycle doesn’t work
My Nest thermostat on my AC will not cool the fricking house. It’s always 79 degrees. I have rebooted it, changed all of the settings a hundred times, nothing. The actual AC unit is in perfect shape.
My 2022 car has rain sensors on the windshield. I never use the rain sensors because they are annoying when it actually does rain. Hasn’t rained in 4-5 days and the windshield wiper just stay on all day long (even though the sensor setting is turned off) - gotta take that into the shop to get fixed now
Ok, no tv whatever.
Go to check my schedule for tomorrow - I use a program called Acuity. Oh, they are down for maintenance until 6:00am PST (9:00 my time)
Well shite, I’m just going to burn sometime before bed and play MLB the big show on the Nintendo. NOPE - their system is down.
It’s just unbelievable how we have all of this technology but everything seems to not work correctly every single day.
Thanks for listening to me rant.
I build websites for a living. I do a lot of programming, etc. which means I am not some “out of touch with technology” boomer.
It just seems that everything with technology just sucks. Of course it’s great when it works but it’s crazy how every single day something stupid happens.
Everything from routers to wi-fi to appliances to cars to Nest thermostats.
Every single day there is an issue with something that has to do with technology.
For example (tonight) I’m wanting to chill a little and watch a movie or something. The remote control doesn’t work. Ok, no biggie, I’ll just replace the batteries. NOPE.
Called up Xfinity where I basically had to get through the AI bullshite press 1 or say something crap.
Unplug everything, reboot everything. NOPE.
Finally get through to a real human being. After 30 minutes on the phone they determined my remote has an issue.
Now I can’t use Xfinity until I get a new remote from them. Friday I should have my new remote. Can’t use Xfinity without their special cutting-edge remote control.
My refrigerator is fricked up. 2 years old (LG) will not get cooler than 47 degrees
My washing machine 1-2 years old is fricked up - the spin cycle doesn’t work
My Nest thermostat on my AC will not cool the fricking house. It’s always 79 degrees. I have rebooted it, changed all of the settings a hundred times, nothing. The actual AC unit is in perfect shape.
My 2022 car has rain sensors on the windshield. I never use the rain sensors because they are annoying when it actually does rain. Hasn’t rained in 4-5 days and the windshield wiper just stay on all day long (even though the sensor setting is turned off) - gotta take that into the shop to get fixed now
Ok, no tv whatever.
Go to check my schedule for tomorrow - I use a program called Acuity. Oh, they are down for maintenance until 6:00am PST (9:00 my time)
Well shite, I’m just going to burn sometime before bed and play MLB the big show on the Nintendo. NOPE - their system is down.
It’s just unbelievable how we have all of this technology but everything seems to not work correctly every single day.
Thanks for listening to me rant.
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Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:04 pm to FLTech
CRB
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:05 pm to FLTech
Should have been a farmer then, things never go wrong and flow easy. That just how things go bucko.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:05 pm to FLTech
As my dad used to tell me, all that fancy stuff is just more shite that can break. So freaking true.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:06 pm to FLTech
For someone who hates technology, you seem to surround yourself with a lot of it
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:06 pm to FLTech
Take a vacation and unplug for a week or two and report back.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:06 pm to FLTech
I agree actually.
Even though its a Tuesday, id be on bourbon number 2 or 3 if all that shite happened to me within 24 hours
Even though its a Tuesday, id be on bourbon number 2 or 3 if all that shite happened to me within 24 hours
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:07 pm to FLTech
That’s a lot to read, ma’am
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:09 pm to FLTech
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:09 pm to FLTech
Tl:Dr but yes, tech has jumped the shark
The innovation is gone and now the tech companies have become tyrants that tell us how to think and act according to what they want us to do
It's all gone to shite.
I saw where the big breakthrough of the new Android OS is that it will lecture you on gender and pronouns and fix it for you when you misgender someone
The innovation is gone and now the tech companies have become tyrants that tell us how to think and act according to what they want us to do
It's all gone to shite.
I saw where the big breakthrough of the new Android OS is that it will lecture you on gender and pronouns and fix it for you when you misgender someone
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:10 pm to FLTech
You needed to add the “sent from my iPhone” sig to that post.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:12 pm to FLTech
Ted Kaczynski already wrote a manifesto so you wouldn’t have to.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:14 pm to FLTech
quote:
Anybody else besides me sick of technology?
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FLTech
The frick?
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:16 pm to FLTech
I have similar credentials as yourself with a background in both IT and programming.
I love tech, but I try to keep most things simple. Not everything aspect of my life needs technology. I don't have much smart home bullshite for example.
I love tech, but I try to keep most things simple. Not everything aspect of my life needs technology. I don't have much smart home bullshite for example.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:19 pm to FLTech
I just want truck that I can spray out the interior with a hose.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:19 pm to FLTech
Go live off the grid then Kaczynski
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:20 pm to FLTech
quote:
It’s just unbelievable how we have all of this technology but everything seems to not work correctly every single day.
Just seems as a way to raise the price of the same product
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:22 pm to FLTech
I’m the same way. Do people really desire cloud-based washing machines? Cars with voice-automated lighting?
You ever watch a video of someone reviewing the actual upgrades and features to new phones? There’s so much inane bullshite that people feign excitement for.
I’m getting old at 38, I guess. But I’d really like to have the knowledge for living off the grid in some mountain of Wyoming.
You ever watch a video of someone reviewing the actual upgrades and features to new phones? There’s so much inane bullshite that people feign excitement for.
I’m getting old at 38, I guess. But I’d really like to have the knowledge for living off the grid in some mountain of Wyoming.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:24 pm to FLTech
Technology and the convenience it promises will hang us all.
I wrote this on here last year. I don't know who I was responding to then, but it fits here:
No, convenience will be the end of us. The tech would not have as strong a footing if we weren't always looking for a more convenient life.
Convenience like your refrigerator having a camera and a touchscreen on it. Convenience like wearing a health monitor on your wrist 24/7/365. Convenience like your home's heating and air being controllable from the cloud. Convenience like being able to turn the porch light on from work or unlock the back door while on vacation so your neighbor can water your Peace Lily. Convenience like your car talking to your watch which talks to your phone. Convenience like having a box always listening so you can ask it if you should wear a rain jacket today or what year John Candy died. Convenience like every aspect of your gross consumerism being tracked with your every purchase in effort to give you a "better shopping experience".
We didn't crave this convenience all at once. Hell, we didn't even know we "needed" all that stuff to make our lives easier. At first, we thought, "Oh, being able to make a call from the road when I'm running late would really come in handy." Or, "Hey, not needing that phonebook to find my barber's number and hours is great!" Then, they found other ways to help us, to make life more convenient. Like the frog in the pot of water they kept gradually turning up the fire. Now, here we are, basically dependent on all those things meant to make us more comfortable. And, we expected them not to take advantage of that network of convenience? We expected them not to capitalize on the privacy we so willfully gave up? We expected them not to use that against us? We, unwittingly, while seeking convenience and comfort we didn't even know we needed, have allowed them a level of their own convenience that has never before been matched. It has never been easier to track and control us, and all for convenience.
Convenience will hang us all, but at least we will be comfortable waiting on the gallows.
I wrote this on here last year. I don't know who I was responding to then, but it fits here:
quote:
"tech will be the end of us and i say that as a 1st year millenal who loves tech,."
No, convenience will be the end of us. The tech would not have as strong a footing if we weren't always looking for a more convenient life.
Convenience like your refrigerator having a camera and a touchscreen on it. Convenience like wearing a health monitor on your wrist 24/7/365. Convenience like your home's heating and air being controllable from the cloud. Convenience like being able to turn the porch light on from work or unlock the back door while on vacation so your neighbor can water your Peace Lily. Convenience like your car talking to your watch which talks to your phone. Convenience like having a box always listening so you can ask it if you should wear a rain jacket today or what year John Candy died. Convenience like every aspect of your gross consumerism being tracked with your every purchase in effort to give you a "better shopping experience".
We didn't crave this convenience all at once. Hell, we didn't even know we "needed" all that stuff to make our lives easier. At first, we thought, "Oh, being able to make a call from the road when I'm running late would really come in handy." Or, "Hey, not needing that phonebook to find my barber's number and hours is great!" Then, they found other ways to help us, to make life more convenient. Like the frog in the pot of water they kept gradually turning up the fire. Now, here we are, basically dependent on all those things meant to make us more comfortable. And, we expected them not to take advantage of that network of convenience? We expected them not to capitalize on the privacy we so willfully gave up? We expected them not to use that against us? We, unwittingly, while seeking convenience and comfort we didn't even know we needed, have allowed them a level of their own convenience that has never before been matched. It has never been easier to track and control us, and all for convenience.
Convenience will hang us all, but at least we will be comfortable waiting on the gallows.
This post was edited on 9/5/23 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:24 pm to FLTech
he says using technology to post this
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