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Do you have any grumpy opinions about modern life?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:47 pm
Login to your accounts online is getting to be pain in the arse. First enter username and password, then I get a text for some random numbers, punch them in. Sometimes I have to click to verify im not a robot. Then click boxes that include a bus or bicycle in it.
Everything is a subscription now and so confusing. Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, youtubetv, paramount. And there’s subscriptions on top of subscriptions. I only have Amazon prime account but when I log in, they are dangling movies that require additional subscription. Why? And I can’t order the big UFC fight directly from pay per view without subscribing to ESPN +. Let’s just make something that takes 1 step and make it a 2step process. Anyone miss the cable days?
Everything is a subscription now and so confusing. Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, youtubetv, paramount. And there’s subscriptions on top of subscriptions. I only have Amazon prime account but when I log in, they are dangling movies that require additional subscription. Why? And I can’t order the big UFC fight directly from pay per view without subscribing to ESPN +. Let’s just make something that takes 1 step and make it a 2step process. Anyone miss the cable days?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:49 pm to PeteRose
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Then click boxes that include a bus or bicycle in it.
The worst. It usually takes me a few times to get it right

Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:51 pm to PeteRose
I'm not sure there is much modern shite that I'm not grumpy about.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:52 pm to PeteRose
When i buy a tv i want to just plug the dang thing in and watch what i please. Why the heck do i need an account and email login so i can watch the newa and weather that i am already paying for? So dumb and really makes me feel old when i have to ask for help signing up for a dang tv
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:52 pm to PeteRose
I don’t want to push a button to start my car, change gears, or roll down the window
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:56 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I don’t want to push a button to start my car, change gears, or roll down the window
I don't miss manual crank windows, but they put so much unnecessary shite in them today that I could do without. It also makes them crazy expensive.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:56 pm to PeteRose
About half the people in the workforce arent worth the paper their paychecks are printed on, or if they get direct deposit it's not worth the energy used to wire the money.
Absolute warm bodies, then these are the sane people that cry about not being paid enough. Greedy corporations are responsible tor about 50% of offshoring. Lazy Americans for the other half.
Absolute warm bodies, then these are the sane people that cry about not being paid enough. Greedy corporations are responsible tor about 50% of offshoring. Lazy Americans for the other half.
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:59 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:the only reason I do is because sometimes I just want the window down a little bit
I don't miss manual crank windows,
But with auto up and auto down and not knowing the correct formula for the pressure to push the button to get the window down just a crack - it’s unnecessarily aggravating

Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:59 pm to PeteRose
This is why early-mid 90’s was the peak of our society. Had just enough tech to make life nice without it the tech itself being intrusive.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:00 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I don’t want to push a button to start my car,
Disagree, in LOVE the push button start. I don't have to fish around for my keys, I don't have to deal with the keychain swinging.
Just press it and go.
That and the backup camera are the best things
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:01 pm to PeteRose
Also having to lock my house door. I remember leaving the door unlocked 24/7 but now modern society has become to dangeros for that. Even in my nice safe neiborhood
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:02 pm to fr33manator
quote:unless the key fob is on the key chain with the house key behind the locked door you just closed
I don't have to fish around for my keys

Plus it was just my grumpy opinion
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:03 pm to PeteRose
People dress like shite in public now.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:05 pm to GreenRockTiger
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unless the key fob is on the key chain with the house key behind the locked door you just closed Plus it was just my grumpy opinion
Put a smart lock on your house. I don’t even carry “keys” anymore, just the one fob in my pocket, which then never leaves my pocket

Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:05 pm to PeteRose
i feel like every time i use my debit/credit card at a retailer i get asked 4-5 additional questions before I can just pay.
would you like to create an account?
would you like to sign up for our credit card?
would you like to donate $ to the kids in Africa?
would you like to donate to handicapped lesbians in Ukraine?
would you like to round up to donate to local SPCA?
should we send the receipt to you via txt, email, etc?
Would you also like us to print your receipt?
No. I don’t want to do any of that shite.
I just want to pay you for the goods/services you provided. and leave.
would you like to create an account?
would you like to sign up for our credit card?
would you like to donate $ to the kids in Africa?
would you like to donate to handicapped lesbians in Ukraine?
would you like to round up to donate to local SPCA?
should we send the receipt to you via txt, email, etc?
Would you also like us to print your receipt?
No. I don’t want to do any of that shite.
I just want to pay you for the goods/services you provided. and leave.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:06 pm to PeteRose
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Sometimes I have to click to verify im not a robot. Then click boxes that include a bus or bicycle in it.
Image based captchas are probably my least favorite thing on the internet, followed closely by floating video ads on websites. Bonus frick you points if it’s a mobile website with the video ad taking up a quarter of the screen.
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:08 pm to Joshjrn
quote:absolutely not
Put a smart lock on your house.
I’ll probably have to click all the squares with a fire hydrant and get it wrong and be locked out forever
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:10 pm to GreenRockTiger
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absolutely not I’ll probably have to click all the squares with a fire hydrant and get it wrong and be locked out forever
It’s either punching in numbers on a keypad or touching one button on an app. But if you want to continue your key-fob-based pratfalls, be my guest

Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:12 pm to PeteRose

This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 1:13 pm
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