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Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:13 pm to PeteRose
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Do you have any grumpy opinions about modern life?
Better thread (albeit a much, much shorter one) for this board would be to ask for positive opinions of modern life
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:13 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I don’t want to push a button to start my car,
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve driven my wife’s car with a push start and gotten out without turning it off.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:15 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I do not want to download any more of these, especially if I have to create another account Let me be old in peace, tyvm Now get off my lawn!
You don’t need to use the app, beyond first time set up.
I imagine you grew up using a rotating combination lock; I have the utmost faith in your ability to touch four clearly visible buttons in sequence
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:15 pm to PeteRose
Or when the car honks at you when you leave the fob in the car when you close the door
But only when it’s off
Maybe I want to leave my fob in the car, stupid car jerk
But only when it’s off
Maybe I want to leave my fob in the car, stupid car jerk
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:18 pm to PeteRose
The majority of people suck
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:18 pm to Klark Kent
I hate the generic random donation questions at checkout. Would you like to help feed hungry people? Which people? Do they live here? I don’t mind supporting local charities but you have to be able to at least tell me where the money is going.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:19 pm to PeteRose
The only username and PW I can remember are for my med THC dispensary. ??
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:20 pm to PeteRose
You don't even own computer programs now. They lease them to you monthly
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:21 pm to Joshjrn
quote:lies
You don’t need to use the app, beyond first time set up.
First, this requires setting up yet another account. Then, phone updates and gotta log back in. Or malware steals all my info and I come home to a houseful of Cambodians
quote:heck yeah & a rotary phone. Plus, I used to play on my older sibling’s Simon as a kid
I imagine you grew up using a rotating combination lock; I have the utmost faith in your ability to touch four clearly visible buttons in sequence
Just easier to put a key in the lock to let myself in. We lost power at my house 3 times last night. I probably wouldn’t be able to get out today.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:22 pm to Klark Kent
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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.
Same with getting gas
Insert Card (pause 5 seconds)
Insert your zip code (pause 3 seconds)
Are you a rewards member? (pause 3 seconds)
Do you want a car wash? (pause 3 seconds)
Do you want a receipt? (pause 3 seconds)
Select Grade (pause 3 seconds)
Finally have damn gas coming out of the pump,
LOUD COMMERCIAL
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:25 pm to PeteRose
I hate that modern life funnels you into social media, apps, and the broader internet ecosystem, even when you would prefer to avoid them.
There are times when I fantasize about tossing my smartphone onto some asphalt and stomping it into smithereens just to escape its ceaseless torrent of information and distractions: work email, personal email, text messages, app notifications, social media sites, advertisements, web browser, and so on.
The problem is that the phone is entangled in every aspect of my life, by design. If I want to know what's happening in the world and be an informed citizen, the only real way to do that is read news online. If I want to purchase items efficiently, go online. Friends and family almost always text, rarely call, so the smart phone becomes your primary conduit of communication with the people you love. You want to attend a sporting event or a concert? You need an app to download the tickets. Go to a movie? App or internet or email to purchase and display the ticket. Make reservations at a restaurant? Same. Longing to travel somewhere exotic? More apps for the airlines and the hotels. Watch live sporting events or stream movies or binge watch series? App, app, app.
Yet more apps to track your calories, chart your runs, build your strength. Every single work task requires an app or a program: email, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc. Romance, dating, and flirtation are all orchestrated through apps. Doctors provide test results via online portals. Bills and taxes get paid electronically. It goes on and on, an ever-branching labyrinth.
I try my best to avoid it where I can. I read the hard copy magazines, I read hard copy books, I exercise, I set limits on my app usage (which perversely requires yet another app), I take walks, I try to converse with human beings, but there is no way to truly extricate yourself and still remain a cognizant and productive modern human. It's inescapable and ubiquitous.
There are times when I fantasize about tossing my smartphone onto some asphalt and stomping it into smithereens just to escape its ceaseless torrent of information and distractions: work email, personal email, text messages, app notifications, social media sites, advertisements, web browser, and so on.
The problem is that the phone is entangled in every aspect of my life, by design. If I want to know what's happening in the world and be an informed citizen, the only real way to do that is read news online. If I want to purchase items efficiently, go online. Friends and family almost always text, rarely call, so the smart phone becomes your primary conduit of communication with the people you love. You want to attend a sporting event or a concert? You need an app to download the tickets. Go to a movie? App or internet or email to purchase and display the ticket. Make reservations at a restaurant? Same. Longing to travel somewhere exotic? More apps for the airlines and the hotels. Watch live sporting events or stream movies or binge watch series? App, app, app.
Yet more apps to track your calories, chart your runs, build your strength. Every single work task requires an app or a program: email, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc. Romance, dating, and flirtation are all orchestrated through apps. Doctors provide test results via online portals. Bills and taxes get paid electronically. It goes on and on, an ever-branching labyrinth.
I try my best to avoid it where I can. I read the hard copy magazines, I read hard copy books, I exercise, I set limits on my app usage (which perversely requires yet another app), I take walks, I try to converse with human beings, but there is no way to truly extricate yourself and still remain a cognizant and productive modern human. It's inescapable and ubiquitous.
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:26 pm to DmitriKaramazov
Holy text wall, Batman
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:28 pm to StealthCalais11
The competency crisis is very real.
People have relied on tech and systems so much they've forgotten how to accomplish anything, and how to act around other people.
People have relied on tech and systems so much they've forgotten how to accomplish anything, and how to act around other people.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:28 pm to Eighteen
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Same with getting gas Insert Card (pause 5 seconds) Insert your zip code (pause 3 seconds) Are you a rewards member? (pause 3 seconds) Do you want a car wash? (pause 3 seconds) Do you want a receipt? (pause 3 seconds) Select Grade (pause 3 seconds)
Finally have damn gas coming out of the pump,
LOUD COMMERCIAL
yep. same shite at the pump.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:30 pm to Kingshakabooboo
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This is why early-mid 90’s was the peak of our society.
Correct the 90s is 100% the peak of society i say the peak ended on 9/10/01. Since then the world has been trash overall.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:33 pm to Auburn80
i refuse to donate through a large conglomerate or corp. They just take the money and donate it or launder it and then write it off. Make them donate thei own money
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:35 pm to lsubatman1
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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
I don’t have a key for my house.
I’ve left the country before without locking the house.
I suppose I may live in a bubble.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:37 pm to PeteRose
people generally dress like shite and (fat) women show way too much skin. people are definitely less worried about personal hygiene as well. so many present themselves as slobs 24/7.
we strongly overcorrected from 1950s fashion standards and norms.
we strongly overcorrected from 1950s fashion standards and norms.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:47 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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The competency crisis is very real. People have relied on tech and systems so much they've forgotten how to accomplish anything, and how to act around other people.
Completely agree. It is quite difficult to find competent self starting people with problem solving and critical thinking skills.
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