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re: Technology Challenge — Party like it’s 1981
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:35 pm to JudgeHolden
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:35 pm to JudgeHolden
It’s not just about my experience. The world as a whole was vastly different then. It wouldn’t be just myself with no cell, internet, etc. It would be all of society without those things thus making it a far better, albeit less convenient, place.
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Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:39 pm to go_tigres
Yeah I guess it would depend on if you knew those things existed too and had become dependent on them.
My dad doesn't have a smart phone or a television and he doesn't give 2 shits about owning either one.
My dad doesn't have a smart phone or a television and he doesn't give 2 shits about owning either one.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:40 pm to Jimbeaux
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False. Word processors with electronic data storage and printers were widespread in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Not in the 1981 I grew up in.
And I typed my papers and applications on a typewriter through the mid-1980s at least.
This post was edited on 8/28/22 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:47 pm to Korkstand
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The problem isn't that I use the technology. The problem is that everyone else uses the technology.
As Gary Busey said in Under Seige, welcome to the revolution. Be the vanguard, baw.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:55 pm to JudgeHolden
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Finding your way requires a paper map.
How about just an address?
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:58 pm to JudgeHolden
I have books.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:00 pm to JudgeHolden
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How many will accept that challenge? No law says you have to use that technology today.
Yea and then half my clients fire me for not reading any emails for almost 2 weeks.
Sounds great.
This post was edited on 8/28/22 at 6:01 pm
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:02 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Yea and then half my clients fire me for reading any emails for almost 2 weeks.
I get that.
But do you yearn for a day when all you had was snail mail and maybe a fax?
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:03 pm to JudgeHolden
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f it was so much better then, why not? Wouldn’t you be happier?
this is a really odd thing to melt about on a sunday afternoon
drink some beer and relax
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:04 pm to JudgeHolden
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Turn off your cellphone.
Well, except for the fact that my cell phone is the contact people have for me, including people from work.
If we go back to the 1980s everyone knows they have to call my landline.
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Close the laptop
OT ballers have an IBM or Commodore and a 300 baud modem.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:08 pm to JudgeHolden
Shared and tagged 10 people on my Facebook page.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:13 pm to JudgeHolden
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But do you yearn for a day when all you had was snail mail and maybe a fax?
I would yearn for a day I didn't get ten calls a day from somebody calling with a name of John and Indian accent. Back in 81 we had pong and loved it.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:34 pm to Btrtigerfan
It's always amazing to see prices at $2,000 or more for TVs and Stereos then. That's in those dollars. $6,000 or more adjusted for inflation. TV had been around a while, as had devices to listen to music. And they were paying more than $6,000 in our dollars for it. What a huge investment just getting a good TV was. I'm shopping around if a 70" TV is $500 in our dollars.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:59 pm to ParkMTN
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TV had been around a while, as had devices to listen to music. And they were paying more than $6,000 in our dollars for it. What a huge investment just getting a good TV was
And the most expensive TV then would be considered dog shite today when it comes to picture quality.
I bought my first color TV in 1987. I think it was a 27 inch. Watching a football game in color was mesmerizing on that set. Today you’d think it was tiny and grainy.
This post was edited on 8/28/22 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:03 pm to ParkMTN
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I'm shopping around if a 70" TV is $500 in our dollars.
I got an Amazon Fire 50 inch for $200 recently.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:10 pm to ParkMTN
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It's always amazing to see prices at $2,000 or more for TVs and Stereos then. That's in those dollars. $6,000 or more adjusted for inflation.
Technology was a luxury item back then, but you could still buy a cheap house. Now even low income can by flat screens, but can’t afford houses.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:12 pm to JudgeHolden
I'll do it if we get back Form 1 machine guns. Since that ain't happening I'll keep my STL's...
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:12 pm to JudgeHolden
How about we just shut down social media instead?
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:22 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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If we go back to the 1980s everyone knows they have to call my landline.
And most people didn't expect you to return their call within minutes because you didn't always have immediate access to a telephone.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:32 pm to JudgeHolden
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I’m just saying if it was so great, live like you would have then.
And that is where the stupidity comes in. It would take a helluva lot more than going without some technology to recreate the 80s.
Not having these things(aside from, maybe, social media) had nothing to do with why the 80s were so great. Sorry that you missed it.
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