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re: What are some modern conveniences that you deny in your life

Posted on 5/22/25 at 10:25 pm to
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
22768 posts
Posted on 5/22/25 at 10:25 pm to
Grocery Store/Pick-up Delivery. I actually like going to the store.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
31899 posts
Posted on 5/22/25 at 10:27 pm to
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A microwave. The wife will not have one on the counter and there’s no way to mount under a cabinet.
Pay Lowes or Home Depot to put it under the cabinet.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
28525 posts
Posted on 5/22/25 at 10:33 pm to
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for me it’s the money and principle. It’s not a big deal to drive 10 minutes down the road and back to get my food so why would I waste money paying someone to deliver it to me.


Ultimately, it is a value of time vs value of money issue. The more you have of the latter the more valuable the first one gets.

It is the same with paying to have your house cleaned, having your lawn cut, or your pool maintained. I pay for all these and many other mundane chores. They all allow for more unencumbered time which is one of the few assets with a limit set in stone. I do perform most repairs and maintenance duties inside the home because I can and you often spend more time dealing with/waiting for contractors than it takes to just DIY.
Posted by Hawgnsincebirth55
Gods country
Member since Sep 2016
17208 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 6:08 am to
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Ultimately, it is a value of time vs value of money issue. The more you have of the latter the more valuable the first one gets.
that must be why my pot head friend who makes 11$ an hour always uses DoorDash. Because he’s richer than I am. Dumbass
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59880 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 6:39 am to
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Hawgnsincebirth55


Are you retarded?
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
18055 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 6:40 am to
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Everything you said makes sense but not having a smart phone in this day & age is mind boggling….how do you post/lurk on TD while not at home?



Unlike many people in today's world, I do not feel the need to be "connected" when out doing real things with real people.

I'm definitely not one to buy a ticket to a ball game, sit in the stands and have my face glued to a phone screen while the game is being played out live right in front of me. Or head to a neighborhood watering hole and sit at the bar, again head glued to a screen while real friends are there conversing.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
121416 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:42 am to
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I have no clue why anyone uses them unless drunk.
Posted by CrappyPants
Member since Apr 2021
913 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:49 am to
CHAT GDP or whatever the frick it is. If I need to write a letter, an email, a nasty text, I'm doing it myself. Its wild to me that no one uses their own brain and resorts to that shite all the time
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
28671 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:50 am to
So all of you claiming you never use DoorDash/Uber eats, you've never had pizza delivered to your house before doordash became a thing?

and i say that as someone who will order from little ceasers when there's kids sleeping over and go pick it up b/c of how easy they make it. But if there's a game on that i'm watching, i'd much rather pay someone $10-15 to bring it to me as opposed to me wasting 25 minutes to go get it myself. There are no quick 10 minute trips anywhere in baton rouge, at least not where i live.

I don't mind tipping someone to deliver me food, it's all the fees that goes with DoorDash and Uber eats that i don't like. $30 for chinese food turns into $54 somehow.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59880 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:50 am to
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CrappyPants


Yikes.
Posted by bbarras85
Member since Jul 2021
2191 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:55 am to
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Reaturant/fast food phone apps


THIS. I pulled up to sonic the other day to get my wife and I drinks and she gets all exicted, oooo I can use the app!!

I am literally pulling up to the window why would you do that?

Because it is easier.

How?
Posted by JumpingJack
Member since Nov 2024
9 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:58 am to
Is never order door dash or the likes. But I have no problem with pizza joint delivery.

I don't see myself using a bidet. I time it so I just take a shower right after so much better than a bidet anyway.

I also don't see myself ever paying for an only fans. I don't care how desperate I get, I won't ever pay for some pictures or videos.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
21227 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:17 am to
I don't use food delivery apps
Posted by AZBadgerFan
Scottsdale, AZ
Member since May 2013
1736 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:45 am to
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On flights that have diverted (weather) and/or are delayed, sometimes your digital boarding pass will disappear.



I always take a screenshot and save it in Photos
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
24435 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:46 am to
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Smart watches have never appealed to me



I felt the same until I was given one for Christmas.
Posted by tunechi
Member since Jun 2009
10403 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:48 am to
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I pulled up to sonic the other day to get my wife and I drinks and she gets all exicted, oooo I can use the app!!

I am literally pulling up to the window why would you do that?

Because it is easier.

How?


half price drinks on the app baw. you hate saving money?
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
31117 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:50 am to
Sonic and McDonalds app are always great for saving money.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
84570 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:52 am to
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So all of you claiming you never use DoorDash/Uber eats, you've never had pizza delivered to your house before doordash became a thing?


I probably wouldn't mind having pizza delivered, but since I pick up all my food I also pick up the pizza.
For me it's not about the cost, it's mostly about controlling the "staleness" of my food. I'm at the restaurant before the food is ready (or not too long after), and I'm out and straight to the house.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
83585 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:18 am to
The anti-door dash thing is weird to me. I get health issues and quality degradation (although probably not different than getting it yourself).

But if we want some specific restaurant 20 minutes away and i can either load up 3 small kids and spend an hour getting it, or have someone deliver it while we do evening routines and tip them a few bucks…I’m not seeing the major downside.

Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
282134 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:20 am to
I hate drive throughs... would rather walk inside and do business.

I park far away from the store, walking never hurt anyone.


But primarily I dont allow myself to become addicted to comfort, because it becomes the new normal and then life's outlooks are skewed.
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