My boomer trait is that I frequently type in my password where the username is supposed to go. What’s yours?
I think both videogames, and non-traditional sexual identities are not important
I hate how tech is in everything now. Everything is IOT. Everything can expire because of software abandonment.
You know how you have those 70 year old fridges that still work? I’m sure that new Samsung IOT one will have planned obsolescence after 20 years tops.
You know how we have classic cars? Thing of the past. Locked firmware and phone home capabilities will brick new cars for similar reasons when they become old.
Your nose ring makes you look like a bull.
Your comment makes you sound like a donkey.
I don’t use tiktok, instagram, and I deleted facebook, it’s all targeted advertising slop. My “friends” on facebook didn’t interact with me, they interacted with my posts. I made a post stating I was going to delete facebook on X date, and if anyone wanted my contact information they should reach out before then. 1 person reached out to keep in touch. I refuse to download apps on my phone. I already have an internet browser on the phone; one app to rule them all. Why do I need a fucking app for what I can do on your webpage? I switched to linux because both apple and windows are in a race to see who can be the shittiest walled garden that invades your privacy and steals your data, so yeah, I’m still very much, don’t trust strangers on the internet, including corporations. No I will not give you my information to get a discount or bullshit rewards points. I’ll pay full price, my data is worth way more than your paltry discounts.
I’m with you.
Two spaces go after a period
I’m more likely to use my computer than my phone unless it’s directly phone-related. And if I can send a text from my computer? Hell yeah
I’m more likely to use an emoticon than an emoji
Menus at restaurants are to be printed not via a QR code and a shitty website.
To be fair, telling people to scan QR codes with their phones is a huge phishing vector. I’ve seen a few places with new stickers over the first one, which is very easy to do. Is it an updated menu? Or a scam page for a session stealer?
☝️ this is it.
Related - I hate having that goddamned tablet at the table.
I’ll accept a tablet. But the first time it malfunctions, Miss Minimum Wage is standing at the table writing my order down on paper.
a shitty website
Or worse a PDF of the menu.
That is 500Mb+ because the ‘designer’ just stuffed the highest quality image in they could as a background on the whole thing
I feel like this is probably common sense. The council of people over 20 have decided this months ago, and it should become law any minute now.
I’ve seen restaurant where you need to order on a smartphone. That’s just ridiculous
That’s just less tip for the server if I have to do their job for them.
I know a bar that does this but you can place orders for the table (your friends too and you can see their orders), call the waiter and pay the bill. I was impressed it was functional.
I genuinely think you should be able to get a job interview by walking into a business and introducing yourself with a firm handshake
writing a billion versions of my resume with matching cover letters and manually inputting all the information already on my resume into individual application forms and then getting rejected by AI screening scripts is making me wish i was dead
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I don’t want to have to create an account for everything. Even when account creation was required in the past, it would be enough to have a username and password (sometimes email address). Now often times there are so many unnecessary mandatory fields.
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I like my devices and appliances to have one dedicated function and to do it well, without extra features, preferably available offline. Music is listened to on the mp3. The TV is only the display and never the content source.
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I still prefer in-person interactions, jobs, lessons, and shopping to online ones (but support having online options for those who prefer them).
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I think 99% of tattoos look like shit.
I prefer calling people to texting them.
But I also don’t like being called.
I guess those are my two wolves.
You’re a living personification of “Don’t call us, we’ll call you.”
In person interaction is infinitely superior to anything done online. “Meeting” people online just doesn’t hit the same, even with video calls.
Online interactions register a tiny bit above screaming at the TV in socialisation scale.
I avoid smart home type shit
Okay we need to talk about this because in my opinion this hasnt become a boomer opinion that, as proven over and over again, is just a better and smarter decision. Most of things that are “smart” dont need to be. Why does a fridge, toaster, TV, matress or oven need to be connected to the internet??! For what?!
Most of things that are “smart” dont need to be. Why does a fridge, toaster, TV, matress or oven need to be connected to the internet??! For what?!
I’ve recently seen an add stating that, big brand washing machine have WiFi, we have quality and low pricesbut indeed, it’s getting crazy, and what happens when you change ISP?
I do not know what happens during an ISP change, but i do know that during the recent amazon server outage, these smart appliances stopped working. There was a case where someone with a smart matress (yeah apperently that exists), couldnt sleep because the matress was launched into a weird W shape position and heated itself up.
I disagree. Most of them are shit because they’re designed to serve the manufacturer, provide additional profit streams.
However there’s no reason they couldn’t provide useful functionality to the customer.
- it would be useful to receive fridge alerts if there was a problem
- it would be useful to receive a toaster alert on pop up, or on malfunction
- I really like using my phone as a tv remote, because I know where it is. I also like easy casting - I wish that wasn’t so broken. How did music manage to build something useful with Bluetooth streaming but the video equivalent has always been so broken?
- my oven is connected to the internet. It’s nice to be notified when it’s preheated and when the cooking is done. …… at the expense of the vendor portal and all it entails
- and yes I like to collect personal data, especially related to my health. If there were a private way to collect data from my mattress, I’d be Interested. You don’t have to be.
The most frustrating part is makers of smart appliances can save money by making them cheaper. Instead of a WiFi chip and vendor portal, just embed a dirt cheap Thread radio that simply exposes whatever is useful and let the customer take it from there, or not. Most smart appliances stuff people would find useful is monitoring and alerting, locally
So they would be useful to you if they were completely different?
I’m trying to make the point that smart devices aren’t inherently bad and can even be a good thing. However currently it’s just another way to exploit the customer. Maybe we’ll see more ethical implementation as these become mainstream. Maybe we’ll even see competition based on who implements smart devices ethically.
Oh man I’d love that level of optimism.
Literally watched their “industry initiative” to make a standard that works with everybody’s phone and doesn’t brick devices, and only lightbulbs use it.
There’s at least one XKCD about this…
I prefer buying stuff in stores rather than online. I need to see it physically before you scam me.
Edit: my back hurts
I refuse to use overly smart devices. Yes, I have a few zigbee light switches and thermostats that are controlled by a local HomeAssistant installation but why would I want to by my fridge, dishwasher and toothbrush to be connected to the internet?
The kids’ new slang is fucking stupid. My son last night was excited about his skills in the game he was playing and told me he was " cracked " … cracked?
Man, like, I know we used " bad " to mean good, but come on. Cracked? Cracked is a crazy person. Cracked is how we pirated computer games. Cracked is your engine block after you poured cold water in an overheated car.
This is even stupider than " crashing out " meaning you threw a temper tantrum instead of falling asleep after an up all night acid trip.
I fucking hate it.
Back in my day when we were leet and pwned noobs, it was gg.
Eh, slang was always dumb and obscure. That’s the point, isn’t it?
Bro you’re cooked.
So is crack
Actually I just remembered that, even some 20 years ago (possibly more) in France, we used to describe OP characters in videogames as “craqués”, which could mean “broken” or “cracked”, so I was not weirded out by this one, as the meaning is similar enough.
I wonder how “cracked” came to be and whether this is one of the only contemporary instance where some French slang may have influenced the English one somehow? Probably just a coincidence.
