Things Technology didn't/can't Make Better

[SlimTrae]

Records still rock!
I have albums from the decades ago that still play. And where there is a scratch? Depending on how deep it is, the same trick still works; penny wrapped around a rubber band. Nickel for deep and quarter for max scratch.


I've got CDs from a few years ago, that scratch,skip or freeze.

CDs & DVDs if but pampered, are useless over time.

I've got cassette tapes that snapped or snagged, solution? Spliced it. Now that piece is gone, but the tape still plays.

Was about to upgrade in a new stereo system, but after pondering, I'm migrating back to the turntables!

[SlimTrae]

2 for 1 combo thread....after posting this . Once again technology takes a word I typed, then changed it.

Technology for the worse; rewriting your words. I typed same trick, then had to edit,because it decided sane was a better choice.
Then I place my cursor over the words sane and offered me 'same'

[SlimTrae]

DVDs if but pampered, are useless over time.


Oh hello no. I typed. if not pampered

[SlimTrae]

Ridiculous.



I typed hell no,
Not hello

[El Kabong]

Technology has made a lot of things worse....your typical "first world problems" like: face to face communication, day to day anxiety, depression, obesity.

People are more likely to yell their thoughts and feelings online instead of share in person because people are more shy in many ways these days.

Anxiety & depression are exacerbated because if before the internet was a thing and you felt bad about your life and where things were headed for you....then welcome to hell as the entire world is now on display as are you and if you're feeling inadequate in your own head then holy shit dude social media ain't for you.

Obesity is worse because technology makes people lazier that's how it works.


I think straying further from how humans USED to live (hunter gatherer, farming, physically working all day) is quite harmful for us. That energy we had to do that physical labor is still in us it's just now working on your mind leading you to being more anxious, being more depressed, not getting out, not seeing people, not being a part of the real world.



I've worked hard on pretty much starting a tiny little urban farm and doing my own work on my house instead of paying someone to do it....it's given me some headaches but you feel a great sense of accomplishment to complete chores and tasks yourself and grow your own food, it's brilliant. Hunting has also brought that to me. I've not done as much fishing as I'd like though which I'll need to get back to eventually.

[Master]

Smart technology to open a curtain or turn on the radio, get up and do it yourself you lazy twat.

People wasting their time playing games on their mobiles.

Obsessing about other peoples lives on social media.

[SlimTrae]

Obesity is worse because technology makes people lazier that's how it works.


I think straying further from how humans USED to live (hunter gatherer, farming, physically working all day) is quite harmful for us. That energy we had to do that physical labor is still in us it's just now working on your mind leading you to being more anxious, being more depressed, not getting out, not seeing people, not being a part of the real world.


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What do you think about those cooking thing-a-majigs, infomercials where they say you can cook, fry, roast all in one! Is it harmful, radiation? I dunno. But my tastebuds still remember my grandmother's cooking with that big azz giant black frying pan. She'd get up early on a Sunday as well.

Now, the commercials are all about time, as if its a waste to prepare what keeps us alive.