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I despise the modern phones and internet
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james_s:

--- Quote from: thm_w on December 15, 2022, 01:16:23 am ---$30/month is something like 2-3% of the minimum wage in the UK. Its not exactly a massive expense.
I get that any required costs when you aren't working is incredibly frustrating. AND that if you are like me, being out of work for months is very depressing. But, wouldn't that energy be better spent on working on skills and job searching over shitposting?

I pay £5.33/month for the meager amount of data and minutes that I use (basically just google maps and strava). I'm sure UK has some discount providers as well.

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Adjusted for inflation, I paid more than that for my landline back in the day, and it cost extra to get called ID and I had to wait around at home if I was expecting a call. My mobile phone service is only $50/mo for unlimited voice/text and some amount of data that I have never come close to exceeding, it seems like a bargain.
james_s:

--- Quote from: jmelson on December 15, 2022, 03:36:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on December 15, 2022, 12:24:43 am ---I agree.  I also hate how everything seems to revolve around needing a smartphone now too.

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Yes, I recently went to a concert, paid through Ticketmaster.  The ONLY way to get in is with a smartphone, has to be either Ios or Android.  Last time I was able to print tickets from my computer, but no longer allowed.  I don't have either of these types of phones, so I had to use my wife's phone, download their app and use it to display the barcode at the door.  Massive annoyance to have to type in username and password at the door, too.
Jon

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That really is obnoxious, it's nice to have as an option, but whenever I've gone to events I've always printed out the paper ticket, I don't want to rely on my phone in case the battery dies or my phone breaks.
ebastler:

--- Quote from: eti on December 14, 2022, 11:14:41 am ---It’s strange that I’ve posted this same thing on a couple of my social media outlets [...]

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Posting a rant against the woes of always-on devices and always-distracted users on multiple "social media outlets"? That's strange indeed.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: eti on December 14, 2022, 11:14:41 am ---It’s strange that I’ve posted this same thing on a couple of my social media outlets, all of which have received likes and positive feedback and INTELLIGENT discussion (and not a single sniff of “you’re ranting”)
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Because the only people interacting with you in those places are those who share your views. It's called an echo chamber, and it's a perfect way to destroy any mental health you have remaining.


--- Quote ---I feel EEVblog has an infestation of toxic, angry, insular loners with no outlet except to attack people with whom they don’t agree.

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.. looked in a mirror lately?
ebastler:

--- Quote from: tom66 on December 14, 2022, 11:19:35 am ---It's funny, I have the exact opposite opinion.  A great deal of people on this forum, who shall remain unnamed, have strong views reminiscent of the Luddites.  If we were listening to these people we'd still be using horses to pull carts.  It's really odd to me that engineers would be so critical of the very field they are often involved in, you don't hear too many medical doctors arguing for leeches and trepanning still.

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Douglas Adams had figured that one out in 1999:


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* Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
* Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

* Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

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