What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

  • The Baldness@beehaw.org
    7·
    1 year ago

    I’m not subscribing to anything. If I buy something, it’s fully functional, and it’s mine. There is no ongoing relationship between me and the manufacturer. Done.

  • Shrek@lemmy.ml
    7·
    1 year ago

    Music in restaurants and bars is just too loud. I know why the music is loud, but I am still going to shake my fist at it like Grandpa Simpson.

    • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      Same. It’s getting worse over time too, I can hardly hear anything anyone is saying in restaurants and bars anymore.

      I felt my inner boomer grow stronger after writing that.

  • Elbullazul@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    Cars shouldn’t be loaded with user-facing technology. Bring back analog dashboards and buttons for climate control!

    • StringTheory@beehaw.org
      11·
      1 year ago

      Bring back stick-shift, too. People shouldn’t be driving if they have no grasp of the mass and inertia of their car. We should be able to disengage the engine at will. And we should have to pay attention when we drive.

  • Npenplz@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    Smart tech in general is annoying and dumb. I want my TV to just be a tv with inputs, I don’t need built in firmware and updates to shove ads in my face. I don’t want my car to have a touch screen to adjust the A/C, just give me a knob or buttons.

  • raresbears@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    Phone bad.

    Like they’re objectively pretty useful but I find the experience of using one to just kinda suck and I avoid it as much as I can. I’d much much rather use a laptop or ideally my desktop if that’s at all possible. No idea how some people manage so much time using their phones

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    When I was a kid, I could go out and play with other kids on the streets, without fear of being snatched or hit by a car or worse. We made Judas ragdolls before Easter just to burn them, and use them for practical jokes. We used to play some child version of cricket, I’ve even broke a window of a neighbour doing it.

    Children nowadays do not do any of those things dammit. What the fuck? How exactly are you growing up without leaving home? For some it’s lack of desire, but for most of them it’s outright lack of possibility.

    Screw this shit. The world is becoming worse.

      • Mr_Grumpy@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Many of the younger generations seem to accept that things don’t last/break easily. I come from a time where there was a wiring diagram for the TV pasted on the inside back cover. Washing machines and other devices often had the schematics included. Repairing your stuff and keeping it running was the norm back then. Even if you couldn’t, you probably had a neighbour who could. Planned obsolescence is a relatively new thing.

  • salarua@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    let me see:

    • physical media is Just Better (cds, game cards, etc.)
    • the Internet is a technological dumpster fire
    • devices are too “smart” nowadays
    • nothacking@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Physical media generally has less aggressive DRM. Buy a DVD and the movies your’s for life, you can even rip it and put it on a media server to make your own little streaming site.

      “Buy” a movie/audiobook on Amazon and it’s yours as long as the company wants you to keep it.

      As always, there is an relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/488/

  • comfy@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Basically any opinion of the modern Internet I give.

    I’m a certified computer expert, but I sound like a Luddite when it comes to anything mainstream.