Off Topic Modern life

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Speaking of technology I often see it as a case of solutions looking for problems. Check this out, gives me the willies but it isn't going to go away!

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WTF
 
Am I missing something with that?

What’s it supposed to be?
Ain' t got a clue. !!
Some at work have those and they run there life through it.
Shopping ,going out etc.
Walk around the supermarket with phones linked to Alexa
Don't think they realise that their habits are being monitored.
Talk about big brother
 
Am I missing something with that?

What’s it supposed to be?
Ain' t got a clue. !!
Some at work have those and they run there life through it.
Shopping ,going out etc.
Walk around the supermarket with phones linked to Alexa
Don't think they realise that their habits are being monitored.
Talk about big brother
This is a better example, it's just those talking things having a conversation with each other.
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I think it's that Alexa bitch that got me thinking about this other night, some tv advert and they get it to read their kids a bedtime story , is that what happens now? Is my daughter going to get picked on because I won't let her take an iPad to nursery in a couple of years and won't let some robot whore look after her instead
 
I think it's that Alexa bitch that got me thinking about this other night, some tv advert and they get it to read their kids a bedtime story , is that what happens now? Is my daughter going to get picked on because I won't let her take an iPad to nursery in a couple of years and won't let some robot whore look after her instead
Letting it read a bedtime story <steam>
I used to love reading mine bedtime stories almost every night.
That s ultimate laziness or are peoples lives ( WAY TO BUSY ) nowadays??
 
I like to buy a programme before a game to see who's in the team and buy a green mail after the game to see how the other football teams did and where we are in the table, quicker than waiting for the Sunday papers, marvellous. Waggy Waggy Waggy.
 
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Youve only got to watch the " Back in time for Tea " programmes on BBC to see just how easy and un busy lifestyles are now compared to decades ago.
It's plain laziness as apposed to busy.

I've got a phone app so i can turn on the new fandangled kettle whilst driving home, save's me seconds of time. Pity i can never remember to fill it before going out. What i really need is more tech so my kettle can fill itself.

Some parts of this may not be true.
 
I think it's that Alexa bitch that got me thinking about this other night, some tv advert and they get it to read their kids a bedtime story , is that what happens now? Is my daughter going to get picked on because I won't let her take an iPad to nursery in a couple of years and won't let some robot whore look after her instead
Tell me more about this robot whore.

Asking for a friend.

Ok, it's Chazz. I'm asking for Chazz.
 
Modern ways of living - I have a real love/hate relationship with it.

I like being able to watch an entire series at once - it's no different from buying a series on DVD or VHS back in the day. What I really hate are the tabloids spoiling a series by splashing plotlines and spoilers all over the place before a series is even released!

However, I want to watch TV series and films on a big screen with proper surround sound. Not some pissy little 6inch mobile phone screen or with a mere soundbar. And for the same reason I'm still far more a fan of optical disc than streaming. Far better quality and I actually own the product rather than being at the mercy of streaming providers.

Having the option of doing stuff online rather than ringing call centres is brilliant!

I hate Facebook!! Why is everything linked to it in some way? Why is it taking over the world? It's bad enough some people are willing to communicate only via it and post every minute detail of their boring lives on it. But then every ****ing website out there invites me to 'sign in with Facebook'. NO - **** OFF!

I hate everyone being glued to their mobile phones 24x7. Having to dodge them in the street, or not run them over as they're gormlessly gorping at their phones. Easy pickings for muggers given how unaware they are of their surroundings.
 
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I’m a Luddite

This site is the only technology I use, and therefore the only place I get my news from

‘Warercooler’ conversations at work are a bit weird, but as long as I turn the conversations round from politics to recent films or who has just died it works out ok
 
Most under the age of 25 will think I'm mad for even suggesting any if this but I will try not to sound like too much of a dinosaur , but am I the only one who hates instant access to everything? What I mean is the way you can find live streams to games , the way you can access goals at 5pm on a Saturday instead of waiting for match of the day , the way you can download full series now instead of waiting for next weeks episode? I don't have BT so last night I switched my phone off and waited for the highlights not knowing the score , it's first time I've done that in about 20 years and it got me thinking how normally I would have seen the goals via some link on Facebook. I still wait for match of the day on a Saturday and refuse to download goals and I still wait a week for the next episode a programme . I just wondered if I was the only one? Can't explain why I do it, just old fashioned I suppose
What are your thoughts on drinking down prinny Ave dj? I think I know the answer.


A few posters on here have seen my phone. 13 years old and still going strong.

Hated it when game of thrones was on, would say to my lad, you coming down to watch it?
Nah streamed it already seen it...
****ing hate that.
 
What are your thoughts on drinking down prinny Ave dj? I think I know the answer.


A few posters on here have seen my phone. 13 years old and still going strong.

Hated it when game of thrones was on, would say to my lad, you coming down to watch it?
Nah streamed it already seen it...
****ing hate that.
13 years old?
**** off...More like 33! it should be on antiques roadshow!