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[Misc] Modern life
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portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Yes, because they too are a consumption of time better replaced by being down the pub with mates talking tete a tete in the old days with an Evening Argus and John Vinnicombes inside scoop
Porn is going to go next level. I tried one of the meta headsets (for purely research purposes), and it's scary.
I was thinking about dating apps the other day. I wonder what the increase has been in sexual partners (for both men and women) since the introduction of dating apps. It's got to have increased by a crazy amount!
Justice
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I think we just live in a really over populated crap expensive country which is rush rush rush.
The normal person is existing not living in the UK.
I’m amazed why people risk their lives to get to this shithole just to exist on benefits in some cockroach infested crap flat with mould on the walls.
Each to their own I suppose. The People in the med actually seem to mostly enjoy themselves and are way more relaxed that’s where I would be heading.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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I’d hate to be single now, quite frankly. I used dating apps for a period when I was, and they were a horrible experience, and I was lucky enough to be one of the guys that did get matches and dates. I know a few of the younger guys at work are on them and they’ll regularly go months with no matches. I imagine it’s one of those things where a small % of men get the majority of women, and the rest of the male population are left with scraps. God knows what it would be like hitting on a woman in a public setting now too… I can’t even fathom how bad that would be.
As for the VR headsets, they’re a great experience, but I always think of the film Wall-E when I see people using them. I think it’s a step too far for me.
sussex_guy2k2
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I’d say I was of that era. FHM and the like were prime wank bank material.
sussex_guy2k2
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This is the biggest issue. The amount of people of my parents’ era living the life on final salary pensions, in 4 bed houses they bought for £50,000 is scary. Gen X and the following generations simply won’t know such luxury.
Technology is anything invented after you were born. Anything before that is just normal life.
From when they were little, my kids had no issues with DVD players, mobile phones, computers, or anything else as they had always been there.
My folks, on the other hand...
Alternatively:
Arthur C. Clarke: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
stewart12
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Millennials definitely know different. The majority of our childhoods were spent without it really. The first iPhone for example came out when I was about 20
In fact a fairly key trait of millennials is that our lives aren't dominated by tech like people ever so slightly younger than us but we're still way more tech savvy than people a little bit older- mostly because of when we entered the workplace
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Change at Barnham
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I had all that when I worked as Man from the Pru ('83 to '97). It was magnificent, best days ever.
Then I got made redundant largely due to technology.
portlock seagull
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Before smart phones, there were mobiles and ‘the net’ already beginning to dominate life. The shit was already a shower, and the monsoon about to begin. Its never stopped!
5 minutes to download is still the digital era.
Mustafa II
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“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
― Edward O. Wilson
Change at Barnham
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In today's world is there ever a time when a moment happens like at a party/disco and there is an opportunity for a slow dance at the end of the evening to a bit of Barry White?
Those smooches and holding a girl close to you as the evening ended was magical.
Hooking up with someone via a mobile phone, having a shag and then going separate ways must feel very unromantic.
I suppose Bazza is available via Spotify on mobiles.
Those smooches and holding a girl close to you as the evening ended was magical.
Hooking up with someone via a mobile phone, having a shag and then going separate ways must feel very unromantic.
I suppose Bazza is available via Spotify on mobiles.
boik
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One thing that hasn't changed in the modern world is people moaning about how things were better in the good old days.
Obviously they can do it online now though!
Obviously they can do it online now though!
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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I prefer it too.
Except for trying to communicate with companies. The tyranny of technology is one of the few things that makes me irate.
However, it's not the fault of the tech, it's the fault of the companies using the tech to make it difficult to communicate with them.
Big companies are far more responsible for the misery of today's world than technology, IMHO like.
Except for trying to communicate with companies. The tyranny of technology is one of the few things that makes me irate.
However, it's not the fault of the tech, it's the fault of the companies using the tech to make it difficult to communicate with them.
Big companies are far more responsible for the misery of today's world than technology, IMHO like.
- Apr 5, 2014
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I agree with that. There is much about decades gone by which was better, but much about modern life which is so much better than that. The truth is always somewhere in between. Probably about 1998
Super Steve Earle
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Where the porn bushes are?
You do have to, increasingly, that's the point. The Albion's preferred method of ticketing is clearly by smartphone; there are alternatives available at the moment, but give it a couple of seasons and probably it'll be completely compulsory to have a smartphone if you want to get into the Amex on a match day.
There are already some events and venues which operate like this. There are many car parks you can't use without a smart phone.
And you can sit there and say, "It's up to you"? No it isn't!