Great contradiction of modern life.

Mister Vain

I wonder how kids in school get any work done these days. So many distractions.

Nettle Soup

unfortunately wrote: »

Modern phones mean 24hr technical contactabilty

I am curious, do most people turn off their mobile phone at night? I know I always do.

Del2005

Lorelli! wrote: »

More photos than ever are taken by people but rarely developed.

I remember the joy of taking pictures with a film camera, going to the chemist with your 24 or 36 roll of pictures, handing over a substantial sum of money, waiting a few days (who could afford next day!) and then getting about 3/4 the amount back due to bad exposure and half the others being crap. We've boxes of printed photos that no one ever looks at same as we have thousands of digital photos we never look at.

The advantage with digital is that you can print the picture you want and will be sure it's good quality. Loads of people use digital photo frames, or photo screen savers, so instead of 1 picture you can few thousands.

prinzeugen

Apps and other technology that have been forced on us because someone found a solution to a problem that did not exist.

They claim to make things quicker or simpler but are actually 100 times worse than the old method.

Take the "new" revenue site. AI decides what it thinks is best for you..

Don't agree? Trip to the tax office to speak to a human just like the old days.

Anything that claims to have improved functionality means its harder and more messy to use.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Lorelli! wrote: »

More photos than ever are taken by people but rarely developed.

I'd say that's not quite true. Years ago you got your roll of 12 or 24 photos developed and either put them in an album or more likely put them back in the envelope they came in and threw them in a drawer and never looked at them again whereas now I scroll through the photos on my phone and on my desk top at work reqularly.

eeguy

prinzeugen wrote: »

Take the "new" revenue site. AI decides what it thinks is best for you..

Don't agree? Trip to the tax office to speak to a human just like the old days.
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Trip to the tax office? You must be joking. Its worse than queuing in the bank.

Online answers 90% of questions. The other 10% are a phone call.

prinzeugen

eeguy wrote: »

Trip to the tax office? You must be joking. Its worse than queuing in the bank.

Online answers 90% of questions. The other 10% are a phone call.

Not if you want to allocate tax credits etc.. Several different employers so messy.

Could do that online once. Now the only option is the office as the online AI "thinks" for you and it is an idiot that thinks the population are idiots.

You can disagree with the AI but you have to fill out a form which basically is asking you why you think you are smarter than the computer.

Irish Guitarist

A smart phone has more computing power than the entire control room in NASA did when they first sent man to the moon. Yet the users of these phones seem to be getting more and more stupid as is evident in the comment section of any YouTube video.

Young people have a wealth of information at their fingertips but are getting less and less interested in recent history. Look at one of those 'react' videos where a teenager is shown a cassette tape. Not only do they appear to have never heard of something that was still in use until recently but they can't even figure out how to put a rectangular shaped object into a rectangular hole. They even seem to have a major problem opening the hinge of a cassette. This goes beyond not understanding older technology and demonstrates that they have no concept of how shapes work. They're like cavemen.

dense

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You sit down in from of the telly of an evening with literally anything in the world to watch, and you end up watching the Angelus.

Or end up fiddling with your phone!!

dense

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

A smart phone has more computing power than the entire control room in NASA did when they first sent man to the moon. Yet the users of these phones seem to be getting more and more stupid as is evident in the comment section of any YouTube video.

Young people have a wealth of information at their fingertips but are getting less and less interested in recent history. Look at one of those 'react' videos where a teenager is shown a cassette tape. Not only do they appear to have never heard of something that was still in use until recently but they can't even figure out how to put a rectangular shaped object into a rectangular hole. They even seem to have a major problem opening the hinge of a cassette. This goes beyond not understanding older technology and demonstrates that they have no concept of how shapes work. They're like cavemen.

Bit harsh? If no one explained or taught them what a Walkman is or what cassettes are how would they know what it does or how to operate it?
They seemed interested in the "challenge" and I thought were being quite careful in not wanting to damage the stuff, they could have tried to pull the door open wider for easy access!

Pity about the vertical video and "I'm so proud of you" which is the usual over-praise kids get for everything these days.

Steve F

BBDBB wrote: »

I remember not having a mobile phone and then not being contactable for hours as I drove to my days work at the other end of the country, who knows how long it could take me, dependent upon traffic

And today you can put a smartphone on silent?

Steve F

Nettle Soup wrote: »

I am curious, do most people turn off their mobile phone at night? I know I always do.

Yes I do...always
Apparently it's good to give them an auld restart

Steve F

Nettle Soup wrote: »

I am curious, do most people turn off their mobile phone at night? I know I always do.

Yes I do...always
Apparently it's good to give them an auld restart

Capt'n Midnight

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

You've so much extra time, but spend so much of it staring into a small screen.

Exhibit A
Bruce Springsteen, 1992.
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a trunkload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past down
There was fifty-seven channels and notin' on


Exhibit B
I have a device in my pocket containing the sum of all human knowledge
I use it to view pictures of cats, and start arguments with stranger

odyssey06

I get the feeling that vis a vis hospitals 50 years ago, in an emergency situation, I would get faster treatment and more attention in 1967.
But there'd be about a 20% chance they wouldn't be able to help me...

odyssey06

Dublin 1870s... trams are the solution.
Dublin 1950s... trams are no use, get rid of them.
Dublin 2000s... trams are the solution.

I don't think all of the above statements can be true.

368100

Deedsie wrote: »

That cars give you freedom... stupidly expensive, rapidly depreciating assets that people put themselves in debt to pay for. And the cost of running and maintaining them is extortionate. Get yourself a tax saver public transport ticket and save yourself a fortune. The correlation of car reliance and being a big fat pos is another reason.

Rent a car/van when actually required.

Thats all based on a ridiculous assumption that people live in towns/citys with an adequate public tranport system which unless you're living under a rock, you should know is not the case in this country. I have a taxsaver public transport ticket....still need a car to get to where it leaves.

Renting a car/van when required would be EVERY DAY, otherwise i couldnt work, so owning one is more economical by far. Nothing to do with being a "big fat pos" Cop yourself on with your ignorant comments.

OssifiedEd

donegaLroad wrote:

your car fails the NCT because they consider it not to be totally road worthy, then they let you drive away.

Or you fail your driving test for not driving safely and leave you drive home 😂

Noveight

Dublin can't get enough houses for people, rural Ireland can't get enough people for houses.

Benjamin Buttons

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You sit down in from of the telly of an evening with literally anything in the world to watch, and you end up watching the Angelus.

No. You're doing it wrong, only two possible reasons for the above:
Catatonic coma or missing remote.
Whichever one applies, you have my deepest.

NewbridgeIR

Deedsie wrote: »

Rent a car/van when actually required.

And have people saying "renting is dead money" to you.
No thanks.

branie2

I always answer my phone

Samaris

The more information we have ready exposure to, the more stupid and intransigent we appear to become.

NewbridgeIR

The ITV colour strike of 1970/1971.

Didn't affect that many people at the time as most didn't have colour televisions.

However when programmes from that era were released in DVD (loads by Network in recent years) the B&W episodes in the midst of a colour run were obviously very noticeable.

RobbingBandit

Slavery is wrong and immoral, I need some work done in my house but don't wanna pay for it to be done.:D

_Whimsical_

We have a deluge of information but most people now have a very scant overview of a lot of things rather than an in-depth knowledge of anything.

Your Face

It's the caller ID that stops me answering the phone.

368100

Deedsie wrote: »

How far between your home and your bus/train? I cycle and leave my bike locked at the bus stop when required.

I'm trying to highlight how people could save money and improve their health.

Far enough to make it impractical carrying laptop, files etc...not to mention dangerous outside the summer on unlit country roads at 6am in the morning and 7pm in the evening.

By all means highlight how people can save money and improve their health but to distinctly call out a correlation of all with reliance on a car to being a "big fat pos" is both ignorant and ludicrous.

I see you're a dublin cyclist so I could apply your method and say that "you all" believe that the universe revolves around you and your two wheels, but I know this is not the case as the majority live in the real world......unfortunately you seem to fall in the extreme minority.

suicide_circus

Deedsie wrote: »

That cars give you freedom... stupidly expensive, rapidly depreciating assets that people put themselves in debt to pay for. And the cost of running and maintaining them is extortionate. Get yourself a tax saver public transport ticket and save yourself a fortune. The correlation of car reliance and being a big fat pos is another reason.

Rent a car/van when actually required.

I live in Dublin City centre so this is true for me but for the rest if the country it aint

ToddyDoody

I only answer the phone to pose.