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What is your 'Old Person' trait?

Poll - Total Votes: 88
Websites should work in a browser and not try to open an app
Video games should work without needing access to the internet
When I purchase a product, it should actually work and I should actually own it
I should be able to talk to a real person to solve issues with bills and not be on hold for +hours
Analog buttons on appliances and in cars work better than touchscreen
Other
Human sacrifice
All of the above
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You may vote on multiple answers, up to 30.
V00doo Best Comment
Human sacrifice 😌
tenente · 100+, M
@V00doo thy will be done 🙏

Other.
Quit talking to me in slang I have to Google every other word to figure WTF you're trying to say to me.
😒
@JimboSaturn I need it
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@Bexsy Oh me too, I'm completely out of touch :P
Ontheroad · M
@Bexsy IKR, WTF?!?!
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Where is "all of the above" option?
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@CrazyMusicLover Same for me "all of the above"
Luckylu · 61-69, F
How about a real person who speaks English when calling for help on anything.

One day 911 will be outsourced and no one will know what the other is saying, did anyone make a comedy routine out of that? If not, they should, we’d all end up crying in the end, either from laughing so hard or because we know one day it will happen.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@Luckylu Please choose of the the following options:
Press 1 if you are having a heart attack
Press 2 if you are in the process of being murdered

etc..
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
I don't need a computer or voice control to turn off my lights, lock my doors, turn on music, or adjust my thermostat, I can do these things myself.

I know how to answer a phone properly and politely.
I don't look at a phone when eating.
I never leave the house wearing untailored clothes like sweat pants (unless I'm running) or pjs.
I don't think the banks should charge us for using our accounts when before they had to hire tellers and it was free.
I can read a map and memorize it and get to my destination without GPS.
Carla · 61-69, F
I can predict the weather with my bones.
Who needs the weather channel?
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
I'm sure those of you in your 20's and 30's think modern living is awesome 😎
But you do realise much of it is unnecessary and detrimental to systems and businesses that had served people well for decades right ?

Who's life is so desperately important they need to be on call 24/7 ?
Who needs to take endless photos of nothing significant or meaningful ?
Mine isn't what use is a mobile phone to me ?
I have no desire to access music or movies 24/7. I like movies and music but don't feel the need to carry them around with me.
I like my team's but I'm not mug enough to pay a private company for 'exclusive coverage' when I'm happy to wait for the free highlights packages online.
Even if the commentary is in Hindi or Arabic. I just don't buy into it.

Fakebook
Twatter
Instantham
Thik Took
Snapcrap
Whattsup
..... just junk
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@Picklebobble2 The crazy thing is, although my daughter has a phone glued to her hand, I still can't get hold of her a lot of the times.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@JimboSaturn It concerns me how all this cr🤬p is specifically created for that generation.
Yet nobody ever questions why.
Nobody ever questions why one company is allowed to have ownership of so much of it (Meta) with no accountability to anyone.

And then you look at the insecurity of the questions asked on this site by the 18-30's
Ontheroad · M
Wishing I could punch every automated answering system in the face... likewise, these frustrating automated chat options when looking for help. 🤬😡😤

Let me talk to a person, a real person!
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@Ontheroad There is basically zero customer service now.
Ontheroad · M
@JimboSaturn You are right, none at all. It frustrates the hell out of me.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@Ontheroad This blew me away. One time the machine actually hung up on my wife. None of the options fit and they didn't allow her to talk to a representative.
DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F
Other.

I hate unnecessary noise and am increasingly intolerant of young children and teenagers.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@AtticEscapee As you can clearly see I've commented on both male and female replies. I personally believe it possible to have conversations with women. Do you feel an obligation to stalk me and scrutinize my replies? Creeeepy!!
@JimboSaturn What I clearly see is that none of the women replied back. Too creepy. Too old!
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@AtticEscapee You would have to ask them. I personally feel that the responses were not sexual so normal conversation with women is ok regardless of their age. My responses were also to 41-45 year olds as well, I don't think that is too young.

Also, they did reply back and hearted my responses since they are my friends.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Touchscreens in cars are insane. You're supposed to watch the situation on the roads, not stare at the screen to know where your finger is supposed to be. If this is reality then there are some serious idiots designing interfaces.
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
I wear a watch with hands.
I only read books in hard copy.
I balance my checkbook.
I play cribbage, not video games.
I wear black socks almost every day.
I constantly make lists.
pride49 · 31-35, M
calicuz · 51-55, M
Other: What's with everything needing to be "Smart?" I don't need a "Smart Dryer" that I can turn on with my phone, I'm fully capable of walking over to the dryer and pressing the button. 🤦🏽
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
Fucking hell..hire some customer service reps that know how to deal with the issues people call about.

Not robots.
Not an automated system with only so many options ...none of which are the actual issue.

@^@^$+&@;;×*×;@;×:×,×
Why is getting up during the night to piss not there?
I don't want to buy something, and then need a subscription in order to have full functionality. Also, enough with the bundled packages that never have decent features for a decent price. Don't even get me started on the Plus streaming services that seems prevalent nowadays.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@BrewCityBarfly It's funny how our phone bill used to be the cheapest utility like $12 a month and $26 for cable, now with internet, cable, packages and data, it's my biggest bill and all of it frivolous! We should get our heads examined!
@JimboSaturn IKR sometimes I feel like I'm just spending more and more money on--essentially--nothing. Thing is my kids don't bat an eyelash over it.
SW-User
Voice activated controls are rubbish
Reading [quote]When I purchase a product, it should actually work and I should actually own it[/quote] immediately made me think of the junk they released as diablo 4. Oh, and you have to play online. Until they shut down the servers. The the game you paid for is useless because in reality you only bought the license to play it.

So screw it. Let's sacrifice all of em
ArtieKat · M
WHO ARE YOU CALLING "OLD"? 🤣😂😆
TAReturns · M
I shouldn’t have to pay for CBS, ABC, or NBC. Network television used to be free to everyone.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
Juman sacrifice the old way...with a knife
tenente · 100+, M
@HoraceGreenley it's tradition 🙏
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@tenente We must honor tradition
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
I selected the first but im now changing my answer to the game and internet one
SW-User
Shouting in random pain when I sit down
(Or stand up)
AlchemyFox · 36-40, F
SW-User
I got my headphones on listening to Tex Beneke, The Modernaires, Billy May and other greats in a Glenn Miller YouTube album as I type this comment. How's that for OLD?
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
If some of the old people actually were up to change most of that wouldn't be an issue.

Yet even some of the younger people are not up to change either! 🤣
Too much technology. It gets to the point where DIY solutions aren't possible.
When I purchase a product...... BUT when I return it I don't blame or get angry at the staff .
thisguy20 · 41-45, M
With the exception of "human sacrifice" all of them and then some
hunkalove · 61-69, M
There should be good seats up close for the human sacrifice.
wildbill83 · 36-40, M
I use mobile phones for what they were designed for...
Rolexeo · 26-30, M
I walk with my hands behind my back
Hey! Get off my yard!!
wildbill83 · 36-40, M
all of the above...
Pawpaw2molly · 61-69, M
All of the above
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
Other: Oh, my achin' back....
JovialMoose · 46-50, M
Floppy Disk

 
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