Things I don't 'get' in this modern world

[Cycleops]

And fit this in it's place -
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Or maybe this

 

[Drago]

Smartphones. Step out the door and at least one in four people you see will be walking up the road, hand extended forward, head facing down, glued to the screen of their hypno box. It demonstrates an utter lack of self control and zero willpower.

What's that all about?

 

[Smithbat]

Sorry, but there's no way I'm giving up my Wi-Fi, iPhone, Sky+ and streamed music to go back to phone boxes and tape! Viva la Tech Revolucion! (Oh, and I'm much nearer the big 50 than you @Smithbat )

famalam - having heard some schoolkids say it repeatedly whilst waiting for a bus, I Googled it and was advised by the Urban Dictionary that is means - family, close friend.

... and was the better quality system of the two, but JVC's VHS format gained a larger market share and Betamax had pretty much died a death by the end of 1981.

It lived on though as Betacam, developed from Betamax (but not compatible with it), which became a professional broadcasting industry standard and was still around long after VHS has been replaced by the DVD. </geekmode>

Don't get me wrong, I love my tech too, Android not iphone and Virgin not sky, but I just don't understand why you would need to talk to your washing machine or fridge.

Do you good folks also often enter a room and then find yourself unable to remember what you came for?

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(I decided the thread needed more Abe Simpson.)

Always!

 

[Drago]

MP3. If you love music so much why listen to it in such a dreadful poor quality audio and data compressed format?

What's that all about?

 

[Drago]

Hoverboards. Why spend several hundred quid to travel slower than you would by simply walking normally?

What's that all about?

 

[Drago]

Ferraris. The speed limit is 70, and you'd be more comfortable in a Mondeo.

What's that all about?

 

[Bimble]

Don't get me wrong, I love my tech too, Android not iphone and Virgin not sky, but I just don't understand why you would need to talk to your washing machine or fridge.

You're obviously not like the rest of us normal people who put their clothes in the washing machine, fill it with softner and powder, and then leave the house and set it going via smartphone two hours later ...

I don't get the whole 'smart' thing either. British Gas have been pushing the Hive system to homeowners for some time now as a benefit for the homeowner, when it's actually a way for them to - a) save on meter reading expenses - and b) fulfil their responsibility to fit smart meters to their customers properties. They'll be tagging on 'extras' before too long and offering subscriptions for servicing of the Hive system and its ancillary bits and bobs.

Cynic? Moi?

 

[Drago]

People that drive 20% faster than the prevailing speed limit, overtake everything in sight, then moan about the price of fuel.

What's that all about?

 

[Drago]

People that live in a council house subsidised by the state, yet who can afford a new £60,000 Range Rover drive way ornament.

What's that all about?

 

[KneesUp]

I never understood why people programmed their videos using the actual machine when you could do it with the remote control.

I noticed the other day that there is a setting on my Virgin box to define how much extra recording it should do for each program - I assumed all programming had a digital code embedded so the recorders coped with over-runs automatically now,

 

[Drago]

Barack Obama, AKA Putin's Bitch. He talk tough, but deliver little. All mouth and no trousers, as my Gran would've said.

What's that all about?

 

[Drago]

Cliff Richard.

What's that all about?

 

[Drago]

Coats on dogs.

What's that all about?

 

[Spinney]

Barack Obama, AKA Putin's Bitch. He talk tough, but deliver little. All mouth and no trousers, as my Gran would've said.

What's that all about?

Says the man who seemingly has a vast stock of Putin portraits to use as his avatar!!

 

[Drago]

He's the Anti-Obama. He doesn't waste time blowing hot air, he just simply goes and does what he thinks needs doing. I completely dig what he's about.