My old person trait is that I think an appliance should do what it does, without connecting to the internet. A clothes dryer should just dry clothes. A refrigerator should refrigerate. A toaster should toast bread or bagels, not burn out its own computer panel.
Does this really make us old though? Or just people who want things to be FUNCTIONAL and LOGICAL?
I mean, I know part of it is that as Olds (tm) we came of age in the analog era and therefore experienced the world in a much more direct fashion, prior to the digitization of literally every aspect of human life.
But, there is no reason for most of this. Beyond, like, money I guess. So this is also just an effect of late stage capitalism?
Idk, I'm tired. I want things to WORK, I want things to be ACCESSIBLE, I want to be able to talk to other PEOPLE, I want everything to be FUNCTIONAL. No more planned obsolescence, no more marketing, no more forced direction toward the more easily monetized platform, just things working the most logical and intuitive way possible.
Technology should be intuitive enough that I can hand it to someone with no context or previous experience and with basic instruction, they can use it.
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