What modern convenience should have never been invented? Page 3

Started by Romance Hero March 18th, 2008 12:33 PM
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I'll have to get start on using that on-screen keyboard. And... I made this thread as simple as the title implies. But don't you find that in a state such as our's (NY, jeah!), the citizens have a right to keep up with whatever new flawless tech comes to hand? I honestly want to see yellow cab drives use bluetooth instead of walkie talkies. Better yet... OnStar beats bluetooth hands down. >.>

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I'll have to get start on using that on-screen keyboard. And... I made this thread as simple as the title implies. But don't you find that in a state such as our's (NY, jeah!), the citizens have a right to keep up with whatever new flawless tech comes to hand? I honestly want to see yellow cab drives use bluetooth instead of walkie talkies. Better yet... OnStar beats bluetooth hands down. >.>
What in green blazes do you mean, "rights"? I thought this thread was about what we think as useless devices. I can argue back each and every post here, as we all have a right to those comforts. But that wouldn't be right. I also feel those walkers at the airport is useless, despite what it's intent is. I said bluetooth is useless by the sheer amount of people using it, all for frivilous reasons. In fact, lemme gather up that post of mine, stating the reasons I don't like it.


Me? Well, it's that God awful Bluetooth for the cell phones. Yeah, I understand, you have to use your hands for other things, but get a dang cord. Here I am, saying hi to a friend, and he calls me "baby". I say, WTF! "Oh no, I was talking to my girlfriend".

Well, you know what, there is a reason we hold a phone up to our ear. So others around you know not to bother talking to you until you are done. It looks like your talking to yourself. Know who does that? Crazy homeless. Then, strangers in the street looks like their talking to you. Are you talking to me, or not? They look straight in my face, rambling on about God know's what. Wait, I know. Because I'm listening, thinking they are talking to me. You don't look cool, you look like you're on your way to a comic book convention.

I understand if it's easier for, I don't know, doing laundry, or something that ties up both hands, but for God's sake, stop being lazy, using it every second! Walking down the street. Now your just being foolish. Like using a wheelcair because you are tired of walking. You know what? Even when you are busy, I still say they are useless. Maybe you should concentrate on your current activity, instead of this dang phone call. You just simply do a half assed job like that.

Busy driving? Well, with the Bluetooth, you can drive WHILE talking on a phone, with your undivided attention on the road! No, moron, just because your eyes are on the road, doesn't mean you have your attention on it. If anything, you are still as bad as those fools who speak with the phone to your ear.



Phew. Sorry for that rant, but that crap has always annoyed me.
These are all valid reasons, from an average joe, for an average joe. I shouldn't really need to explain any further, and this is going for the other three I had to debate with. I feel Bluetooth PHONES (I don't mind the other things), simply for these reasons. But if we are debating if we had the right to bluetooth, close the thread, since this is a moot point. We have the right to everything on this thread, but some feel that others are a waste of space.

EDIT: And, to clarify, I'm not really mad at you, but everyone keeps counter-posting, as if I'm supposed to yield over & agree. I understand stating that you think otherwise, but the way they did it, it was as if tey were right on the spot, and despite what I thought, what they thought overrode mine. Like, you said youu like Bluetooth, fine, no prob. But when ya say "it has plenty of good things, and the pros outweigh the cons, and I'm like...well, not for me, apparently >.>
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How can it be my loss, if I dislike it anyway?
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The convenience of the product was not seen by you, Sims, thus leading you to the victim of a loss in convenienity.

Ooh! I just thought of another: CDs. I mean, wtf. We should all revert back to floppies and demand that they be made to store up to 2 GB.

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The convenience of the product was not seen by you, Sims, thus leading you to the victim of a loss in convenienity.

Ooh! I just thought of another: CDs. I mean, wtf. We should all revert back to floppies and demand that they be made to store up to 2 GB.
Didn't lose what I never gained. If I didn't see it as useful, I don't see how I'm a victim. Let that be the case, everyone on this hypocritical (I thought it was what do we see as useless devices, but all I've seen are people arguing because that isn't useless, despite being an opinion) thread is a victim.

I agree on that CD thing. Can't even get my pie recipe, damned thing is on a floppy disc.

EDIT:ad to clean up the post a tad bit. But there is far too much "ZOMG, YOER WRONG" on here, and I thought it was simply an opinion thread. I mean, I understand if you disagree, and simply replying, but stop stating it as a fact, as if we gotta explain ourselves.
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I guess it depends more by profession... you're a professional cook, so I guess it wouldn't really be of much use to you. people like businessmen and women would probably rely on it more.

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That's not the point! The point is, we all have something we dislike, why must we explain ourselves? I thought this was an opinion thread, not a "no, don't think that, think this" thread.

Regardless, I love cheese in a can.
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Regardless, I love cheese in a can.
The majority of America agrees with you.

And besides, isn't the point of having an opinion to try and convert people to that belief? My opinion is that everyone should agree with me, therefore I am going to fight to the death for them to agree with me.

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What I do find useless is using braille in silly places. I have nothing against braille or the disabled, but braille is used in London Aquarium. I don't mean to sound insensitive, but I can't imagine many blind people going to an aquarium. Besides the stingray pool, all they can get is a list of fish names.. O_o
What I really don't understand is that they have braille on drive-through bank windows. That just...scares me.

Otherwise, I like most to all modern conveniences. I'm generally interested in human progress, so when something new comes out I think it's really cool. However, people use new technology stupidly, and that drives me nuts. Seriously people...do you have to text message 24/7, even in class? It can't be that important. Some people even go so far as to physically talk, in a normal conversation voice, on their cell phones in the middle of class. I want to take their phone and bend it backwards until it snaps in half, and then make them eat it to keep them quiet.

I also hate it when people turn their headphones up so loud that I can hear it from ten feet away. Your music can't be that good that you're willing to waste your eardrums hearing it.
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Hmm... I read the first post and was all like 'I can't think of anything actually', but I'd have to agree with a lot of people here...
- @MidnightWinged: the lawn mowers. So true.
- Don't remember who came up with it in the first place anymore, but: automatic bathroom door. I haven't ever seen them before, but I'm all like: the others worked perfectly, so why?
- Cheese in a can? I first thought the other kind of can as well, but still... I don't get it, how does that work?
- I'd have to partly agree and disagree with everyone who voted cellphones. When you're using them every moment of the day: please get rid of them. When you use them for 'good' reasons (we can all think of a few.. You've got a flat tire, it's at least a 45 minute walk home and it's your first day at your new job so you'd like to get picked up by someone by car so you can still get there on time... That kinda thing...) Also, at the moment I'm a student living mostly in another city and sometimes at my parents place. I might change where I live next year and I'm living with more people than usual in a house. It was only natural for me to want to have a phone that always works and what good would a house phone do me? (Don't know whether 'house phone' is a word, but I hope you understand me...)
- @ Heathran: You're atitled to your opinion of course, but for as far I know women have been trying to get rid of unwanted babies for ages. It used to be much more dangerous and underground, not to mention far from professional and healthy, but the practice existed nonetheless so it's not really a modern invention or anything...
Phew... That was quite a post xD
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Fast food. D= It's just disgusting. I think that movie Super Size Me summed it up pretty well.
Definitely. It's horrid. With that said, we need more culinary master-in-trainings like Sims. Man, I want to try something you make. >.>

Fast Food... has never had anything quite healthy. I haven't been to one in like... 8 years. If pizza places count, I just lied. :/

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Ah, I love fast foods. Especially Mickey D's. Feel like a burger right now. I can feel my heart stopping.

And Ditto, you're thinking of religion. Whats thepoint of believing in God if everyone doesn't believe with me? :P

No problems, eh, Romance? Feel like I was a little harsh, but I'm like that early in the morn.
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