Wow... leave the thread for a minute and when you come back it's all chocolate covered bugs and cussing fridges
mAdMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:48 am
Sorry - I know you work in tech. I’m not devaluing your job...
Zero hurts taken. Opinions are awesome because they give insight into another person's experiences. Shared experiences bring people together. To appropriate a quote from Rene Descartes... "An internet forum shares, therefore it is". ....I'll refrain from singing the chorus to "We Are The World"
I don't like lane assist. Helped make it, but don't like it. However, reconciling technology is an existential can of worms... lane assist sucks, but lane assist will lower automotive fatalities, which is good. People should be better drivers, yet history has proven it's more effective to create better tech than better drivers... the pendulum swings back and forth without end. With regards to cars and unnecessary tech, I'm 100% against it too... but remember, Henry Ford was against hydraulic brakes.
I got dragged into an "owning nothing and like it" conversation 20-odd years ago. I was called a "collector" then because I wanted to own my objects. I don't buy into the concept, others do... Kerouac got a following.... who saw that coming.
Yes, electric cars will become collectable..."My first car was a Nissan Leaf"... "I always wanted a Tesla Roadster when I was young"... "I haven't seen a Chevy Spark in years, we should fix that up!"... everything considered disposable now will become collectable in the future. Yugo's, Pacers, K-cars, all disposable in the day, all collectable now. No different than the baseball cards lost between the spokes of our parents bicycles.
Speaking of parents, anyone remember in the 80's getting cornered for help with some electronic item the adults couldn't figure out? To the point they started saying "You need a kid around just to help you program this stuff".... anyone else hear that echo??
I feel for the onslaught that is the learning curve everyone has to deal with on what they thought was going to be something simple. Connecting a TV, uploading a video, buying a lightbulb
I wouldn't stir the pot if I wasn't in it too
Oh... and then there's this....
GoMachV wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:00 pm
An international customer (I do not allow international sales on eBay due to their stupid policies, yet eBay forced me into their global shipping garbage anyway)
I swear I had to read that four times... I kept seeing "An irrational customer"...
REALLY must pay more attention when reading