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What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Single player modes in games shouldn't require internet connection.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not subscribing to anything. If I buy something, it's fully functional, and it's mine. There is no ongoing relationship between me and the manufacturer. Done.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Cars shouldn't be loaded with user-facing technology. Bring back analog dashboards and buttons for climate control!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Music in restaurants and bars is just too loud. I know why the music is loud, but I am still going to shake my fist at it like Grandpa Simpson.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Same. It's getting worse over time too, I can hardly hear anything anyone is saying in restaurants and bars anymore.

I felt my inner boomer grow stronger after writing that.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It was totally uncool to remove the headphone jack from my device, man.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

GIVE ME BACK MY DAMN 3.5MM HEADPHONE JACK ON MY PHONE!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

User replaceable batteries

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I don't want to have a subscription for everything. It used to be possible to pay a one-time fee for software and use it as long as I want. Now I have to pay a monthly fee and once I finish paying, I can't use the software anymore. And it's not like I constantly get updates for the software. Often it stays the same for months or years.

I understand that software has a price, but no way these prices are sometimes justified...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Smart tech in general is annoying and dumb. I want my TV to just be a tv with inputs, I don't need built in firmware and updates to shove ads in my face. I don't want my car to have a touch screen to adjust the A/C, just give me a knob or buttons.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I DO NOT WANT MY TV TO HAVE A FUCKING CAMERA OR A MICROPHONE

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We need electric vehicles with the interiors and exteriors copied from consumer cars from the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Like that Hyundai concept? That thing was rad. I'd drive the hell out of an EV that looks like an AE86.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Do not share your name online.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Digital privacy is important, and it's important to be anonymous on the internet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Algorithms that try to suggest me content are universally bad, and all searches should provide results based solely on the terms, syntax, and language entered. Same with anything that tries to provide me content based on data harvested about my location or demographic.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Phone bad.

Like they're objectively pretty useful but I find the experience of using one to just kinda suck and I avoid it as much as I can. I'd much much rather use a laptop or ideally my desktop if that's at all possible. No idea how some people manage so much time using their phones

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

When contacting government or a service provider I want to call and talk to a human, dammit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

:) or πŸ™‚ is nice and not passive-agressive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I have three:

  • They don't make things like they used to
  • We don't need all these damned computers in everything
  • Modern music sounds like crap

I'm 17.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Basically any opinion of the modern Internet I give.

I'm a certified computer expert, but I sound like a Luddite when it comes to anything mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Boomer opinions:

  • Stop being so loud.
  • Get off my lawn and please leave me alone.
  • I work in tech, but sometimes tech is added to things needlessly. I just want my washing machine to be a washing machine. I'm tired of being the product.
  • Silicon valley's "disruptors" are usually full of shit. The vast majority of the time: it ain't broke, don't fix it.
  • Don't tell me what to do with my land if you're not willing to pay my taxes (or if you don't have good ecological reasons). I'll paint my shudders whatever color I want to.
  • Bring back the damn knobs, buttons, and switches in my car. I don't need more touchscreens.

On the other hand...

  • I recognize that the way I feel and some of the opinions I have are based on a context I grew up with that may no longer exist - or at least it may not exist in the form it once did. I recognize how I see things may die with me and my peers, and that's ok. It's a sad truth, but truth, nonetheless.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You should be able to repair your own things, without too much money and effort

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Sneaker culture is incredibly weird. Shoes made by children in China with a limited edition color are in such high demand that there are sites where people refresh F5 constantly hoping to have the honor to pay hundreds and hundreds for shoes that cost $7.50 to make. Then half of the time people won't even wear them outside, they'll put them in a bag and change shoes when they get to work or whatever. Or some might not even wear the shoes at all and just display them.

I'm an old soul in this sense. I love a quality goodyear welted shoe, and made in USA, UK, or Italy usually. An Allen Edmonds strandmok is a fantastic everyday shoe for me. I like to purchase nice things in general, use them, take care of them. I really hate throwaway culture as well.

Please nobody hate me for this, I'm a bit self conscious being an admin of my own instance and don't want to piss people off haha. If you're into gym shoe culture that's awesome. If I knew you in real life I'd probably make fun of you for a minute if I saw you walking outside in socks carrying your $400 limited edition sneakers, but then you can make fun of me for one of the thousands of things I do and it's all in good fun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cities are too car-oriented

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

When I was a kid, I could go out and play with other kids on the streets, without fear of being snatched or hit by a car or worse. We made Judas ragdolls before Easter just to burn them, and use them for practical jokes. We used to play some child version of cricket, I've even broke a window of a neighbour doing it.

Children nowadays do not do any of those things dammit. What the fuck? How exactly are you growing up without leaving home? For some it's lack of desire, but for most of them it's outright lack of possibility.

Screw this shit. The world is becoming worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I use an iPod and physical media for most of my music

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • The internet was way better before it became a giant shopping mall.
  • Those cars that don't have the flecks in the paint look like children's toys.

Then, I have a couple that pre-date even boomers by many years πŸ˜…:

  • Handkerchiefs kick the shit out of paper tissues.
  • Cars have made the world a worse place.
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

let me see:

  • physical media is Just Better (cds, game cards, etc.)
  • the Internet is a technological dumpster fire
  • devices are too "smart" nowadays
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Physical media generally has less aggressive DRM. Buy a DVD and the movies your's for life, you can even rip it and put it on a media server to make your own little streaming site.

"Buy" a movie/audiobook on Amazon and it's yours as long as the company wants you to keep it.

As always, there is an relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/488/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Things should be made to last and not be made to intentionally break after a short time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

how is that a boomer opinion?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

We don't need a meeting for everything. It could have been an email.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I know this opinion is wildly unpopular, but I think pirating is unethical. If you can’t afford something, or you disagree with spending money for it, then fine. Don’t watch that show/listen to that song/play that game. But the people who make things deserve to get paid. It’s not right to refuse to pay for something while also consuming that content. Many of the justifications for pirating just feel like entitlement to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That OSes peaked with Windows XP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I disagree, windows peaked with XP, Linux be popping off these days

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Peak was either Win2k or 7. XP was great, but only eventually. Most people forget what XP was like before SP2. And I was at the XP launch event lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alcohol is toxic, carcinogenic garbage and we'd be noticeably better off if everyone voluntarily stopped drinking it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anecdotally, this is a position I've seen held more often by young people than by boomers. Not sure what the statistics are exactly, but regardless it would be nice to see a cultural shift away from alcohol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I hold this opinion because I've watched family die from alcoholism, and I myself am a recovering alcoholic. It's a miserable way to go.

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