Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone

Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone by ghaff on Saturday September 02, 2023 @07:10AM (#37360421)

Yeah. If you look at a list of technical innovations I expect that there is a whole list of often perfectly rational reasons why some inventions took longer to hit high penetrations levels than others. It's not just "I hate change."

I certainly don't think I'm a luddite in general but there are a lot of things that I'm just "Meh. Don't need it."

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Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone by whynotmaybe on Saturday September 02, 2023 @09:05AM (#37361152)

I'm the "meh don't need it type" but whatever the feelings I have, I can't rent a car or buy a plane ticket without a credit card.

Some shops don't even accept cash anymore. Don't get me started about the worst recent innovation : a Friggin 21" monitor for the "infotainment" in a car.

But I know that if I have to change my current car, it would be almost impossible to have a car without a television on the console. Unless I buy an old car which pollutes too much.

I think that "meh don't need it" is the first step to "I'm gettin too old for this shit"

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Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone by vachina on Saturday September 02, 2023 @09:25AM (#37361310)

You can buy a Honda Civic and rip out the head unit. But yeah, infotainment screen is nice for the first week but is good as useless.

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