I sometimes wonder if anyone has calculated how much extra stress/cost we experience in comparison to previous generations when not only do we have to work harder and more intensively for far less pay, but also literally anything we purchase is now built/destined/formatted to break every two years like clockwork. My grandparents never had to buy six washing machines in their lifetime or replace their phone every two years. My grandpa had a drill from the 1940s that he was still using when I was in university. I've been through three in ten years.

busybee: fluffy rambles: Cellphone dependency https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/13866-Cellphone-dependency #Technology #Cellphones #ModernLife #Blog

Terminating all Govt services in order to 'Save Money' to run Govt is akin to eating your Own Feet to stave off Starvation

You won't fix the initial problem and you've just created a ~whole host~ of staggeringly worse ones.

Had occasion this evening to visit a local bar for the first time. I don't go out much. I've never been very social, but I did like hanging out in small, local joints (once upon a time).

#ModernLife #Aging #History

1/3

Failure to upgrade.

A conversation with @Kierkegaanks made me realize that every phone, tablet, or computer manufacturer has only one goal - to replace whatever you're currently using to read this post with their product. And to do it over and over again.

To do otherwise is to "Instapot" your company into bankruptcy.

What a seriously screwed up (and unsustainable) economic model. No wonder we're crazy.

#ModernLife
#ComputerStress

During the time when most devices were switching from Micro USB to USB-C, we used to get a lot of USB-A to USB-C cables, because the "receptacles" were all A.

After some time, the electronic manufacturers started shipping USB-C to USB-C cables, but we still have a lot of USB-A receptacles (extensions, hubs, power bricks, etc).

So now comes the choice: buy adapters, or swap the receptacles?

Either way, we're just making more trash.

Working with what we have around us right owlet's enjoy a particularly refreshing meditation. Just for 5 minutes.

Read more https://lttr.ai/AblNT

Again, no cashpoints working in Stourport today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuqHl9SDm0s

2 min 20 second Daily show sketch : How to Un-DEI you're Workplace

https://open.substack.com/pub/echoesofdystopia/p/the-absurdity-of-modern-life?r=54w5rv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

https://open.substack.com/pub/echoesofdystopia/p/we-have-to-keep-consuming?r=54w5rv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Consumerism #Dystopia #consumption #capitalism #capital #consume #SocialCommentary #ModernLife #SocietyCritique
#CulturalCommentary #PhilosophyOfConsumption
#ModernDystopia #RethinkConsumerism
#BreakTheCycle #AntiConsumerism
#Sustainability

It's all very Emperor's New Clothes isn't it?

(Apply as needed to whatever grifters bubble is currently inflating)

The image captures the storefront of Nordstrom Rack at Old Orchard in Skokie. Three people evoke the biblical Magi with their presence, symbolizing a journey or pilgrimage. The scene blends themes of modern consumption with historical ideas.

I'm so tired of working with people that just take on more and more stuff in their lives than they're really capable of doing in a quality way and just run themselves ragged, and thus do a mediocre job of pretty much all of it, watching them hanging on the edge of a cliff all the time and having zero time for actually collaborating in a meaningful way.

Sadly I think this is at least partly because a lot of people are driven to this kind of desperate flailing by the necessities of a precarious life under modern neoliberal capitalism. But a big part is also just I think some kind of psychological feature of people's minds these days, perhaps related to the loss of attention and focus due to screens and social media and shit. Flitting from one thing to another, never having the courage (or self-awareness) to admit there are limits and say no to any of it, hence biting off way more than they can chew.

It's just sad.

You don't have to meditate for hours each day, even just 5 minutes can work wonders. Let's do it!

Read more https://lttr.ai/AZAFU

Get ready to laugh at the things you love and hate with Ronny Chieng's new special, "Love to Hate It," coming to Netflix! From IVF to internet trolls, Chieng's got it covered with his signature wit.

Check out the incredible sneak peek right here: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/ronny-chieng-s-love-to-hate-it-a-hilarious-dive-into-modern-life-s-absurdities

I.. what ?

Reality - tis broken now yesh?

Virgin Media news: "AI Technology: Apparently elderly bot Daisy engages scammers with lifelike conversations."

https://mas.to/@TomRaftery/113498254047382128

Argh there’s so much stuff to learn lately. How do you refresh things you did know that get pushed to the bottom of the stack? Also how do you build proper mental models of just about everything: learning Japanese, programming, AI newfangled stuff #learning #modernlife

#Modernlife is hard on #men.

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