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I suppose I've never been a proponent for change. I like things the way they were many years ago and somehow wish I could wake up one morning and be back in the 70's or even 80's. I don't much like the 2000's and there's nothing I see on the horizon that indicates I'm going to like the next decade any better.
Why, "you might ask I feel this way"? Well there are many reasons but to generalize, I'd have to say what most people call progress, is what I dislike most about todays society. I've never understood why people have this incessant desire, to change or upgrade what they already have. Is it because these upgrades are really necessary or have people simply been programmed to never be satisfied with what they have.
Take television for instance, my TV still has knobs on it. Now if you're done laughing at me, I'll also confess that I still use rabbit ears. It's all good with me because I can pick up 2-3 stations. One of the stations I receive is a retro channel and they play dozens of old TV shows, that I love. Shows like; Get Smart, Hogan's Hero's, F-Troop and All in the Family. You guys remember these shows, they were the ones who actually had talented people writing them.
What really set my computer keyboard in motion is what I found out yesterday. As of next year, my old set won't work anymore unless I buy some kind of high tech box. This is all because of progress and the need to broadcast in High Definition. Folks, I'll be honest, my brother has a wide screen HD TV and yes I can see a little difference. Although, it sure as hell isn't worth all the money and hype, that's it's being given.
It's not just the telelvision either. It seems everywhere I go and everything I do, there seems to be some little high tech pain in the ass gizmo starring me in the face. For instance, I always wash my hands before eating. 2 weeks ago I went to wipe my hands at a restaurant and it took me 30 seconds to figure out how to get a paper towel dispensed from the machine. It had a sensor you had to wave your hand in front of. Now tell me, why in the hell would someone invent this? Was it too much trouble to simply pull the damn towel out manually or crank a little handle?
Last week, I went shopping for some new music for my collection, ( love classic rock). As I entered the music store, I felt like a foreigner. I asked the young girl and boy at the register, "guys where are your cassettes"? I swear that's all I said and they both started laughing at me. After checking my fly, I politely ask the girl with a bull ring in her nose and the young man with a tatoo of a human ass on his forehead, what the hell was so funny. Assface spoke up and said, "Dude we don't carry that out of date crap anymore." Then the girl, feeling sorry for me, took me over to a small table, where they were basically giving away the last few cassettes they had. She said, "have at sir but this is all we have left." You people realize what this means? It means not only is my TV obsolete but now my music players are too. In case any of you might be wondering, yes I still have a record player and I often visit a local antique store to buy records.
As I see myself and my instruments of entertainment becoming obsolete, it angers me. However this anger fails in comparison to the full blown rage I've developed for the thing I hate the most about the 2000's CELL PHONES 
Yes that's right, "I said cell phones." There's nothing that crawls up my ass and ferments like somebody being rude on a cell phone. I go to eat, I listen to the lady across the room talk about having her tubes tied. I take a friend out for a drink, I get to listen to her talk to her ex-husband about his missed child support payment. I go to the movies and listen to a bunch of young girls talking to their friends about their first period. Jesus Christ you people, get off those damn phones!
It is my firm belief, that cell phones are the most technologically rude device of modern day mankind. Not to mention they're also a safety hazard. It seems odd but in my great state, they'll give you a ticket for not wearing a seat belt but say nothing about a person driving around with their head up their ass, talking on a cell phone.
I've really been hoping for quite some time that a large rock would come close enough to the earth, that I could jump on. I could take my cassete player, TV/with knobs, my handle flushing toilet and a cooler full of beer and be as happy as a pig rolling in horse poop. I would wave merrily goodbye, as the world spins off to it's high tech, gigabyte, wonderland.
Before anyone says anything about me condemning technology and yet being on a computer, let me say this; "I'm coming to you from a 1998 Emachines with windows 98. Just as a parting thought, Microsoft has quit sending upgrades for 98 so it seems my computer will soon also be obsolete too.
Thanks for letting me get this off my chest:) 
Wolf
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briteyes35
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May 16 @ 4:52PM
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Love your way of thinking, y is the world so interested in making everything so dang technical and high tech
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justlkn853
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May 16 @ 4:59PM
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SunBabe
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May 16 @ 5:32PM
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 Ever hear of the Luddites or Neo-Luddites? 
Yup, I feel the same way -- if it ain't broke, why fix it? I LIKE my old stuff with knobs and analog! (And they CAN be fixed if they break)...
I've squirreled away an old record player for my records (except I need to find a stock of needles), a couple cassette players for my cassettes, a VCR for my precious recordings, and figure I'm going to just dump my 3 13" TVs with the rabbit ears because I'll be damned if I'll buy into that cable/converter/HDTV conspiracy. 
I was completely content with Windows '98, except for the speed and RAM in my old computer. I'm comfortable with XP, but now they're dropping that one.  (I'm ready to throw my brand new laptop with Vista out the door...what a royal PAIN that is -- I want a CHOICE whether I want their stupid extra bells and whistles or not)
I've been stocking up on incandescent lightbulbs, too...didja know they're phasing them out and going to force us to use flourescents within the next couple of years? I'm all for saving energy, which is why I use mainly 40-watt bulbs...but those flourescents are just too darn bright and irritate the bejeezus outta me. 
Just because they CAN make something, doesn't mean it's better than what they had before. It's "different", that's all...but not always an improvement.
~sheesh~ I just know the designers of most appliances and electronics are "kids" (relatively speaking) -- they never had to scramble around for their glasses just to answer the phone or heat up a cup of coffee in the microwave or to "program" a friggin' load of laundry.  If they want to invent something REALLY useful, how about a dryer that does the folding or a washer that returns EVERY sock? 
For sure, my "Born on Date" has expired, too... 
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PentatonicPunk
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May 16 @ 6:13PM
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Sheesh, I was ranting the other day about this very thing. It's like you took the words right out of my mouth (aside from the knobs on the TV and the cassettes)
The HD thing pisses me off to the point that I think I'm going to cancel my cable, and just keep the tv for movies and of course, video games. (yes, I have a DVD player, ps2, Xbox, and the 360. I'll probably get the ps3 soon too, but I've always loved video games)
I held out on the Cell Phone for a few years, but while working away from home, it got to be a real pain suing calling cards.
I realize the need for change, but when it's merely an improvment to something that doesn't really need improving...it seems to me that it's just another way of getting us to spend money we don't need to spend.
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fenderchick
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May 16 @ 7:08PM
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I had the same computer before I got this new one, it died and they couldn't help me. They don't even keep the codes for them anymore, so while it would still of worked had I gotten the code, it was rendered useless without it.
...I am the only one among my friends who does not have a cell phone and I kinda like it 
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imlost2
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May 17 @ 1:13AM
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It isn't all gone, I still have my record player and play my collection from time to time.
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EmmeS61
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May 17 @ 1:44AM
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But do you have cable or dial up on the computer???  
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singaporegal
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May 17 @ 6:40AM
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I am in stitches! Thanks for giving me the best laugh I've had in ages. I agree with your views 100 percent although I have to say its been a while since I saw a TV that still had knobs on it 
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lostinmesaaz
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May 18 @ 2:03AM
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I do not like cell phones also. I always wonder what the person who has one glued to their ear did when it was only rotor dialing. Never leave the house in fear of not being able to talk on the phone. The rudeness when your checking someone out and they are talking on the phone, your trying to get them to pay for the purchase.
A kudo for you. Ta Ta
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