Facebook kept badgering me for years to give them my phone number 'just in case' to which I repeatedly said no. Finally they stopped bugging me about it and all was good for a few weeks. Then I got a new notice that said 'help verify that this is your number and keep your account up to date'. Lo and behold that was indeed my phone number, but I never gave it to them. I don't know where they scraped it from, but they got it. That left me creeped out for a long time and I considered closing my account. In the end I kept it, but I watched what I posted and really dropped my usage. If I get this prompt I'll drop it completely. I'm not a social media junkie, so I'll live. In fact the only reason I'm still on it is for a few interest groups that I'm involved with who moved to FB (terrible decision) and so my family can tell me who died and who had a kid. Both of which I could live without.
It sounds stupid, but sometimes I honestly miss being bored. When you got bored you got creative to keep yourself entertained. That sort of creativity by necessity has died with the rise of the Internet and 24x7 continual entertainment. Kids growing up today will never know that sort of creativity.
I also miss being able to go completely off the grid. If you wanted to get away from everything (and everyone) you actually could. Now days there's really no easy way to do that. You're always under surveillance and you're always tethered to 'the system' somehow (your phone, your credit cards, etc.).
The last thing I really miss is having conversations with random people. Yeah that seems strange to say, but 'Back in the day' when you were waiting in a line or at a bus stop or something, you'd generally make friendly conversation with the person next to you, if just to pass the time. Today no one actually talks to each other anymore, everyone has their face down in a phone (I'm guilty of it myself) or have their headphones on. We're losing the art of human interaction. Hell, I've been with a group of friends who were actually texting each other rather than talking even though we were all right there. It was both eye opening and sad. Those days are gone I suppose.
Off topic but hey, it's my thread. Try the Brandywine tomato, it's large, taste great, and is an heirloom variety. The plants don't produce as many as some other varieties, but they huge.
While I can only base this on my experience, it seems that the larger the turkey the weaker the flavor seems to be. I wonder if much like fruit, the turkey has been bred only for size and the flavor has been ignored. Sure you get 30+ pounds of turkey, but it might as well be tofu for all the flavor it has. Maybe that's why they're all injected with 'flavor enhancers'. The turkeys we get from the local farmer around here are smaller (15-20 pounds on average) but they taste so much better. We did a side by side comparison one year and couldn't believe the difference. Of course you pay for that flavor, but for once a year it's well worth it.
You actually raise some good points, and I think this is the symptom of a bigger problem. This is probably a bit of hyperbole on my part, but it seems like you are literally not allowed to be happy anymore. It like there is always someone or some group out there that seems to exist only to tell you why you should feel bad about something. It doesn't matter what your political, sexual, or religious preferences are, you MUST feel bad about something. That kind of attitude really starts to wear on you after a while and leads to a nation full of angry and unhappy people. This isn't a new phenomenon, it's been slowly growing for the past 15+ years or so, but lately it seems to be in overdrive. It's going to come to head eventually, and I wonder what will happen then.
That was my reaction as well. Young adults are already taking far longer to mature due to a culture that seems to encourage (and even praise) immaturity, businesses really shouldn't be helping. Do you really want to hire someone who is only willing to work for you because you have a 'cool treehouse'? Are we all 12 now? How could you ever trust a decision made by someone who is emotionally still a child?
A side note about the streaming service. We did try the streaming service back when the DVD and Streaming were both included in one price. The best thing we could find to watch? Donnie Darko. Not a bad movie, but when that's the only thing that catches your interest you know the selection isn't too hot.
We subscribe to the DVD only service because we just don't watch enough TV to make the streaming service worth it. I think we maybe watch one or two movies a month (if that) so the DVD service works for us just fine. Not to mention the selection is far better than the streaming service as we tend to like a mixture of brand new stuff and older movies. We also don't follow TV shows so there's no need for a streaming service to binge watch things (which would be tough with the DVD service).
The city of Detroit? Yeah not so much (they seriously couldn't get much worse). The surrounding Metro Detroit area where the population actually lives? Very much so.
Detest is a pretty strong word. Was his issue with the American leadership, the people, or the country as a whole? Detesting a country's leader or government I can understand, but when you start throwing around words like that at that at the entire population of a country then I start to see you less as a person with strong and different opinions than I may have and more of a bitter jerk. Without context that statement makes him sound more like the latter than the former which makes me sad.
I'm sure there are young troll, but I don't think they account for a large portion of Whole Food's customers. People shop at Whole Food's regardless of the prices, and while I don't doubt there are some people who want to shop there but don't because the prices are high, I don't think it's as big of a number as Amazon seems to think it is.
Did they not do any research on who actually shops at Whole Foods? People who are paying $10 for a jar of asparagus water or $8 for a bag of organic gluten/grain/fat/salt/flavor free chips generally aren't the penny pinching type. People go to Whole Foods because they want specialty stuff that regular chains don't carry not for low prices. The Prime integration piece might fit in well though.
Personally I don't see these two companies as being a good fit, but Amazon has the money to keep it going even if it tanks.
I'm starting to think the first person to make a news service like that would make a fortune. Maybe the time isn't quite right yet (too many people still like their biased bubbles), but in another few years I think it will be.
I kind of miss the days when the newspaper was king. By the time stuff went to print most the initial knee jerk reactions had died down and cooler heads had prevailed. Of course there were other problems with the newspaper monopoly (they literally could control what news you were allowed to see), but this constant 'up to second outrage' has left me burned out and apathetic. Not to mention that there isn't a neutral major news outlet out there anymore.
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Facebook kept badgering me for years to give them my phone number 'just in case' to which I repeatedly said no. Finally they stopped bugging me about it and all was good for a few weeks. Then I got a new notice that said 'help verify that this is your number and keep your account up to date'. Lo and behold that was indeed my phone number, but I never gave it to them. I don't know where they scraped it from, but they got it. That left me creeped out for a long time and I considered closing my account. In the end I kept it, but I watched what I posted and really dropped my usage. If I get this prompt I'll drop it completely. I'm not a social media junkie, so I'll live. In fact the only reason I'm still on it is for a few interest groups that I'm involved with who moved to FB (terrible decision) and so my family can tell me who died and who had a kid. Both of which I could live without.
I suppose it's true you CAN still have all these experiences, but it's not the norm any more. That's what I miss most I suppose.
My dad made me learn on a manual. Itâ(TM)s a useful skill to have. I still drive a manual to this day. Makes a dandy car theft deterrent too.
It sounds stupid, but sometimes I honestly miss being bored. When you got bored you got creative to keep yourself entertained. That sort of creativity by necessity has died with the rise of the Internet and 24x7 continual entertainment. Kids growing up today will never know that sort of creativity.
I also miss being able to go completely off the grid. If you wanted to get away from everything (and everyone) you actually could. Now days there's really no easy way to do that. You're always under surveillance and you're always tethered to 'the system' somehow (your phone, your credit cards, etc.).
The last thing I really miss is having conversations with random people. Yeah that seems strange to say, but 'Back in the day' when you were waiting in a line or at a bus stop or something, you'd generally make friendly conversation with the person next to you, if just to pass the time. Today no one actually talks to each other anymore, everyone has their face down in a phone (I'm guilty of it myself) or have their headphones on. We're losing the art of human interaction. Hell, I've been with a group of friends who were actually texting each other rather than talking even though we were all right there. It was both eye opening and sad. Those days are gone I suppose.
Off topic but hey, it's my thread. Try the Brandywine tomato, it's large, taste great, and is an heirloom variety. The plants don't produce as many as some other varieties, but they huge.
While I can only base this on my experience, it seems that the larger the turkey the weaker the flavor seems to be. I wonder if much like fruit, the turkey has been bred only for size and the flavor has been ignored. Sure you get 30+ pounds of turkey, but it might as well be tofu for all the flavor it has. Maybe that's why they're all injected with 'flavor enhancers'. The turkeys we get from the local farmer around here are smaller (15-20 pounds on average) but they taste so much better. We did a side by side comparison one year and couldn't believe the difference. Of course you pay for that flavor, but for once a year it's well worth it.
You actually raise some good points, and I think this is the symptom of a bigger problem. This is probably a bit of hyperbole on my part, but it seems like you are literally not allowed to be happy anymore. It like there is always someone or some group out there that seems to exist only to tell you why you should feel bad about something. It doesn't matter what your political, sexual, or religious preferences are, you MUST feel bad about something. That kind of attitude really starts to wear on you after a while and leads to a nation full of angry and unhappy people. This isn't a new phenomenon, it's been slowly growing for the past 15+ years or so, but lately it seems to be in overdrive. It's going to come to head eventually, and I wonder what will happen then.
That was my reaction as well. Young adults are already taking far longer to mature due to a culture that seems to encourage (and even praise) immaturity, businesses really shouldn't be helping. Do you really want to hire someone who is only willing to work for you because you have a 'cool treehouse'? Are we all 12 now? How could you ever trust a decision made by someone who is emotionally still a child?
A nice sharp shovel will.
Don't sell him short, Zuckerberg would harm by malice too. He's a dual threat!
Same here. I use a 36" 1080i CRT and it's just fine. I probably won't get a new TV until it dies on me.
A side note about the streaming service. We did try the streaming service back when the DVD and Streaming were both included in one price. The best thing we could find to watch? Donnie Darko. Not a bad movie, but when that's the only thing that catches your interest you know the selection isn't too hot.
We subscribe to the DVD only service because we just don't watch enough TV to make the streaming service worth it. I think we maybe watch one or two movies a month (if that) so the DVD service works for us just fine. Not to mention the selection is far better than the streaming service as we tend to like a mixture of brand new stuff and older movies. We also don't follow TV shows so there's no need for a streaming service to binge watch things (which would be tough with the DVD service).
The city of Detroit? Yeah not so much (they seriously couldn't get much worse). The surrounding Metro Detroit area where the population actually lives? Very much so.
>> while simultaneously misappropriating immigrant culture
Dafuq? I wasn't aware that running a small store was something only immigrants could do.
Given the average SS veteran would have to be pushing 90, I'm guessing they're not doing much marching anymore.
Ah yes. There's no justice like good old fashioned mob justice. Let the knee jerking begin!
Yeah I suppose getting ones nuts chemically destroyed would make one a wee bit cranky. Point taken,
Detest is a pretty strong word. Was his issue with the American leadership, the people, or the country as a whole? Detesting a country's leader or government I can understand, but when you start throwing around words like that at that at the entire population of a country then I start to see you less as a person with strong and different opinions than I may have and more of a bitter jerk. Without context that statement makes him sound more like the latter than the former which makes me sad.
I know you're making a joke, but ADB was actually a really nice standard. USB is superior, but I was actually kind of annoyed when they got rid of it.
I'm sure there are young troll, but I don't think they account for a large portion of Whole Food's customers. People shop at Whole Food's regardless of the prices, and while I don't doubt there are some people who want to shop there but don't because the prices are high, I don't think it's as big of a number as Amazon seems to think it is.
Did they not do any research on who actually shops at Whole Foods? People who are paying $10 for a jar of asparagus water or $8 for a bag of organic gluten/grain/fat/salt/flavor free chips generally aren't the penny pinching type. People go to Whole Foods because they want specialty stuff that regular chains don't carry not for low prices. The Prime integration piece might fit in well though.
Personally I don't see these two companies as being a good fit, but Amazon has the money to keep it going even if it tanks.
I'm starting to think the first person to make a news service like that would make a fortune. Maybe the time isn't quite right yet (too many people still like their biased bubbles), but in another few years I think it will be.
>>Then I realized that most chatter about current events is uninformed
That's actually a good point.
I kind of miss the days when the newspaper was king. By the time stuff went to print most the initial knee jerk reactions had died down and cooler heads had prevailed. Of course there were other problems with the newspaper monopoly (they literally could control what news you were allowed to see), but this constant 'up to second outrage' has left me burned out and apathetic. Not to mention that there isn't a neutral major news outlet out there anymore.