nLuLukna What is your boomer opinion
derekDrinking is not fun and loud parties too. Just understood, that I haven't had fun there most if the times.
Also don't understand people, who chose drinking as their hobby, compete in how many and what drinks they drank, how bad it was in the morning and what weird stuff they did under influence.
I like alcohol beverages, but not a stupid culture being built around drinking.
Billy_GnosisI'd through pot into this too. I don't get those people who's every waking moment is talking about getting high or what type of bud is the best.
It's actually really odd to travel to a place like Spain where the drinking culture is far more tame. Just see people put their achohol down for a bit after a couple of cups
Yeah, that's how I like it. Having one or two craft beers and just walking out to enjoy taste and light effect of it.
Maybe it's because of age, but hangover and lack of sleep make me think twice before taking one more cup.
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...
comfyI agree, but from a !piracy perspective
SteveDating should go back to face to face meetings. People need to get out and see others more, just generally.
elouboubNo thank you. I can barely stand hearing somebody through a wall, why would I want to see them too?
FUsernameBecause dating hopefully takes place with individuums, to whom this limitation does not apply.
I agree. Robert Putnam has some great points in “Bowling Alone” in that, we need that socialization—something to bridge the gap. And the human, as a species, in us needs the socialization just because that’s how we are as a species.
Face to face is key, in my opinion.
I think dating should be more accidental, as well. Meet someone at the bus stop and ask them out, that sort of thing.
Barry Schwartz (if you want more boomer opinions, look him up) made the excellent point that it's very difficult for us to be pleasantly surprised these days. Everything we do now comes with expectations. Before a date, we look at their profile. Before a meal, we look up the restaurant ratings. Before buying anything, we read all the reviews, etc. Before we experience anything, it's already been marketed to us. It's great in a lot of ways, but it means that the best we can ever hope for is to be not disappointed. It's becoming very very rare that something will exceed our expectations and we will be pleasantly surprised. I wouldn't be surprised if this has impacts on our psychology.
As it relates to dating, I think it's nice when you stumble upon a good connection when it's least expected, rather than swiping through 1000 pictures. And on your first date, you should probably have no idea what the other person might be like.
Not meeting up with friends at a loud venue, I like to talk to them not try to shout over the music.
Modern [insert any art style] has gotten worst and worse!
(although truth be told, it's more of a millennial "90s cartoons/music/films were so much better" opinion)
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.
I noticed a lot of people who pay attention to modern internet privacy seem to sound like Luddites these days...
maegul (he/they)I’m a certified computer expert, but I sound like a Luddite when it comes to anything mainstream.
I thought it was pretty well known that the magnitude of one’s ludditism related to their computing expertise as a U-shaped curve. That is, (actual) experts and non-experts are equally Luddite. It’s the mediocre and peri- technologists that drive hype. Right?
Hah, I haven't heard that analogy before, but I see what it's getting at. I wouldn't say it's a rule to live by, but as you learn more about technology you (usually) also learn more about its constant abuse and its critical flaws.
It’s the mediocre and peri- technologists that drive hype. Right?
I'm not sure exactly who you mean, but never believe the hype:
- Steve Jobs didn't know shit about computers and took the fame from people who did, just like Edison and Musk.
- Most people studied in machine learning hate the term "Artificial Intelligence", it's a marketing gimmick used by marketing.
- There's a similar, but lesser, sentiment in security being called "cyber".
- Anything saying "better privacy" or "more secure" without giving a specific threat scenario (like, more secure against [x] attack) - they don't know shit. Privacy and security are not linear values you can have more or less of.
- Internet of Things ('smart devices') is a privacy and security NIGHTMARE, and we've known that since day 1. Companies don't care. It's easy money.
If you can’t (hypothetically) run it yourself, you’re the product. This is the nightmare of everything today, technology exists to prevent you from "doing it yourself". Try to repair anything modern.
ElbullazulCars shouldn't be loaded with user-facing technology. Bring back analog dashboards and buttons for climate control!
The CuuuuubeI just want to be able to adjust the stereo without looking away from the road. Is that too much to ask?
Interesting fact: I just got a new ev (so a battery hooked up to a computer with wheels) - and it has buttons! It also has dials for sound and climate.
Now to be fair it also takes interacting with a touchscreen to turn on the heated seats, but I'd say it's progress in the right direction.
What EV did you buy?
Iconiq 5. I can honestly say I really enjoy it (and I'm not a car person).
Bring back stick-shift, too. People shouldn’t be driving if they have no grasp of the mass and inertia of their car. We should be able to disengage the engine at will. And we should have to pay attention when we drive.
Hellfire103I 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 think two out of those believes stem from survivorship bias. You think of old music and consumer products as superior because the only ones that "survived" are the good ones. No one remembers bad music from 50 years ago, and for every old thermos flask/blender/knife that you see around there are dozens that broke years ago.
I say yes for the music one, maybe not for the first. There are literally different materials being used and increasingly optimised-for-profit-to-effort-ratio processes. Many things are just straight up made more cheaply because we have the technology to do that.
Although for the music one, a relevant lyric comes to mind:
Hip hop? Buddy, don't get me started
So how do you get yourself charted?
Kids love this stuff 'cause it's so new
Put in a sample from a pop song too
You've got a hit, how come it sold?
The melody and it's 30 years old!
Hip hop is pretty mainstream now but it started as counter culture. And I don't think a sample in a song makes it similar to the sampled song. A lot of tracks that rely on samples completely create something new. Look at J Dilla who relied almost entirely on samples. His music isn't a collection of old songs, it's entirely new songs. I guess this thread is for boomer takes.
Or the Prodigy, who relied almost entirely on samples yet made some of the most exciting music we had ever heard.
That's fair.
There was song from the 60s (supposedly the best music everyone tells me) called "7 little girls". The chorus went "7 little girls sitting the back seat kissing and hugging with Fred"
Thankfully a mostly forgotten song now, but a clear example of how bloody awful pop music is not a new phenomenon.
My theory on the first one is that it's usually hard to make things cheap and consistent, so it often starts off as bad, then good but expensive, and then trends towards and past "good enough"
Modern music is fire when you know where to look but I've always felt like pop music has been taking a very slow weird turn. It seems like 1970s and earlier it was mostly good, and mostly good after, but at this point I'm just confused
salarualet me see:
- physical media is Just Better (cds, game cards, etc.)
- the Internet is a technological dumpster fire
- devices are too "smart" nowadays
Remeber guys to buy your intelligent smart home frigde freezer that sinks up to your phone and uses the latest GPT models to......
I would certainly be inclined to agree on that last point
not only that, but "smartness" and longevity seem to be inversely correlation. your grandma's alarm clock she bought in the 70s most definitely still works and will still work fifty years later, while that fancy smart display your rich neighbor has is going to break after three
lunchboxheroA recent job change caused me to revert back to my old G-Shock watch instead of my Apple Watch. I was setting the time and date and noted that the date “only” goes up to the year 2039. Even though it is already over 20 years old, I fully expect this watch to work well past 2039; I have no expectation that the Apple Watch will. Even if it technically functioned, the software and protocols would have been long abandoned.
what do you mean by technological dumpster fire? too much tech?
yes exactly. there's so much tech that it's literally impossible to make a new browser engine from scratch
I signed for a storage unit this week, and they require me to use an app to access the unit. Of course their servers were down when I first tried using the app. 🤦
I don't think most modern physical media counts for that though, if you buy a new game on a disc theres a decent chance that it still has to download the game from the internet
To a certain extent physical media is already dead, they're just waving around it's corpse and making it look like it's alive
i know, and i'm really ticked about it
elracI bought a gas stove/oven a few months ago. Took me a couple of weeks to notice that I can connect it to my wifi for some reason. I haven't, and don't intend to, but I am a little curious what features could possibly be in there.
it's probably something like remote control, which is handy but ultimately not worth it imo
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: xkcd.com/488/
I want my Final Fantasy games turn-based not this action-RPG garbage, now get off my lawn!
teoriaGod yes
We've become increasingly the minority on this but I agree wholeheartedly.
PorkrollPosadistWhen I listen to 100 gecs I just grit my teeth and smile, as if some Jehovah's Witness were proselytizing to me in my front door.
I like them but I get it when people don't like them. I describe their music like an ice cream brain freeze. It's something that's plain and pleasurable with all it's qualities pushed to the point of blowing out your senses. I like the grating overblown insanity but I understand it's not for everyone.
EponymousBoshThe Beatles are an amazing band
Now that doesnt count as an answer to the question
No way is that a boomer opinion
There's a lot of Beatles hate in younger Milennials/Gen Z. I assume it's based in general resentment towards Boomers and not actual music analysis.
At least for me, I don't hate the Beatles because they made bad music. I hate them because they sound generic. Of course, they sound generic because of their far-reaching influence but that doesn't change my perception of them.
But... They are though...
tmpodKinda mid one, but Pokémon Black/White 2 were the last real games. After that, they started being too 3D and lost a lot of their charm, imo. Gen 3, 4 and 5 as well are so freaking good! Love Emerald in particular (best end-game!) <3
IAm8BitWolfYeah, this is the one where I most feel like an out of touch boomer because I know people love the newer games. Honestly, like you say, the shift to 3d was such a massive turn off to me, it just doesn't look right
Yeah, somehow there's something not Pokémon-y about them. Maybe it's just nostalgia speaking hehe, but the 2D ones had way more charm!
art- In cars knobs are better than touch screens.
- VR was a gimmick 20 years ago, VR is a gimmick today.
I've never met someone who prefers touchscreen slimate controls in a car tbh. Everyone I know agrees that it's stupid and unsafe