Anthony B,Things I want from a kettle: make water hot.
Things I do not want from a kettle: an engaging interactive experience.
Things I do not want from a kettle: an engaging interactive experience.
Speaking as someone who was the father of a new born having to do the every 4 hour trip to the kitchen to boil the kettle and prepare formula, drop the previous bottle into boiling water, repeat. I had a system worked out. If the kettle had tried to offer my sleep addled brain witty bromides, well that kettle would be an ex fucking kettle and I'd be staring at the microwave going "you wanna start something, or will you just heat water and shut up?"
If I wanted to have a conversation with my home appliances, I would buy a fucking Furby. No one wants to have to deal with "the fridge can't get an Internet connection". It's a box that makes things cold.
Kettle: make water hot
Fridge: make things cold
Toaster: make bread hot
Oven: make many things hot
Dishwasher: make things clean
Lights: makes things visible
Rice Cooker: make rice hot and damp
None of these should require a fucking internet connection, generative (not actually) AI, or a fucking app.
Surprised! By A Pug@swearyanthony ADHD here
(As you well know)
I would LOVE IT if my toaster or kettle would tell me when their job is done.
I would also love it if my washing machine could remind me that I put a load on a few hours back.
They don’t need the fucking internet. But networked in my house so they can remind me I started a thing? Yes please!
@swearyanthony I’m so not fucking kidding.
I have days where I’ll boil the kettle like five times and never actually have the cup of tea.
I’ve gone back to my desk and hyperfocused on something else and forgotten the tea. Every twenty minutes.
@swearyanthony (this is also why I’m committing ecocide with nespresso pods)