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Being annoyed by my friends who can't put their phones down when I'm trying to talk to them because they are doomscrolling on TikTok. Oh and disliking the brainrot that is on TikTok and Instagram. Just hating TikTok.

I buy music instead of paying for a streaming service like Spotify

Being older that some people, which is apparently what 30% of people call a "boomer"

I had kids a bit older, so I guess some of my parenting is old school. I like to think I'm more open with feelings than my dad, and my children mean everything to me. However, I cannot abide other parents who let their kids dominate and interrupt adult conversations. Sometimes it's necessary, like if an infant has hurt themselves or some thing, but otherwise a child should not interrupt an adult who's talking and, if they do, the parent should tell them to hold on a minute while the adults talk.

I'm grumpy as fuck

I value mechanical stuff and in person interactions

If you are in a restaurant with your small children, actually be a parent to them and still giving them a tablet that they will watch at full fucking volume so they won't bother you.

I can't keep up with all the social justice stuff so I just quit caring about most of it.

I think Nick Mullen vocalized it best when people started throwing the Ukranian flag in their usernames and he was miffed that he had to remember another type of "gay" again.

Liberals are out here doing victory laps about pronouns in bios while their actual rights are getting systematically stripped away.

I buy music. Drm free. I don't want to rent it from Spotify. It's Bandcamp Friday today btw, where the people making the music get a bigger cut.

Which one, lol.

I despise videos in place of text/pic how-to.

I’m starting to run out of fucks to give when it comes to dealing with tech. Doesn’t matter what it is. Overcomplicated car infotainment. Burying features in deep OS menus. Shitty website design that hides info. Phone trees. “AI assistants” in pretty much everything. Etc.

I think most modern popular music absolutely sucks. No art, no ability to sing, all formulaic, a lyrical desert, and autotuned to shit.

It’s gotta be a mental illness, this constant need for public commentary via uploading everything you do to be viewed by others. Particularly things like “this is me crying because I got yelled at” kind of stuff. Vapid. Shallow. Go touch some grass and don’t fucking record it.

Yeah. I’m missing the more disconnected life we used to have.

(No, I’m not going to say it was all better back in the day. It wasn’t. Just our problems weren’t compounded by things like social media)

My joints sound like stepping on a box of Ritz crackers. Does that count?

I think you should treat others with respect

except like always treat them how you'd like to be treated, not just when it's convenient for you. which seems to be the boomer way. example: boomers loooove bright ass LED headlights when they're driving behind them, but complain when they're blinded by the exact same car facing them.

so the solution is don't use those fucking headlights, right? but all these motherfuckers out here are just buying that shit up and don't see a problem with it. I nearly hit somebody last week because they were crossing 100 m before the intersection in a spot that pedestrians typically do not cross and I couldn't see shit because of the oncoming car right behind them.

Your nose ring makes you look like a bull.

I call people on Teams rather than ask if they are available.

Sometimes I look old just by the way that I touch the screen of my phone. Wtf.

Dear god there doesn't have to be an app for everything.

Make a website and if you really want an app-like experience, make a damn PWA. No, I don't want to download your terribly optimized, huge app to get a receipt...

I'm sorry, but to get my UK ETA for traveling for work I had to download an app that I will literally use 1 time in 2 years because it is valid for 2 years. It could easily be done with a PWA.

It is not more secure, it is less secure for the end user as apps have been caught many many more times stealing data and being malware compared to a web page where you generally have to download malware.

Cooking only from scratch no factory products. Meat also only from the butcher and not supermarket. I know where the butcher gets his meat from. And wanting to learn how to do lots of things myself to be self reliant, less wastefull, enviorment friendly and its mostly cheaper. Dont need no smart toaster!

I've gone away from plastics and only use natural materials, perferable renewable. If something is damaged i can just repair it. Creating less waste, saving money, and the objects have a personal touch and story to it over time.

Leather instead of artificial leather And yes i am building my PC case out of wood and glass if i need a new one

About every 20 minutes or so, I say "That's how they get ya", while looking up something on my 5-years-out-of-date "smart"phone that can't download any new apps.

AI will wreck your eyes if you sit too close to it.

I won't pay a subscription for software.

The one time I got called a boomer online was because I didn’t understand why artists have “eras” now instead of just albums. I think at the time an artist removed all posts from their socials and the comments are “new era coming soon?” And I asked if that just means they’re dropping a new album

All of them. Lol. Things were definitely better 20 years ago than they were now. Kids these days, etc etc.

I also really want to separate from all of technology!!!