What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

[vitanola]

*People who talk so loudly into their telephones that you have to hold the receiver away from your ear.

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Sometimes on e must to get through.

 

[Zombie_61]

We live in a world where GETTING THERE FIRST is the only thing that matters to a lot of people...

As a former landlady once told us, "People drive so fast these days that I always feel like I'm being chased home." My wife and I both thought that was an interesting way to describe it, and neither of us could disagree even though we each might, on occasion, be accused of being one of the "chasers".

*Advertising for prescription pharmaceuticals.

Absolutely! They're enabling hypochondriacs, and convincing perfectly healthy people that they must use "Medication X" to stay healthy. In some cases I'm sure doctors would agree, particularly when they try to prescribe a medication that a patient actually needs, and the patient argues for a different medication (that in all likelihood won't be as effective) simply because he/she saw it in a television commercial. :eusa_doh: Unfortunately, medicine is big business that lines a lot of pockets here in the U.S., so I don't see an end to this any time soon.

 

[Virginia Creeper]

People who can't accept you're not home and will return their message when you become available. People who especially start contacting every mutual friend they can think of to ask where you are or if you've been heard from, because obviously if you're not available, something awful must have happened.

People who expect you to carry a cell phone and be in contact 24 hours a day.

People who talk endlessly about cell phone upgrades as if any of it really matters, and as if the fact that any cell phone on the market is more powerful than their first computer by several orders of magnitude isn't sufficiently wonderful enough.

 

[GHT]

.People who expect you to carry a cell phone and be in contact 24 hours a day.

If I am out, socially, with my wife, I refuse to carry a phone. Some have said, and my sister is the main culprit: "What if I need to contact you?" To which I always answer: "Does it never occur to you that I don't want to be contacted?" Adding,"if it's important, you can either text me, or leave a message on the landline." I absolutely loathe seeing two diners in a restaurant, ignoring each other, whilst slavishly engrossed into their respective phones. You would have thought that dining out was an enjoyable experience, a chance to engage with one another, make small talk. Instead, it now seems that it's more important to tweet to the world, the venue that you are at, the menu and your choice. Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

 

[GHT]

I will tell you what I won't miss, something that causes me to come out in hives. Those unbelievably annoying self-service tills in supermarkets. Listen Mr. CEO, you may have found the perfect wheeze to reduce your staffing levels, but don't treat me like a schoolboy by selling the concept to me as a way of reducing the queues at the checkouts. I spend squillions with these companies, the least that I can expect is a friendly smile, an offer to pack my bag, interaction with a human face. What I don't want is a synthesised human voice telling me to put the last item back into the bag, telling me that the assisant is coming, telling me to put more cash into the pay in slot. "*7&%"* off," I get all the synthesised grief possible from my sat-nav, the last thing I want, is a computer generated, patronising voice, telling me, oh so politely, that I am a W. Anchor!

 

[Feraud]

*Anthony Bourdain and his patronizing "tough guy slumming" act.

I hate Bourdain's shtick and cannot change the channel fast enough when he comes on.

I'm waiting for the day celebrity cooks, particularly tattooed ones, are off the air. I'm sick to death of suffering awful American cooks with more tattoos than culinary ability.

 

[Gregg Axley]

I will tell you what I won't miss, something that causes me to come out in hives. Those unbelievably annoying self-service tills in supermarkets. Listen Mr. CEO, you may have found the perfect wheeze to reduce your staffing levels, but don't treat me like a schoolboy by selling the concept to me as a way of reducing the queues at the checkouts. I spend squillions with these companies, the least that I can expect is a friendly smile, an offer to pack my bag, interaction with a human face. What I don't want is a synthesised human voice telling me to put the last item back into the bag, telling me that the assisant is coming, telling me to put more cash into the pay in slot. "*7&%"* off," I get all the synthesised grief possible from my sat-nav, the last thing I want, is a computer generated, patronising voice, telling me, oh so politely, that I am a W. Anchor!

If you hate self service check outs, ones that aren't user friendly, don't go to Walmart.
Over there it's Asda, is that right?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

If you hate self service check outs, ones that aren't user friendly, don't go to Walmart.
Over there it's Asda, is that right?

And if you don't have crisp, newly-minted bills you're Sierra Oscar Lima.

 

[jamespowers]

And if you don't have crisp, newly-minted bills you're Sierra Oscar Lima.

Oh yeah that is for sure. On the bright side, those things always screw up and I walk away with something free most of the time. lol lol

 

[Gregg Axley]

I use the CC.
Walmart has gotten so bad on their prices, and/or quality, that we only buy a few items there.
I suspect in the next few months, we'll just go back to Kroger for all our shopping.
Costco has some things we use, but who needs a 5lb can of peanut butter?

 

[jamespowers]

Costco has some things we use, but who needs a 5lb can of peanut butter?

Obviously you don't have children around. lol lol

 

[Virginia Creeper]

That's what, 2kg? With four kids in the house, we can easily go through that amount in a week or two. In fact, just about any time you ask yourself "who could possibly need that?" at Costco, the answer is "Virginia Creeper's family." The only real exception for us is their meat, as there is a locally owned place that is far cheaper.

 

[jamespowers]

That's what, 2kg? With four kids in the house, we can easily go through that amount in a week or two. In fact, just about any time you ask yourself "who could possibly need that?" at Costco, the answer is "Virginia Creeper's family." The only real exception for us is their meat, as there is a locally owned place that is far cheaper.

Buying in bulk is a lot cheaper that is for sure.

 

[Gregg Axley]

My wife has a 1 gallon jug of Kosher pickles, and I have yet to see her eat one.
I do get a few useful things there.
A huge bag of splenda, using just a few spoon fulls in my coffee 2-3x a day.
And to sprinkle it on a few food items I want sweet.
For $12 dollars I'm getting bargain.
Of course the Mexican Coke Fiesta pack I posted about last week.
I tried one, the Sprite, yep that's the way it tasted as best I can remember.
Complete with a retro green bumpy bottle.
If we get there early on Sunday, we can usually get one of the few prime steak packages.
$30 dollars for 4lb of prime sirloin isn't bad.
Of course prime rib eyes are really high, $50-60?
For 4 of them? Uh no...
For $80 I can get a large part of the rib eye section and cut my own.

 

[GHT]

And if you don't have crisp, newly-minted bills you're Sierra Oscar Lima.

I've been racking my brains as what the acronym SOL means. Is it: Ess Aitch One Tea outta luck?

 

[LizzieMaine]

*The phrase "man boobs."

*People who walk up to uniformed servicemen and say "Thank you for your service," but who would be horrified if their own kid wanted to enlist.

*Gigantic video scoreboards.

*The word "transgressive."

*"Ironic" cultural appropriation.

*Public display of the male foot.

*Giving your kid an ethnic name that does not reflect your actual ethnicity.

*Giving your kid an Old Testament biblical name without researching what that biblical character actually did.

*Giving your kid a name that will sound ridiculous in ten years.

*People who drive up prices at charity-run "thrift stores" so that the people who actually have to shop there can no longer afford to do so.

*People who lecture waiters in restaurants about why they should be ashamed to sell some particular menu item.

*The fetishization of "authenticity" by those who think it can be purchased.

*"Rational thinkers" who hold irrational beliefs.

*The phrase "________ porn"

*The word "bro."

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

*Giving your kid an ethnic name that does not reflect your actual ethnicity.

Meet Hideki Chaim Smith

 

[dh66]

SOL = short on length

or you may be right GHT

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[Virginia Creeper]

*The phrase "man boobs."

It's better than "moobs."

I will not miss "sexy" Hallowe'en costumes, especially ones marketed for children.

 

[GHT]

Didn't that vacuous Kim Kardashian woman, who had a baby by Kayne West, call the poor little sprog: "North?" Can you imagine when the child grows up and has a baby, and calls it North. That kid can then say that he's North, by North West. That soccer player David Beckham is another. Names his daughter Harper, adding Seven, the number on his shirt. The British Press had a field day with this. Likening it to Half Past seven. Next one's going to be named: "Quarter to Eight!"
Lizzie, man boobs are one thing, and you see lots of them at the gym, cracks me up when my wife says: "He's got more tits than I have." But have you heard it abbrieviated to: Moobs? Virginia, you hit the button, much too quick for me.