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I haven't heard it in a long time - I think it was mostly confined to people born before 1930, and there aren't many of them around anymore, but "what if I pres
by buescher 4y ago
I haven't heard it in a long time - I think it was mostly confined to people born before 1930, and there aren't many of them around anymore, but "what if I press the wrong button?" used to be a major concern people had about new gadgets. A lot of it came from the shift from appliances like old time wringer washers, where every control has a visible mechanical function or other affordance, to more automated "pushbutton" appliances with internal sequence "programs".
- Falkon1313 4y agoAlso the change over from a solid visible control panel with a combination of switches, knobs and dials, buttons, LEDs, and maybe an LCD readout, all clearly labeled, to more modern stuff with just a few barely distinguishable unlabeled buttons so tiny you could very easily accidentally press one. And now touch screens where who knows what will happen if you accidentally brush the screen and it interprets that as some secret hidden swipe gesture.