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Sounds like an insane inconvenience. Sorry, what was the point of doing all this again? Just to prove you can?
by lexandstuff 4y ago
Sounds like an insane inconvenience. Sorry, what was the point of doing all this again? Just to prove you can?
- kuramitropolis 4y agoNah, just to prove that you can't.
- thorncorona 4y agoYou don't have to drive a car in the suburbs. It just will suck greatly.
- kuramitropolis 4y agoYou don't have to have anything to do at all with car-centric suburbs to lead a life that doesn't suck ;)
- LadyCailin 4y agoSome people are into self flagellation. That’s fine. It’s when they think they’re better than you because of it that it becomes insufferable.
- jesuscript 4y agoLook, it’s one thing to say “I cannot live without my kids”, and have some asshole say “ditch them. Move, adopt new ones, you’ll see how stupid that attachment is”. You guys are literally acting like e-mail is some cornerstone of a life well lived. I’ll agree with the insufferable part though :) The rest of your comment, I’ll just attribute to you projecting, which we all do, no one is better.
- danaris 4y agoYou're the one attaching moral judgements to it. Speaking of projecting. We're just saying that email is either necessary or a massive increase in convenience for engaging in a wide array of common digital interactions, including some that are extremely hard to get away from (utilities, banks, etc), and others that are part of what makes life worth living, rather than just subsistence survival (streaming services, online games, other luxuries). Doing without something that's technically possible to avoid, but wastes a whole lot of your time and mental energy, and does not materially harm you in any way, does not make you a better person. Nor does it make you a worse person. It's something that's a personal choice. Smugly presenting yourself as somehow better than us because you do without such things does make you a worse person.
- jesuscript 4y agoI think you are just wrong. I simply provided some advice to someone who feels they can’t do without something that is possible to do without (or at least in a much more reduced manner). But I do like the irony, some of you inferred I said “I am better than you”. The words are written by you - “makes you a worse person”, which I don’t need to make any inference on, I know what you said. I’d give the same advice to anyone that believes they can’t live without coffee. Whether they drink it or not is none of my business, but their exclamation of an impossibility is something I might chime in on. Start the thread again, I picked a specific thing to address with the GP. Don’t care if he/she uses email, the whole world uses email lol. Just for shits and giggles: I get a few text alerts from my bank, I check things out with the bank app. I read the utility mail (yes the paper bill) once a month. No email involved. If I lost my email, my bank and electricity would be fine. So would my internet. It’s not impossible. Morality seeping into this discussion and holier than thou interpretations (casted on to me), are interesting and I’ll consider everyone’s input carefully and adjust going forward. Edit: I use email.
- kuramitropolis 4y agoClassic temporarily embarrassed millionaire. Or is that billionaire now
- kuramitropolis 4y agoAnd some people perceive the "conveniences" that the tech sector has foisted upon us as little more than socially mandated self-flagellation.
- jesuscript 4y agoYes, and what’s your plan when life sucks greatly? Will you sit around and die in your suburban home? Your ass better have a bicycle somewhere.
- omgomgomgomg 4y agoI agree, this is why i use a chauffeur.
- jesuscript 4y agoIf it is just an inconvenience, then this exercise is unnecessary. This is more for those who believe they cannot survive without it (inconvenience vs survival).