You can somewhat avoid them on YouTube, but they’re really annoying on Instagram, given that I’m using the platform for photography, and augmented by the fact that I can’t disable autoplay.
my old person trait is thinking that all of the above are extremely reasonable expectations and it’s a sad world we live in where most of those aren’t the case anymore
I think I should be allowed to order food from a restaurant without needing to scan a QR code which requires me to have a smart phone and an active, paid plan in order to access their menu.
Yes! My OPT is that people shouldn’t have their phones out when you’re out for a meal. The whole QR code menu thing forces you to start your outing staring at your phone!
Sadly, yes, and just like @PurpleFairy I don’t like to get my phone out during meals so it bothers me to start my meals with my girlfriend, friends, or family that way.
But also not everyone has a phone with a paid plan so this is a class and an accessibility issue. And I’m not going to use my phone to scan some random, potentially unsafe QR code. I put in too much work into my digital security to then go and do something like that.
I’m on the fence about this. On one hand I don’t get handed a wet plastic menu someone has just wiped off, or maybe has dried sauce on it. Also it is easier for them to add updates to their menu digitally instead of using a sharpie to cross through items and prices that no longer apply. But I also agree having to look at the whole menu on my small phone screen isn’t the best experience.
I agree. I never understood why having a stranger deliver your food was considered safer than just picking it up yourself during the beginning of covid. That’s another person handling your food.
Not to mention restaurants and drivers get ripped off.
I don’t think you can “own it” in the traditional sense, but I’d be ok with a software purchase being a perpetual license for the specific version you purchased.
I’m so goddamned sick of Microsoft and its greedy bullshit. I just looked at a recent KB update from them and the article must have breathlessly mentioned the word “subscription” 50 times.
After years of being a MS corporate stooge type, I finally started messing around with LibreOffice. It can read MS Office files. Check it out if you haven’t already.
Thanks for that link. Honestly. I think an old thing is that I’ve gotten used to convenience and a going through a list like that sometimes doesn’t seem worth the time even though I know deep down that it is.
Not sure if you’re joking or not, but just in case… stop downloading media manually. Look into Radarr, Sonarr, and Lidarr. You can self-host on any PC using Docker.
Half joking.
Pirated apps are sometimes sketchy, but you can get older versions of things that just worked.
Alternatively there’s Linux and the open source world, which has never let me down.
My old person trait is that I think I should be able to have anything I purchased repaired/serviced by whomever I wish, with whatever parts they deem acceptable.
I’m so guilty of ghosting, but I feel like it really is difficult to stay in touch with people, the more time passes. However, I do eventually answer after 2 months to 2 years from when the last message was sent, though
Usually after 2 months I feel so bad that I don’t have the gut to reply… I hate when people ghosts me and when I do it I feel like shit! But I’m extremely introverted so sometimes I can’t function with people…
Never ever let them ask you for a tip before you get your food. If you give no tip they will park you for 45 minutes. Tell them you’ll tip cash once you get your food and see how fast they go. Then don’t tip them because it’s a fucking fast food restaurant and they should be fast regardless.
because it’s a fucking fast food restaurant and they should be fast regardless.
You know, I hate tipping culture as much as the next person, but what even the fuck is this opinion?
Yeah, they should be fast, working with a skeleton crew, or all alone in the middle of the night by themselves, because management refuses to hire enough people to actually make “fast” food. They’re paid minimum wage, which last I checked isn’t a livable wage in pretty much most of the US.
I’m not saying they should be tipped, but I am saying you shouldn’t mistreat them because they didn’t make your cheap, shitty food fast enough because you’re a fat lazy fuck.
How am I mistreating them? I didn’t tip… it’s not like I went back there and assaulted them. Also I’ve gone for fast food twice this year and I’m technically underweight, but thanks for throwing insults. Don’t bring that reddit demeanor here.
The good thing about Lemmy is that you’re the first real toxic cunt that I’ve encountered. You preach mistreatment then throw pathetic grade 5 insults around. I didn’t read past the first paragraph of your reply since it became immediately clear that you couldn’t control yourself enough to write anything worth reading.
You really need to chill the fuck out dude. This kind of behavior isn’t welcome here. Disengage.
My old person trait is when someone tells me what they mean, they better damn well be telling me what they mean, because I’m not gonna play mind games with them. If you tell me you’re not upset then I’ll believe you’re not upset, I’m honouring you and your words and trusting that you’re being upfront and honest with what you want me to know. And if you secretly are upset, it’s not my responsibility to know that, you did not tell me.
Personally I’m not great at reading people and I’ve found they get even more frustrated when you get it wrong than when you just don’t do it. After a certain point I found myself miserable and I kinda stopped and went “wait, why is it MY job to know what THEY want from me?” And I eventually just kinda. Stopped. Most people hardly noticed because I got it wrong or overlooked it so much anyway but it was tons less stress on me, and now they knew how to effectively interact with me
i have never stayed out past midnight and i don’t plan to start any time soon. if i get drunk enough and you try to keep me out i’ll literally just fall asleep somewhere.
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My old person trait is that I want video to be horizontal.
Don’t say that, I am 19 and also want horizontal videos. Is 19 old nowadays?
Don’t say that, I am 19 and also want horizontal videos. Is 19 old nowadays?
Don’t say that, I am 19 and also want horizontal videos. Is 19 old nowadays?
Honestly short form videos are so dangerous to my already short attention span
Doesn’t help that even YouTube is shoving them down people’s throats now
You can somewhat avoid them on YouTube, but they’re really annoying on Instagram, given that I’m using the platform for photography, and augmented by the fact that I can’t disable autoplay.
You can’t really avoid them on YouTube mobile, you get a row of shorts every 2 or 3 normal videos in the list
Yeah, you might be right. I haven’t checked the YouTube app in a while, which reminds me I have to get around installing Revanced.
I’ve looked at revanced but the UI/UX kinda sucks imo
Don’t watch them then? You can blame everything on other things, or you can avoid short form content.
You can’t avoid it when it’s shoved in your face every 3 videos you scroll past on mobile
Because the video is short, people don’t need a seek bar right? Right?
The YouTube Enhancer Chrome extension has an option to fix that, do try it on desktop.
my old person trait is thinking that all of the above are extremely reasonable expectations and it’s a sad world we live in where most of those aren’t the case anymore
I think I should be allowed to order food from a restaurant without needing to scan a QR code which requires me to have a smart phone and an active, paid plan in order to access their menu.
Yes! My OPT is that people shouldn’t have their phones out when you’re out for a meal. The whole QR code menu thing forces you to start your outing staring at your phone!
Wait, you mean you’re sat down AT the restaurant and you need to get out your phone to view the menus???
Sadly, yes, and just like @PurpleFairy I don’t like to get my phone out during meals so it bothers me to start my meals with my girlfriend, friends, or family that way.
But also not everyone has a phone with a paid plan so this is a class and an accessibility issue. And I’m not going to use my phone to scan some random, potentially unsafe QR code. I put in too much work into my digital security to then go and do something like that.
I’m on the fence about this. On one hand I don’t get handed a wet plastic menu someone has just wiped off, or maybe has dried sauce on it. Also it is easier for them to add updates to their menu digitally instead of using a sharpie to cross through items and prices that no longer apply. But I also agree having to look at the whole menu on my small phone screen isn’t the best experience.
I think the move to delivery apps is also a bad move.
I agree. I never understood why having a stranger deliver your food was considered safer than just picking it up yourself during the beginning of covid. That’s another person handling your food.
Not to mention restaurants and drivers get ripped off.
I think that a basic lifestyle should be affordable for a basic person
i’m gonna go one further:
i think everybody should be allowed to live a decent enough life, whether they can work or not.
One further, and one better
I don’t think that is an old person trait. You are just secretly Nordic.
or not so secretly, seeing as i literally live a stone’s throw from a scandinavian border
I’ll go even further and say that meeting the needs of a population is the only point of having a society at all.
that almost sounds like… anticapitalist propaganda! Can’t have that! Back to your cubicle, worker #33458!
Found the left-wing extremist! /s
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As a very basic person, I agree
All this automation should mean that there’s less work to do for everyone’s needs to be met. Not sure where all this scarcity came from.
Crazy how that is an unpopular opinion these days
My old person trait is you should be able to order a “coffee”, small, medium or large at Starbucks, without having to learn a new language.
You can
My old person trait is that I think that the company I buy a product from should be the seller and the shipper of the product.
My OPT is that you should be able to buy and own your software instead of perpetually renting it.
I don’t think you can “own it” in the traditional sense, but I’d be ok with a software purchase being a perpetual license for the specific version you purchased.
And this is why I buy still buy copies of 2015 Office from eBay
I’m so goddamned sick of Microsoft and its greedy bullshit. I just looked at a recent KB update from them and the article must have breathlessly mentioned the word “subscription” 50 times.
After years of being a MS corporate stooge type, I finally started messing around with LibreOffice. It can read MS Office files. Check it out if you haven’t already.
Come to open source… you don’t have to rent or buy software. Find yourself a good alternative.
Thanks for that link. Honestly. I think an old thing is that I’ve gotten used to convenience and a going through a list like that sometimes doesn’t seem worth the time even though I know deep down that it is.
You gotta get on that private tracker shit. Public trackers are always terrible and are more risky.
I’m not sure if the Lemmy piracy instance has an Open Signups thread, but might be a good idea to keep an eye out. It’s worth it.
Thanks!
I’ve been a happy Linux user since 99 and Mandrake was my first distro 👌
Still, the only piece of (subscription-based) software that’s keeping me from deleting the windows partition: Premiere pro 🤡
There’s davinci resolve, though an entirely different editing software may be out of your scope
My old person trait is that I think we need less acronyms
That said I do agree with you
Haha. I typed it that way out of laziness, sorry 😺
It’s okay, my other old person trait is teasing people on the internet don’t take it too personally
My old person trait is to inform people that they meant to say “fewer.”
Stannis? Is that you?
You can. I think it’s called “pirate bay”, but don’t quote me on that. ;)
When I was younger I would be there with you. Now as I’m older I just want it to work and the Pirate Bay is hit or miss sometimes.
Not sure if you’re joking or not, but just in case… stop downloading media manually. Look into Radarr, Sonarr, and Lidarr. You can self-host on any PC using Docker.
Half joking. Pirated apps are sometimes sketchy, but you can get older versions of things that just worked. Alternatively there’s Linux and the open source world, which has never let me down.
My old person trait is that I think I should be able to have anything I purchased repaired/serviced by whomever I wish, with whatever parts they deem acceptable.
Right to repair is a human right.
I’m so guilty of ghosting, but I feel like it really is difficult to stay in touch with people, the more time passes. However, I do eventually answer after 2 months to 2 years from when the last message was sent, though
Usually after 2 months I feel so bad that I don’t have the gut to reply… I hate when people ghosts me and when I do it I feel like shit! But I’m extremely introverted so sometimes I can’t function with people…
My old person trait is that I think it’s insulting for there to be an option to tip when going through a drive through.
As someone from Europe, the fact that there is a tipping screen is annoying enough.
Never ever let them ask you for a tip before you get your food. If you give no tip they will park you for 45 minutes. Tell them you’ll tip cash once you get your food and see how fast they go. Then don’t tip them because it’s a fucking fast food restaurant and they should be fast regardless.
You know, I hate tipping culture as much as the next person, but what even the fuck is this opinion?
Yeah, they should be fast, working with a skeleton crew, or all alone in the middle of the night by themselves, because management refuses to hire enough people to actually make “fast” food. They’re paid minimum wage, which last I checked isn’t a livable wage in pretty much most of the US.
I’m not saying they should be tipped, but I am saying you shouldn’t mistreat them because they didn’t make your cheap, shitty food fast enough because you’re a fat lazy fuck.
How am I mistreating them? I didn’t tip… it’s not like I went back there and assaulted them. Also I’ve gone for fast food twice this year and I’m technically underweight, but thanks for throwing insults. Don’t bring that reddit demeanor here.
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The good thing about Lemmy is that you’re the first real toxic cunt that I’ve encountered. You preach mistreatment then throw pathetic grade 5 insults around. I didn’t read past the first paragraph of your reply since it became immediately clear that you couldn’t control yourself enough to write anything worth reading.
You really need to chill the fuck out dude. This kind of behavior isn’t welcome here. Disengage.
My old person trait is when someone tells me what they mean, they better damn well be telling me what they mean, because I’m not gonna play mind games with them. If you tell me you’re not upset then I’ll believe you’re not upset, I’m honouring you and your words and trusting that you’re being upfront and honest with what you want me to know. And if you secretly are upset, it’s not my responsibility to know that, you did not tell me.
I have adapted this policy. With a bunch of trying to understand why this person is acting a certain way.
Personally I’m not great at reading people and I’ve found they get even more frustrated when you get it wrong than when you just don’t do it. After a certain point I found myself miserable and I kinda stopped and went “wait, why is it MY job to know what THEY want from me?” And I eventually just kinda. Stopped. Most people hardly noticed because I got it wrong or overlooked it so much anyway but it was tons less stress on me, and now they knew how to effectively interact with me
My old person trait is thinking that you should be able to read posts on Twitter without an account.
This is less a “old person trait” as much as it is a “7 days ago when they made it that way trait”
Restaurant menus should be on paper, not a QR code.
My old person trait is that often prefer phonecalls over text messages.
I’m okay with instant messaging, but similar feeling.
Give me a full keyboard or give me death. I fucking hate typing on the chiclets of a virtual keyboard.
i have never stayed out past midnight and i don’t plan to start any time soon. if i get drunk enough and you try to keep me out i’ll literally just fall asleep somewhere.