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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #540 on: January 12, 2019, 04:32:46 PM »
We have a roomba because we have wood floors and two dogs. Without it we'd get tumbleweeds. Having an alexa or anything like that is insane why would you mic yourself for amazon?

I didn’t get into that initially, but I’ve heard stories of Alexa spying and reporting back to the mothership.  I haven’t looked into it, so I don’t know how true it is, but it’s like the most Big Brother thing ever (George Orwell, not Dave Carnie.)
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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #541 on: January 12, 2019, 04:48:11 PM »
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We have a roomba because we have wood floors and two dogs. Without it we'd get tumbleweeds. Having an alexa or anything like that is insane why would you mic yourself for amazon?
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I didn’t get into that initially, but I’ve heard stories of Alexa spying and reporting back to the mothership.  I haven’t looked into it, so I don’t know how true it is, but it’s like the most Big Brother thing ever (George Orwell, not Dave Carnie.)
All smart phones, tvs and other modern conveniences are spying on us. Sometimes you'll see an ad for something you were talking about but they're working on it to predict what you're going to want before you say it. I see your 1984 and raise you one Brave New World.

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #542 on: January 12, 2019, 05:14:18 PM »
Youtube's movie algorithms understand my taste so well:

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #543 on: January 12, 2019, 05:30:18 PM »
i used to have dreams but at some point they just became opinions. i guess you could say i don't "get" inspired anymore, it's like impotence of the imagination.

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #544 on: January 12, 2019, 07:13:39 PM »
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All that Alexa, smart speaker bullshit.  And Roombas.  And Siri. 

Grown adults pretending that they’re George Jetson.  They should be ashamed of themselves.
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Vacuum the house yourself and shut up then, peasant.
As the person who does all of the cooking, cleaning and laundry at my house, I'm cool with the roomba. It makes my life easier when the mopping comes along.

 You and the D00D have turned this thread into a horrible head-on-collision between a short bus full of regular kids and a van full of paraplegics.



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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #545 on: January 12, 2019, 07:48:23 PM »
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All that Alexa, smart speaker bullshit.  And Roombas.  And Siri. 

Grown adults pretending that they’re George Jetson.  They should be ashamed of themselves.
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Vacuum the house yourself and shut up then, peasant.
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As the person who does all of the cooking, cleaning and laundry at my house, I'm cool with the roomba. It makes my life easier when the mopping comes along.

It’s all good until you find out it’s been talking shit behind your back with the dishwasher.
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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #546 on: January 12, 2019, 10:02:20 PM »
I just shake out my rug, and swifter my floors like a mom would. My wife was all excited getting an Alexa in a gift exchange, but hasn't used it much other than for playing occasional music and making fart noises. I unplugged that bitch. 

I don't get people paying for private snapchat accounts, or for porn in general. I also don't get waiting in line over an hour to eat someplace. 

Damn I left my bubbler at my parents house

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #547 on: January 13, 2019, 03:26:36 AM »
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We have a roomba because we have wood floors and two dogs. Without it we'd get tumbleweeds. Having an alexa or anything like that is insane why would you mic yourself for amazon?
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I didn’t get into that initially, but I’ve heard stories of Alexa spying and reporting back to the mothership.  I haven’t looked into it, so I don’t know how true it is, but it’s like the most Big Brother thing ever (George Orwell, not Dave Carnie.)

Exactly. Digital assistants are the worst. Setting us up for serious monopoly and possible spying (through hacking). I think we need to seriously rethink the true cost of convenience for most of technological innovations. People find it acceptable to plug in multiple new devices that listen to you 24/7 and seep power for the lousy few instances you use them per day.

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #548 on: January 13, 2019, 06:46:17 AM »
We got a Google home as a gift last year and it's only useful as a timer for cooking. For some reason my wife thought it would be a good idea to get the one with the screen a few months ago so now we have a kitchen timer that also can show our photos and show the time. It's truly a luxury.

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #549 on: January 13, 2019, 06:55:27 AM »
I just shake out my rug, and swifter my floors like a mom would. My wife was all excited getting an Alexa in a gift exchange, but hasn't used it much other than for playing occasional music and making fart noises. I unplugged that bitch. 

Woah woah woah woah woah, hold up.

It makes fart noises?  Can you provide more detail on this?  I may have to recant my position on Alexa.
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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #550 on: January 13, 2019, 07:01:53 AM »
just say 'alexa make a fart noise' it ain't rocket science

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #551 on: January 13, 2019, 07:03:43 AM »
just say 'alexa make a fart noise' it ain't rocket science

Damn I left my bubbler at my parents house

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #552 on: January 13, 2019, 07:08:11 AM »
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just say 'alexa make a fart noise' it ain't rocket science
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Ok, just had one overnighted. 
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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #553 on: January 13, 2019, 06:17:35 PM »
The roomba is a game changer......finally something in the house that's ok for me to berate....

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Re: Things You Don't "Get" (Old Man Rant) Thread
« Reply #554 on: January 13, 2019, 06:40:03 PM »
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just say 'alexa make a fart noise' it ain't rocket science
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Ok, just had one overnighted.
She'll bark like a dog too. She also had a really great answer to 'is it true if you don't use it,you lose it?'

Damn I left my bubbler at my parents house