Benefits of not being technology's bitch?

[splooge gook]

I don't know if I can, because I can't remember the last time there hasn't been a TV or computer screen somewhere in vicinity, and people without their gadgets act like junkies in withdrawals.

Are we too far gone? Is there any sort of self-limiting regimen on technology that could beneficial, or is the world already/already becoming too dependent on electro-communications that trying not to be an adhd idiot playing ninja fruits is mostly just going to leave you behind and unable to do anything productive?

[splooge gook]

>nobody i know has ever deleted their facebook for more than 24 hours before giving up

it isn't just the convenience of it. fucking jewbag zuckerberg is doing the same thing people who engineer electronic slot machines do. have the colors and "rythm" mimic the stakes and breathing so that it can be confused as an extension of yourself and people blow more money. how much of the site's funds do you think is dedicated to a "design department" so that bright red notification catches your eye immediately and gives you a minuscule autistic adrenaline rush whenever a single new event occurs. at least 30% of the funds are donated to jewish charities which are sweatshops and blood diamond runners, btw.

i think i'm going to go hang out in a forest today and convince myself that i've actually beat the game for a little while

[Max Headroom]

Life is like a whole different universe without technology. I spent 30+ days in the crisis unit which was pretty much 2 hallways with the doors to our rooms and the mess hall. I'll tell you though, it made everything creative because I had to make something from nothing. I found a paperclip and marked tallys how many days I was there, even that had purpose.

[millionsofdeadcats]

>nobody i know has ever deleted their facebook for more than 24 hours before giving up

it isn't just the convenience of it. fucking jewbag zuckerberg is doing the same thing people who engineer electronic slot machines do. have the colors and "rythm" mimic the stakes and breathing so that it can be confused as an extension of yourself and people blow more money. how much of the site's funds do you think is dedicated to a "design department" so that bright red notification catches your eye immediately and gives you a minuscule autistic adrenaline rush whenever a single new event occurs. at least 30% of the funds are donated to jewish charities which are sweatshops and blood diamond runners, btw.

i think i'm going to go hang out in a forest today and convince myself that i've actually beat the game for a little while

An actual, insightful, speculative post by sploo?  I am quoting this because no one would believe me otherwise....

[Max Headroom]

he's done with being a syncan faggot didn't you see the thread

[millionsofdeadcats]

he's done with being a syncan faggot didn't you see the thread

would thank this, but impossible

[mojo4567]

Yah technology is pretty whack, its worse than crack. Just so you know go with the flow and do drugs dont be like the human slugs.

[33% God]

I'm more concerned at people's attitudes towards technology that gets them so aggressive. It's so close minded to not accept change and progression. It's like when Louie CK whines about his kid having a cell phone and then going "I used to dig holes with a stick!" Okay, but what made you fucking around with a stick "better?" Times change, the world changes, and it will continue to change. It's like trying to whine and fight evolution or something (not saying you're whining, just making a point.)

I would just like to know where everyone got the idea that a smart phone, or other technology, is "bad." Sure, if someone is addicted to it and can't live without it, that's not really a good thing, but it's the same as if someone was addicted to wrenching on a car or climbing trees. "Everything in moderation" is a phrase that serves a purpose.

The internet/technology and being "always connected 24/7" has changed the entire way the human race works. It's made us have the ability to communicate with every country and a "whole." Do you realize how amazing that is? Exchanging photos, and comments, and ideas between people from different sides of the planet?  Technology has brought upon a new era, and maybe it's time we embrace that new era, because there will be many more in the future.

But what you're talking about is social manipulation and that shit needs to go. Spending millions to make a certain sound or color bring upon emotions you want to sell people junk? Those are the people that need to be rounded up on trains and put into mass death camps. The people who spend months trying to put together certain color patterns and fonts and jingles to manipulate you into buying some garbage that you don't even need...those are the ones that should be publicly executed.

It's the same with someone's kid being a lawyer. We all know lawyers are disgusting, professional pieces of shit, but for some reason every idiot mom and dad will brag their kid is a lawyer because there's a high paycheck involved. They know their kid is a professional lying piece of shit. Now what if a lawyer made $9.50 an hour? It's the same job details. Are you going to brag to the family about how your kid passed the bar and is a lawyer, aka, professional scum?

[mojo4567]

I agree, technology is an amazing tool especially for learning.

[Max Headroom]

My old dealer is the son of a lawyer.

[mizled]

If the internet had a pelt, I'd kill it and wear it as a hat.

[komokazi]

So you're saying that people of the middle ages were more productive than now? Just because the technology is available doesn't make you a bitch, you make yourself a bitch when you can't use that technology in a productive manner.

[degenerate matter]

Technology isn't really to blame. Humans will abuse anything in the pursuit of hedonistic pleasure. Smartphones and the like have great potential, but in practice they're little more than a legal and socially acceptable brand of heroin.

[Rook]

Considering since living at my new local, I didn't have electric for about 6-8 months, haven't had running water in 2 years, and just recently got internet this past month.. You learn to appreciate a balance between technology, online presence, and being capable of surviving in the real world for what it is.. and I mean that probably to a more extreme extent than most realize.. cutting my own firewood to stay warm in the winter, relying on gardening to sustain my pantry stash through winter (and my SHTF stockpile), and keeping yourself entertained without television or new video games. I will admit I had all my old games, though I didn't play them much besides winter, and I've always had a few radios.. one of which picks up international stations.. and reading books I picked up from goodwill.

 Don't get me wrong, I love have the internet back... Stockpiling a media collection on my many external hardrives, downloading every useful pdf I can get my hands on, being able to socialize without threat of catching Ebola.. lol.. I've become a bit of a hermit, but honestly.. if you have the opportunity to build your own personal paradise, would you really want to go anywhere else? I can see the rest of the world in pictures,and if I really want a sight to behold.. I have a decent telescope.