Ways technology has ruined you

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I'm driving a rental car while my car is being repaired. The gas light came on and I had a slight moment of panic because this car does not tell you how many miles until empty.

I also spent a good minute or so looking for the button that opens the gas tank cover. I realized it doesn't have one. You just open it outside. Simple! Lol

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Writing stuff by hand, wondering if I spelled a word right or wrong, and wishing paper had autocorrect. Damn autocorrect has ruined me.

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one word: the internet






But, then again I used the internet to meet friends and beaus.

[valetgirl]

My hand/wrist hurts when I have to write anything longer than a simple list.

I don't know what I'm doing on a given day if I don't check my calendar on my phone.

I won't try a new restaurant or recipe without verifying that it's been approved by online reviews.

My concentration is terrible thanks to constant multitasking. My working memory suffers too.

I need to be constantly stimulated.

I'm extremely impatient. If a website isn't loading fast enough on one tool, I'll use another, simultaneously (laptop, ipad, iphone).

[valetgirl]

Mar 1, 2014 11:27:49 GMT -5 @ygmg said:

Writing stuff by hand, wondering if I spelled a word right or wrong, and wishing paper had autocorrect. Damn autocorrect has ruined me.

Interestingly, I have the opposite problem. There are words that my brain knows how to spell, but I always type them incorrectly. Something goes awry with my brain-hand coordination. It would actually be easier for me just to write them by hand. Lol

[TrickyBob]

I get frustrated when I'm reading a textbook and automatically think "I'll just ctrl+F this and look for keywords", as it turns out, real life doesn't work that way. lol.

[game blouses]

Directions. When people try to give me directions I just tune out because I know I'll just plug the address into my phone later.

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I am even more wasteful with my time. 

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Mar 1, 2014 11:33:05 GMT -5 @gypsy said:

one word: the internet






But, then again I used the internet to meet friends and beaus.

That's the thing, it's so useful and yet so useless too. 

Internet, I love hate love you.

[bonnie]

Spelling, I'm terrible at it! I rely on auto correct and spell check so much that I don't even bother to learn how to spell some words. If I get close enough the computer fixes it for me

[lilac05]

All of the above!

I desperately miss the ability to wonder something. You can't have a conversation anymore where you wonder anything. Anytime someone says "I wonder...", someone else pulls out a smartphone to Google the answer. The constant need for THE answer...NOW...bothers me. I feel we are losing the ability to think. Technology does it for us.

Such a love/hate relationship for me.

[dramallama]

When we can't find something in the store my son says, "That is okay! Just check eBay."

[CurlyQ284]

My car doesn't have any of these fancy features lol

I do have to google everything to find the answer. I cannot stay off here for extended periods of time.

[stephm0188]

Commercials. I have DVR and satellite radio. I can't remember the last time I sat through a commercial.

[cookietime]

I bookmark recipes I like instead of writing them down, then go to the website whenever I want to make it. Which is fine until one day I go there and the website's gone or the page has been taken down or something

[marcyiam]

Mar 1, 2014 13:01:44 GMT -5 stephm0188 said:

Commercials. I have DVR and satellite radio. I can't remember the last time I sat through a commercial.

This.  I hardly ever watch anything live anymore, but when I do I keep trying to fast forward through commercials.  Every time.  Doesn't work.  ha

[polka]

I got to see Kev's animated boobs on a computer screen.  

Oh wait, the title is ways technology has ruined you?  I thought it said ways technology has made your life complete.  Oops, sorry!  

kevin arnold

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If I can't remember a name or why an actor in a TV show looks familiar I no longer sit and ruminate about it. I just look it up in google.

[kirra]

Pinterest. Instead of printing out projects I'm planning on doing and putting them in a binder, one click will put them on one of my Pinterest boards. I still print them out once I start the project, though.

[hisno1girl]

My car radio/cd player has too many buttons and it confuses me so when I want to change the station, I use the buttons on the steering wheel.  A while back the buttons stopped working and it was rage inducing so I just left the radio off.

I dont watch commercials anymore (FFWD on DVR) but tht didnt ruin me. It makes me happy. 

[spindle92]

Head up display on my car. Everything si displayed on the windshield so I constantly know my mph.
When I drive a rental car I am usually speeding (more than usual) becasue I never look at the dials.
It sounds silly but trust me, once you have it you will understand.