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My old person trait is that I think ‘ghosting’ is completely unacceptable and you owe the other person a face-to-face conversation.
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I think that a basic lifestyle should be affordable for a basic person
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i’m gonna go one further:
i think everybody should be allowed to live a decent enough life, whether they can work or not.
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!
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
One further, and one better
Crazy how that is an unpopular opinion these days
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.
As a very basic person, I agree
My OPT is that you should be able to buy and own your software instead of perpetually renting it.
My old person trait is that I think we need less acronyms
That said I do agree with you
My old person trait is to inform people that they meant to say “fewer.”
Stannis? Is that 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
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.
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.
Come to open source… you don’t have to rent or buy software. Find yourself a good alternative.
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
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.
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.
My old person trait is that none of the things mentioned in the linked image happened on accident.
They happened because capitalism doesn’t give a fuck about anything except bleeding as much money as conceivably possible out of each and every human.
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Apps allow companies to suck more data out of your device than a website, allowing them to sell more of your data and… make more money.
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Video games needing access to the internet is simply Digital Rights Management and a way to prevent piracy and… make more money. Remember, most companies view something pirated as a “lost sale,” not that you would have never purchased it to begin with. As Gabe Newell once said:
“We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem,” he said. “If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable."
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This one speaks for itself. Being able to be in control of the products you buy is freedom. Having products controlled remotely by a corporation is giving them carte blanche to make more money off of you.
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Removing accessible customer service means more people will just give up on trying to get their problem solved, effectively allowing the company to steal from people and… shocker… make more money.
I agree, in theory, in respect to ghosting, but we live in a society that teaches us to be isolated, and doesn’t teach interpersonal skills unless the interpersonal skill is “Fuck you, got mine.” (which is, not surprisingly, a thing about making more money.)
In other words, these aren’t old people opinions. These are “I’m not gonna let capitalism absolutely fuck me endlessly” opinions.
In terms of piracy, I wonder how much could be prevented by having demos, like Factorio does
Demos used to be everywhere back in the day! I think they have a huge impact, because it’s a way to try to play a game without dumping all the money on it without knowing what the gameplay is like and if its actually fun.
When I was a kid, DOOM having the first episode of the game available as shareware was huge and I used to walk to my friends place after school and watch him play until he would get bored and let me play for a while.
From an old interview in 1999 with John Carmack about this very subject (emphasis mine):
Carmack: DOOM 2 was explicitly a commercial release. We sort of half heartedly did some shareware distribution with Quake, but I think the industry has almost unanimously decided that the three or so level demo is the best test vehicle.
A lot of people consider themselves to have “finished DOOM” when they just finished the shareware episode.
Funny how Steam has been making sales and events around demos for a while (called Next Fests) and some games absolutely blow up out of nowhere thanks to them.
Also some people think FF16 having a demo was some weird, oddball marketing move by Square Enix, except they have been making “try now, continue later” demos for games since Bravely Default.
At least in Europe I suspect those of us who grew up before neoliberalism took over in the 80s have a different take on the normality of the whole “being treated as a mark to scam money of 24/7” thing…
Lol
Where do I sign up to buy the awards around here?
Kidding…great post, tho
That’s what the emojis are for. Unlike the shitshow most of us just came from, here it doesn’t cost real money to add a tiny picture of 🏅 to a comment.
It’s specifically capitalism driven by GDP. Capitalism is bad but adding GDP is like removing any ethic and moral compass.
- Well said, I’m going to save this for when my friends inevitably say something about it and I have to explain why the economy, expessially in the US sucks and why I might eventually leave
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My old person trait is that instructions do not need to be videos.
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 think cars should not be dependent on a touch screen for ANY of it’s functions (or really have one at all). They are more difficult to use than tactile buttons, distracting, and do not receive long term support from the OEM.
What do you do with a 10 year old car that runs but the touch screen nuked due to age, firmware bugs or mechanical damage? Ford isn’t going to be selling replacement units 10 years later and I have yet to see an ‘infotainment’ system that has aftermarket replacement considerations.
Totally agree with this one.
I drive an old 06 and I much prefer using the the physical buttons to adjust things like music, volume, air settings. Even prefer using it to back up and having to use my mirrors and look back.
My '18 vehicle is all touch screen, cameras,etc. While the a/c functions better and I don’t feel like my fillings are going to fall out from all the rattles and bumps, I find there is a real disconnect. I am even asked by others why I lean over and look at the back window when reversing.
I work in tech and I don’t trust tech.
“If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology—and you don’t understand your problems.” - Bruce Schneier
Yeah, I have the same experience: if you’ve worked long enough in Tech you know its limitations and all the ways it can go wrong hence being a bit skeptical about “high”-tech solutions for things which work fine already with “low”-tech.
Also, you’re well aware that deep down it’s still people having made all the decisions about how it works, only it’s people one level away from end-users (people doing stuff directly for people see how actual recipients of the services react and respond, people doing stuff which then does stuff for people, do not) so the design is often worse when there is Tech in the middle. This explains the fashion-following fad of using of touch screens in cars for functions that are interacted with when a person is driving and supposed to be looking at the road.
I spent a decade as am automotive locksmith, and watching things regularly fail on cars that passed through my shop has made me terrified with the touch screen. I cannot imagine replacing one of those and how easily first parties can lock replacement behind getting it done at one of their shops.
“Wait, who are you? How did you get in my car?”
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Yes! I love my car’s touchscreen for navigation and CarPlay, but having physical buttons for volume, A/C, etc was a must.
Yep. 100% agree. My new-ish Toyota RAV4 strikes an acceptable balance with touch screen vs real buttons/knobs. I don’t think anything critical is on the touch screen except maybe the equalizer. The touch screen isn’t massive either, but big enough to have a useful backup camera display.
my old person trait is remembering that it didn’t use to be this hot in the summer where I live.
I refuse to use subscription software. If I can’t buy it outright, I either use an alternative or take to seas.
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I have a few. And I’m not even that old (mid thirties)
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People who talk on phone calls using airpods or similar look ridiculous in public, like they’re utter lunatics talking to themselves or their imaginary friend.
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people who view life through their mobile phones are unfortunate and sad. Like…why pay money to go see a gig if you’re going to view it through your phone screen? I went to a wedding last week and I was one of the very few who was actually watching the procession with my own eyes rather through a camera app.
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Not being on social media should be an accepted norm, not a fucking exception. This is an issue when dating, unbelievably.
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I prefer written guides to video guides.
Video has some clear advantages when showing off a 3D space and otherwise, but I dislike pausing them over and over. Especially if my hands are covered in oil and grease, a paper version is superior to a screen.
I want a proper headphone jack on my phone! Bluetooth can be convenient, but I prefer wired headphones.
*buys wireless device *looks inside wires
Check out the Sony phones. Still have headphone jacks
My old person traits are most of all posted here because I am an old person.
But I’ll add that my old person traits is that I think a living wage should support… er… living, including a place to live, food to eat, paying for services, buying clothes, getting decent public health and education, and even have spare money for your free time (hobbies, eat out, theatre, concerts, etc.).
My actual old people trait is that there should be two spaces after a period. I will die on this stupid fucking hill. Even though computers automatically change it to one space. Like here.
I’d downvote but I’ve come to the understanding that I shouldn’t downvote if I disagree, so… Take my upvote, truly an old people trait
Computers automatically change it?? I see two spaces here In what you wrote. Typically phone and things like word have settings to show double space after period as single or not and some android keyboard apps auto correct spaces. But I hate single space it makes it hard to read. Punctuation and Capitalization it helps the reader.
Try highlighting what I wrote. Even when I edit it, it will show the two spaces I added, but when it posts to the website, the formatting is changed to a single space. When I go to highlight and copy any of the text I posted, only single space.
I did this. i see single space after comma and two after the period. Both visually, and character wise pasting into text editor. Must be your phone app or browser being used, and the respective settings.
It has the advantage of distinguishing abbreviations (e.g. “e.g.”, “i.e.”) from sentence stops, so that’s why the GNU coding standards recommend using two spaces in code comments, to allow emacs to be able to properly detect sentences and correctly use commands like (
backward-sentence,forward-sentenceandkill-sentence)I cannot stop myself from adding two spaces!
It just looks nicer and less crammed together!
Two spaces after the period vs one space after the period is English major equivalent of “tabs vs. spaces” for computer science majors.
Just had a flashback of Silicon Valley where the girl is spacing five times instead of pressing tab 😂. But I agree the extra space just makes the sentences easier to read for me.
The worst part about Gmail is that pressing tab doesnt do anything and just highlights different elements. Unfortunately I still have to use it for school
Two spaces after a period is my eccentricity as a writer.
It’s not even legitimately gained by being that old…I had a crush on this science teacher and HE was old enough to use two spaces. So I did. And 20 years later I still haven’t shaken it.
The only good thing is that nothing else legitimately uses a double space, so find and replace is quite easy.
I had a crush on this science teacher and HE was old enough to use two spaces. So I did. And 20 years later I still haven’t shaken it.
I don’t know why but this is so adorable. Thanks for the cute story.
I succumbed to the single-space-after-periods madness a few years ago. I’m used to it now, but the transition was hard.
It was necessary with typewriters.
Then the earliest word processing programs didn’t do layout well, so the habit made the leap to computers.
Then years later it’s seen as an old person’s habit by people who’ve only ever known systems with smart text layout.
One of the best conversations I ever had was when I had taken psilocybin mushrooms and was wandering around downtown and found my way to the local typewriter museum.
I was stoned out of my gourd, but wildly, I don’t think that was evident to the historian, because he eagerly answered all my questions and showed me all manner of typewriters and early word processors.
It was wonderful. We truly do stand on the shoulders of giants, all of humanity stands on the knowledge of those who came before. The history of technology is amazing.
I’m a historian and I would gladly talk at length to anyone about my particular fascination of the moment, no matter what they took or how high they are. I think I would even enjoy it more if a person was on psychedelics because they are way more open-minded and curious than sober people.
He knew, he just didn’t care, because…typewriters!
Or he knew and just loved getting the chance to talk to someone who was currently enraptured by facts about his passion.
Well before typewriters the space left after a period could be huge like 5-20 spaces (hand written or in printed books) even though we don’t have typewriters dictating it it does help readibilty.
This is the only true OPT in the thread. The rest are middle aged traits at best.
my old person trait is that you should keep your internet identity completely separate from your real one
