I have come to the conclusion that modern society sucks and it was better 2015 and earlier. Everything today just feels unpleasant, soulless and hostile.How can I start downscaling my life so I can larp that I am back more than a decade ago? What technology should I replace? What y2k sites can I still go to and use? What brands still retain their old aesthetic?I'm unironically envious of those autists who exclusively use y2k tech at this point.
kys zoomie
>>108127862>2015Try 2000s, maybe earlier.The issue is not in technology itself but in humans. In early 00s you were spending few hours a day using computer at best, today everyone is connected to the web 24/7 and has a small, shitty computer in their pockets. The typical Internet user is generating and consuming too much of that noise.Want a change? Go outside, breathe some air, read a book, find a hobby that don't rely on wanking your cock to some idealized and fake "y2k" bullshit. You niggers want to go back to "the old, good days" but instead you just replace your smarphones with pile of useless, old junk that you want to use to replace functionality of a smartphone.
>>108127862You know what would be genuinely funny? Once they burn a shitton of manpower, resources and cash on AI only for everyone to refuse to use and boycott it instead.
>>108127923>go outside>get raped by normgroids' ai facial recognition cameras, ultrawideband 5g towers that give you cancer, and led lights that ruin your retinas
>>108127967neurotypicals just do whatever the elites tell them to lol. they're not cognizant
>>108127862>Everything before 2015 was better because that's before I was 10 years oldZoomer detected. Please kys to address this problem.
>>108128004I was going to say before 2010 but I remember still having fun in 2015
>>108127862>y2kkys zoomerbut, trash your desktop computer and build a sleeper with a crt monitorget an old thinkpad like a t430 with classic keyboard or a t420if you use windows 10 install the windows 7 themeget an iphone se 2016 and jailbreak it to install the ios 6 themebuy an ipod classic for your musicbuy a psp, a 1000 model if you want the classic aestheticsolder consoles and a crt tv are optional, i don't gayme that much desu
>>108127862- Internet's fucked. Get off the internet. Log off forever. - Get a laptop from before 2019. Only use it for offline activities. Do not connect it to the internet.- Get an old console and play vidya that way. All of the Xboxes before One were great, all of the PlayStations before 5 are also good. You can also get a Nintendo Switch and use that. - Get an MP3 player. Load it with music ripped from CDs. MAYBE download some stuff from slsk if you have to, but again, try to stay offline. - If you want to make music, get a mixer and a multi-channel recorder. I recommend Zoom L6.- If you want to make electronic music, invest in hardware synthesizers and samplers. Fortunately we are living in a golden age of music hardware so a good synthesizer would be cheaper and take up less space than ever before. Modern stuff is great actually. A rare occurrence. - E-readers OK but make sure you get one that allows sideloading ebooks. Do not use an online marketplace under any circumstances. - Take up film photography. Get 3 cameras; a total piece of shit that adds charm, a daily carry and a really nice expensive one to use for special occasions. - Destroy your iPhone or Android phone and get yourself one of them throwaway Tracfones. The ones where you buy minutes on cards that you have to scratch off with a quarter like a lottery ticket. Your phone should just be a phone. Nothing more.- Delete all of your social media profiles. Meet people in person. Talk to strangers irl. If you want sex, go to a bar. Or go cruising if you're a fag. - Keep a journal in an iron safe. Write in it daily, even when you don't want to. - Go vegan. Just trust me on this. Meat isn't what it used to be. There's a reason they're pushing it so hard. Stop eating it. Go to the library, research as much as you can on vegan nutrition and stick to it.- Don't go to gyms. Work out at home. - Cut out any friends that try to pull you back in. - Delete everything. Everything. Good luck anon.
>>108127862the world ended in 2012, as prophecised
I hate how you billions of retards call your pocket tablet a phone.
>>108129417we call it a phone because it is very literally a cellular-battery-powered mobile telephone you sheldon cooper wannabe faggot
>>108129417Go back to watching big bang theory you faggot.
>>108129417I'm sorry but that's a PDA with GSM module
>>108129430>it's a telephoneprove itphone app =/= phone
LARPer zoomernigger thread
>>108129450It uses the same communication infrastructure as landline phones. It's literally the same thing, except without cables. If it had an earpiece, a microphone and a phone number, it's a telephone.
>>108129512>It uses the same communication infrastructure as landline phonesbut it doesn't
>>108129532It literally does though. You think telcos spent the money and effort building an entirely separate network JUST for cellphones? What do you think cellphone towers even do?
>>108129532anon why do you think phone calls still sound so much worse than facetime audio calls and don't count towards your internet bill
>>108127862I was born in 1981 and I can tell you from personal experience than life in American peaked January 5, 2000.None of the consumer crap made up for the changes that occurred after that day. I can say with certainty that I was fully aware of the shit going down since 1989. I had boomer parents who worked as professionals and who drove around listening to Rush Limbaugh so I started seeing the political shit earlier than necessary. Dad owned an IT company so I got to see a lot of sweet tech very early in life. We went on vacation every summer. Definitely don’t grow up poor. We always felt the future was bright. Optimistic about every new day. Going to public High School in the late 90s was probably the last decade it was actually decent. My wife and I joined a Mormon sect just so we can be a part of a large group of well armed and prepped white people and send out kids to an all white private school. I’m not really a believer but these are good people.
>>108129512by your definition a laptop is also a telephone
>>108129543>>108129600who the fuck isn't using VoLTE for mobile calls these days?
>>108129649Nope. Laptop has speakers but no earpiece and does not have a phone number. Not a telephone.
>>108127862The best time was mid 90s to early 2000s. Things were going great until the fuckery caught up and 2008 happened.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_financial_crisis
>>108129650Doesn't matter. The fact that it's optional is the reason why cellphones count as phones.
>>108127862>Everything today just feels unpleasant, soulless and hostile.you're certainly right about the hostile part lol
>>108129650>um ackshually pic related isn't a telephone because it's hooked up to a service that uses VoIP
>>108129820even without VoLTE, mobile phones use completely different communication protocols for calls than landline phones do, it is not the same infrastructure at all
>>108129771my redmi ''phone'' don't have earpiece either only a speaker acting as both > not have a phone numberwrong
>>108129848>mobile phones use completely different communication protocols for calls than landline phones do1.) Not really. Cellphones essentially work by talking to a cell tower which is connected to a landline. The only practical difference is how the device connects to the infrastructure. 2.) Doesn't matter. Functionally it's the same thing accomplished through different technologies. This nitpick is like arguing that any telephone that uses a phone number that doesn't contain letters is not technically a telephone which would mean telephones haven't existed since like the 70s. It's a needless arbitrary stipulation that doesn't actually mean anything.
>>108129890if you broaden it that much than everything using internet is also a phone
>>108129886Redmi doesn't make a phone that doesn't have an earpiece. What model are you talking about?>>not have a phone number>wrongLiterally true? Laptops don't have phone numbers.
>>108129532Riddle me this fuck head, if it doesn't use the same infrastructure as landlines, why can I call and get called by landlines? Semantically the way in which it is achieved is very different, but its collectively one big system. Hence its a phone, and either way none of that matters now as VoIP is the future, landline or not.
>>108129905No. A PlayStation is not a telephone because although it can send and receive messages over the internet, and even facilitate conversations in real time, it doesn't have a phone number nor does it have a built-in microphone or earpiece.
>>108129909I can also send a cell phone an SMS through my browser, does it make my browser a phone?Or is it possible that there are interface points that let different communications methods exchange information with each other?
>>108129909the magic cellphaeries convert the signal to something landline compatible dumbass
>>108129931>I can also send a cell phone an SMS through my browser, does it make my browser a phone?No, because your definition of what a telephone is is retarded and meaningless. The entire internet essentially runs on interconnected landlines. This is why it needs undersea cables. Whether or not something uses a landline is irrelevant to whether or not it counts as a telephone.
>>108129906a3wrongto sum up your ''phone'' is a gimped laptop with no keyboard aka tablet not a phone the pos doesn't even have a key pad, can't even make a call in slightly wet day with no rain literal ewaste to watch porn
(unrealted to the fine lad itt)I hate zoomers so much
>>108130015Redmi A3 has an earpiece. It's above the teardrop notch. >wrongRepeating that doesn't make it so. Laptops don't have phone numbers. The have IMEI numbers, they have serial numbers, they have IP addresses, but they do not have phone numbers.
>>108130040nope it does not have ear pieceit's a single speaker slightly muted in not loudspeaker mode dogshit in both for callsyour simpphone has no phone number eitheryour sim card does, guess what also had sim cards before year 2000
>>108130015>the pos doesn't even have a key padNeither does a rotary phone. Doesn't mean it's not a phone. You just don't know what a phone is. >can't even make a call in slightly wet day with no rain Waterproofing isn't a prerequisite qualification for what counts as a telephone. >literal ewaste to watch pornNot a disqualifier.
>>108130055>nope it does not have ear piece>it's a single speaker slightly mutedThat's literally what an earpiece is. A speaker designed to be held up to the ear so that the user may hear who they're talking to. >your simpphone has no phone number either>your sim card does, If your phone has a SIM card mounted, or access to an eSIM, that means your phone now has a phone number. >guess what also had sim cards before year 2000The inclusion of a SIM card on its own doesn't automatically make an electronic device a telephone. You literally just do not know what a telephone is.
>>108130055>earpiece>the part of a phone, radio receiver or other aural device that is applied to the ear during useIt's an earpiece.
>>108130059a rotary phone always works much like buttons
>>108130132?????
>>108130086you're calling a tomato a tomaatoit's literally a speaker cucked by software
>>108130132you might just be conflating "things i like" with "things that are telephones" anon
>>108130101you can apply a desktop speaker to your ear does that make it earpiece
>>108130145What do you think an earpiece is? How do you think it transmits sound into the ear canal?
>>108130157No, because it's not designed to be used as one. It's not designed to be held up to the ear for use. These are terrible gotchas anon.
>>108127862>What technology should I replace?You don't really have to do that hardware wise. Maybe just buy a dumbphone and an MP3 player if you like music, and as someone suggested, a PSP (though Vita is better) if you like vidya. IF you want a laptop just get an old stinkpad. Software-wise just rice windows/linux to look like old windows or mac.>What y2k sites can I still go and use?Imageboard probably, also zoomers on neocities love y2k larping so maybe check that out,>What brands still retain their old aesthetic?Not many, but there are exceptions. Take Panasonic's Let's Note line for example.>>108130034Why so butthurt?
>>108130151ok bro nokia 3310 is not a telephone but a small factor tablet isguess which one worked in all conditions and is comfortable to hold during a call
>>108130172neither is a slab of plastic with two holes on either side in various sizes
>>108130158it's not even positioned or pointed at the ear yet anon keeps on calling it an earpiece
>>108130175>ok bro nokia 3310 is not a telephonei didn't say that. 3310 is absolutely a telephone. >but a small factor tablet isdidn't say that either. galaxy tab is not a cellphone. galaxy note is. close form factors but different capabilities, intentions and features. 3310 and smartphones are both phones retard. you have autism. >guess which one worked in all conditions and is comfortable to hold during a callwhether or not you personally like it doesn't determine whether or not it counts as a phone. please refer to the attached file here >>108130151
>>108130185Actually that's very specifically what those "slabs of plastic" are intended for. That's why they're called phones. >>108130192>it's not even positioned or pointed at the earIt is if you use the phone as it's intended to be used. Why do you suppose they chose to put the speaker there of all places as opposed to, say, the back of the phone? Or the bottom?
>>108130145>you're calling a tomato a tomaatook so you admit that an earpiece is just a type of speaker then?
>>108130198same shit different form factor, your phones is not a phone it's a tablet case closed Yes, a Galaxy Tab can make 2G/3G/4G cellular calls (non-VoIP) if:It is a cellular modelFirmware supports voiceCarrier allows it
>>108130225doesn't have an earpiece. not a cellphone. sorry :/
>>108130211you call it phones because you're low iq== direction of speaker on actual phone| direction of ''''earpiece'''' on chink '''phone'''
>>108130225Why does it have to be one or the other? Why can't mobile telephones come in tablet form?
>>108130259because they fail as such phone app does not make your tablet a phone
>>108130254>it's not a cellphone because I don't like the earpieceThis coupled with your unwarranted anger are hallmark signals of level 2 autism.
>>108130273>because they fail as suchNo, they don't. >phone app does not make your tablet a phoneWhy not?
>>108130281>can't dial a number>no my shit device impersonating another device don't fail at the job it's impersonating
>>108130304>can't dial a numberYes you can. >no my shit device impersonating another device don't fail at the job it's impersonatingWhether or not you personally like the device doesn't have any effect on how that device is classified.
>>108130319>Yes you can.at home, in perfect conditions smearing a screen
>>108130333I just made a phone call in public in the rain 20 minutes ago on a phone with no buttons and everything went fine.
sure you did
>>108129614Im hearing that piano omg is this was triggering feels like?
>>108130351Do…do you think it's physically impossible or something?
>>108130361I know it's shit to do and non issue with not-tablets.
>>108130369Not really. Buttons are harder to waterproof than a single pane of glass and companies have gotten pretty good at making touch screens that can ignore water inputs so it's perfectly usable.
>>108127862What you’re describing is 2010, not 2015. In that time everything that sucks about modern society was getting traction by 2015. Subscription based shit like spotify and netflix were getting super popular. Everyone was on facebook and uploading shit on youtube and other social media. Things were getting more and more cloud based as well. OP is just a zoomer with nostalgia goggles.
>>108130383it's not usable even without water
>>108130413Of course it is. I do it every day. Literally billions of people do.
>>108130458billions of people drink pee n poo
>>108130484Relevance?
>>108130484Factually untrue. Coprophagia and urophagia are not observed in billions of people on a regular basis.
>>108127862Modern post 2008 tech has downscaled our lives a lot. All you need is a smartphone now. Not sure how you're gonna further downscale from there.
>>108129931>>108129941This is how I would reply if I was also retarded tbf
>>108130498same action of smearing is used
>>108130520>iPhones made in India has high levels of E. coli. E. coli is found in human and animal excrements. Presence of which indicates high levels ...Read moreok sir
>>108130541That's like saying everyone is a Nazi because Nazis breathed air constantly. >>108130550This literally isn't true though.
>it's a phone it's literally a phone, people just use it to browse internet pages and scroll facebook and watch youtube and twitch and only fans it's totally a phone bro
>>108130579Are the Nazis in the room with us now?
>>108130584No. Which is why that comparison doesn't make any sense and neither does yours.
>>108130580>it's not a phone! it's not a phone!!! just because it uses the same infrastructure as a telephone and is primarily designed to make and receive phone calls doesn't necessarily mean it's a phone!!!!
>>108130605but you are smearing your smearphone >>108130610my pc is using the same infrastructure as a telephone .. is it a telephone now?
>>108127862>I have come to the conclusion that modern society sucks and it was better 2015 and earlier. Everything today just feels unpleasant, soulless and hostile.After the ring debacle it's obvious that that the US is a panopticon surveillance prison and it will only get worse, what are the alternatives? Pretty soon we're gonna have mass surveillance used to "correct" behaviors and weird feds trying to live through people like sitcom characters and managing their relationships - just overall shitty weird people.
>>108130621>but you are smearing your smearphoneYou're breathing air, same as the Nazis did. Why are you a Nazi?>my pc is using the same infrastructure as a telephone .. is it a telephone now?Is your PC primarily designed for making and receiving phone calls?
>>108130398I'll second this, 2010 is closer to the turning point. That was when smartphones started to get "good" enough for people to use them the way they do today. IIRC it was the iPhone 5 when Facebook stuff got integrated into the OS and Twitter was catching on. Normies got access to the internet, and in no time at all you get Gamergate.
>>108130636>Is your PC primarily designed for making and receiving phone calls?is your smartphone?
>>108127923>In early 00s you were spending few hours a day using computer at bestI laugh when people say this because I was glued to the family computer for pretty much every minute I was able to be. I used to stay up all night and sleep all day so nobody would complain about me hogging it. That's how I slept through the 2003 blackout. I woke up and the power was back on but our cable internet was not working. I was fucking pissed because I was up all night with nothing to do.
>>108130667Very literally yes. It's in the name.
>>108130684then why is it a display ? you know what a display is right? why is it not 0-9 buttons? you know, the things you use to make numbers to make calls.
>>108130684I use my phone as both a computer and a phone. I used to use my computer as a phone. It's not really that notable since the decline of analog POTS.
>>108127923Being connected 24/7 isn't the problem. The problem is algos and corporate meddling. There is NO reason the internet should be 5 sites in a trench coat. But somehow that's what it has become and any attempt to stop that is killed by normies because they weren't there for the wild-west internet era where you had to EXPLORE to find shit you might want to be around.
>>108130698>then why is it a display ? you know what a display is right?It HAS a display, but is not in itself a display. The display functions as mere interface element. >why is it not 0-9 buttons? Because all of its buttons are virtualized in order to make its interface more flexible and versatile. The capabilities are still there. >you know, the things you use to make numbers to make calls.I use my phone to make phone calls all the time despite the lack of buttons or rotary dials because those interface elements are merely a means to an end, not the end. >>108130703> I use my phone as both a computer and a phone. I used to use my computer as a phone. Sure, but what I asked was whether or not these devices were designed to be used that way. Everything's a dildo if you're brave enough, that doesn't mean everything is designed to be used as one.
>>108130684>>108130580you might want to consult this post again sir. how is it that an ad company holding the biggest TV host on the internet is also making the ''''phone'''' you use to watch this TV on ? you do watch it on the screen you know, the one that has no numbers because it's not a phone. it's a shitty ad device.
>>108130735well the interface is bad. often I see tap animation but no change after this tap. literally broken pos. and this is in perfect conditions. >Because all of its buttons are virtualizedso it's a virtual phone, imitation, a fake ergo phone app =/= phone
old good new bad the thread
>>108130736>you might want to consult this post again sir. how is it that an ad company holding the biggest TV host on the internet is also making the ''''phone'''' you use to watch this TV on ? Companies can make multiple things concurrently given enough resources. This is irrelevant to whether or not these devices count as telephones. >>108130760>well the interface is bad.Subjective and also irrelevant to whether or not these devices count as telephones. If what you've been meaning to say this whole time is that you just don't like them, you should've just said that instead.
>>108127862i keep a dreamcast vmu on my desk for some reason, the transparent blue colored one i just think they're neat
>>108130735Who cares about what was "designed" to do what? At this point not much engineering work goes into the phone side of things because it's very much a solved problem. They're focused on giving you a better camera, fancier screen to endlessly scroll social media on, all that shit. The microphone and the ear facing speaker are there because they need to be and for little else. They are probably some of the cheapest components that go into a phone. Most people don't care about them. I do. But I'm an aging millennial who dabbled in phone phreaking and has memories of using landline phones. The only improvement I've seen in calling since I got my first cell phone is the availability of voice over wifi calling which has helped quite a bit because I live in the middle of nowhere and have a shit cell signal. When smartphones first came out I really wanted Skype for Android and they dragged their feet on it, so good free voip services were also something that kinda came later. Now every messaging app has that and Skype is dead, the retards should have struck while the iron was hot.
>>108130760>so it's a virtual phoneNo. The phone still exists as a physical object in space, it just has an interface that does not consist of dedicated buttons, keys or rotary dials. It's still very much a phone.
>>108130807>Who cares about what was "designed" to do what?I do. That's what the whole conversation is predicated on; the taxonomy of electronics. If you don't care about what anything means then there's no reason to even have this conversation at all.The rest of your post is irrelevant to whether or not these devices count as telephones.
>>108130826If your personal needs were important to everyone $20 flip phones would be flying off the shelf. The world doesn't revolve around you or me.
>>108130838>If your personal needs were importantI didn't imply they were. I'm telling you why we're having this conversation, not why these products get made the way they do.
>>108130859People call it a phone, so that's what a phone is now. A younger person might see a fully functional payphone on the wall and not understand what that is. You could go full boomer and in my day them until they get bored. But it's pretty much pointless. The world has moved on. As a teenager I texted so much the numbers and letters on my Nextel phone's rubber buttons got rubbed off. But I had T9 memorized and I could type text messages on that thing without looking. I still have that skill but it's now completely obsolete. That was the primary use of my phone. That's what teenagers did back then. Sure I made phone calls on the free nights and weekends too. I'd talk to my girlfriend on the phone all night or sit around dialing random numbers until I found cool stuff. Like a disconnected hospital PBX where I could press 90 and get the hospital operator service. Or Verizon airphones, usually those would just ring but I actually talked to someone on a flight once. Also random 800 numbers that went to KDDI error messages in Japan.It's a shame those days are never coming back. Just like /b/ will never be good again. I will never hear analog cross talk on a phone line again. I will never walk into a store and buy a sealed copy of a gameboy game for $30 again. I will never experience broadband internet for the first time again. I'll never lose my virginity again. I'm just old and unimpressed with everything.
>>108130800>a mini laptop with no keyboard is a phone because it has earpiecehigh iq on display
>>108130961>People call it a phone, so that's what a phone is now.People call it a phone because it clearly fits the definition of what a telephone is. I'm not reading the rest of your post.
>>108130972I didn't say any of that. What do you think a telephone is?
>>108130978How many people under the age of 25 even know the definition of what a telephone technically is, as in telephony, in 2026?
>>108130812it's gimped laptop with parts to connect to cell towers. it's the about the same as a laptop connected to the internet with a usb 3g stick. if it was a phone they wouldn't change the whole www to make it fit in this small personal computer.
>>108130991a device appropriate to have calls from which a micro tablet most definitely is not. there is nowhere to even hold the thing.
>>108131008Virtually everyone, which is why they are so easily capable of identifying them.>>108131025What do you think a laptop is?
>>108131046>a device appropriate to have calls This is the incorrect definition and one that works against your main point because implies that a telephone from 1910 would be more "appropriate" to use than a modern smartphone, which isn't true because a telephone from 1910 wouldn't work at all in modern contexts. >there is nowhere to even hold the thing.The entire device is handheld.
>>108131057something more than a touch pad with moving pictures behind it
>>108131057If you asked a person of that age what makes a phone a phone do you think they would say making phone calls?
>>108131080>something more than a touch pad with moving pictures behind itSo an automobile is a laptop?
>>108131078are you a chat bot? a telephone from 1910 is a telephone regardless of your modern definitions.
>>108131083No. They'd say it would have to be designed for phone calls. There's a practical difference.
>>108131100no. it's a smartphone.
>>108131102The problem with the definition you provided is the use of the word "appropriate." I know that a telephone from 1910 is still a telephone regardless of whether or not it works, which is why I called it a telephone, but according to YOUR definition, a device that is absolutely unusable as a telephone is somehow more classifiable as one than a modern one, which doesn't make any sense. It's a bad definition. How is it that a smartphone is not "appropriate" for phone calls but a defunct telephone from over a hundred years ago is?>>108131112How?
>>108131109Lmao. Doubt. Either way good job sucking the joy out of the nostalgiafag thread with your unrelenting autism.
>>108131171I'm not the one whose unrelenting autism sucked the joy out of this thread. That honor belongs to >>108129417.
>>108131163iirc skype could make calls back in the day, real calls so cell towers and whatever networks were used, was skype in 2012 a smartphone?
>>108131189I'm just a retard tho but thanks.
>>108131193No. Skype is not a physical object designed to do so. It's software.
>>108131193Back in like 2007 or so you could make completely free long distance calls with Skype. It was great. Hours of prank calling.
>>108131199Finally, we agree on something.
>>108127923The 80s were peak. Best movies, games, music, culture, everything. Women with big hair and big asses was ultra giga peak.
>>108131202what if it was real device like a TV remove. I think we had those too. you could use that with skype. was that a phone?
>>108131212you're still wrong tho XD
>>108131217in fact such a remote would be more of a phone than a 2026 smartphone because it is comfortable to hold and has real not virtual dial pad sans cell tower gizmos
>>108131217>what if it was real device like a TV removeYou're describing a cellphone. A handheld electronic device primarily designed for making and receiving telephone calls is a cellphone. >>108131235>in fact such a remote would be more of a phone than a 2026 smartphone because it is comfortable to hold1.) It wouldn't necessarily be more physically comfortable to hold merely because it exists theoretically. Many television remotes are uncomfortable to hold and use. 2.) Whether or not it is comfortable is irrelevant to whether or not it's a phone. >>108131227I don't take the word of self-professed 'retards' seriously.
>>108131276>1.) It wouldn't necessarily be more physically comfortable to hold merely because it exists theoretically. Many television remotes are uncomfortable to hold and use.come on, admit it. you're a chat bot.
>>108131321I'm literally just responding to the things you say. The fact that it sounds stupid is on you. Don't say stupid things.
>>108127923It's no surprise that google and related companies hid message boards so the platforms they control can link your ID card to your account
>2015 and earlierMildly interesting seeing this date being pushed forward as the years go by. It's as if people in their 20's just tend to realize that growing up is a huge fucking bummer.
>>108131330but you say stupid stuff such as a tv remote is less comfortable to handle than a tablet (a 1cm flat surface with 99% reactive surface) regardless if comfort makes it a phone is not the topic atm
If only we were back in the good old trad days of 2020...
calling it a phone or a smartphone is the same as calling llm ai
>>108131362>but you say stupid stuff such as a tv remote is less comfortable to handle than a tabletSome remotes are maddeningly uncomfortable to use. They're not all the same. Look at the 2nd generation Apple TV remote.
>>108131379>appleisn't that the source of all this
>>108131374Except not really because a smartphone is very literally a cellular telephone with extra features.
>>108131383if it's a phone why is it mainly used for porn (in various forms)?
>>108131382Yes, although some people say that LG beat them to the punch with the LG Prada which was released 9 months earlier.
>>108131391Because of the "extra features" aspect of what I said.
>>108131401interesting.. I would have considered a battery that lasts 1 year on 1 charge an extra feature but instead we have instagram (not phone related btw)
almost as if ''''phones''' are used as (personal) computer huh strange
>>108131427Long battery life is a feature. The ability to install programs is also a feature. Neither of them are disqualifying for the telephone classification. >>108131432Correct. They're also used as telephones. Because that's primarily what they are. They're telephones with extra features.
>>108127862Y2k fucking sucked. I was there and fully conscious. Computers were horribly unstable, finding media was a pain in the ass, and good information was hard to come by even with the Internet and a library card. Trust me man, it's not worth going back despite what we deal with now. If you don't like how things are, don't use a computer, and buy a dumb phone. Then just live your life, but don't ever try to go back to the bullshit of the 90s and 00s.
>>108129614You know things are fucked now when I'm looking at that image with amused but sad nostalgic disgust instead of just plain amused disgust.
>>108129614Assuming you’re from the US or broader anglosphere, your age group formed its worldview during the least turbulent decade of the past 100 years, something no other living generation has experienced, and honestly that unusually calm period influences your perception and makes you an unreliable judge of reality
>topic ignored>80+ posts arguing what a phone is to emotionally satisfy some need to be rightI hate neurotypicals so much
>>108131561you think ignoring the conversational topic and inappropriately fixating about minute details that don't really matter in the grand scheme of things is a NEUROTYPICAL behavior???
>>108131674YesMedical (((experts))) lump in retard behavior in the autism spectrum to stigmatize it
>>108127862>How can I start downscaling my life so I can larp that I am back more than a decade ago?idk just buy old game consoles, mp3 players/cd player, watch old movies/tv everything was better
shartphones being awful devices fits in ops description of things suckingcell phones 20 years ago as limited as they were were awesome and did not suck very much on topic
>>108131728>erm actually the autistics are the normies and the normies are the weirdos
>>108131891>believing the experts>not questioning why literal drooling retards are lumped in the autism spectrumngmi goycattle
>>108131931No thank you. I'm not taking medical theory from the board commissioned by the pedo-jew final boss for the express purpose of zogzapping autistic brains.
>>108131982>appeal to authority>not assessing if the information presented aligns with realityI hate neurotypicals
>>108132006>bro why won't you take my Epstein-funded psyop attempts seriouslyLol. Lmao.
>>108132104ok rabbi
>>108132111>said the pedojew defender
>>108132120>never said anything like thatyou argue like a rabbi fr lmao
>>108132179whatever you say, pedojew supersoldier
>>108129360What’s the idea behind all this? Like never ever using online marketplaces? Being tracked?
>>108132236- Strengthening privacy to the furthest possible extent. (I know that the panopticon is functional unavoidable at this point but it's better than nothing.)- Enriching quality of life (dedicated tools are better than multitaskers however convenient they might be)- Harnessing control over asset ownership.
>>108132192>rabbi still going at itisn't epstien one of yours lmao fuck off
>>108132520>m-maybe if I wait an hour he'll go away...?Lmao. Respond to this post if you love raping children.
>>108129417Bazinga yourself Shelly
>he comes back because the bootybothered rabbi has to defend jewsGo away and bother someone else shlomo lolAlso it's called having a life and not being a terminally online shill like you lmao
>>108132859This counts as a response btw. Sorry you're a kidraper.
>>108133142>to this postSorry you got out pilpul'd rabbi you lost lmaoAlso take your meds
>>108133215>to this postAnd you did respond to it. You just didn't link to it.
>>108133221Nope I'm just voicing my thoughts :) you're being retarded
>>108133256>Also it's called having a life and not being a terminally online shill like you lmaoSure. This was in response to nothing in particular. It's not like you just couldn't help yourself or anything.Lol. Lmao.
>>108127862>2015Picrel is early 2000s stuff
>>1081278622015 sucked too. Humanity peaked at the start of 2000 and it's been going monotonically downhill since then.
>>108133343I never realized this but the 21st century has been absolute shit so far.
>>108133297Wtf are you even babbling about. You sound like nerd and talk like a faggot kys.
>>108133343> Humanity peaked at the start of 2000I had to quit literally everything "human" save for the internet already back in the 90's due to cultural marxist-driven shitskin faggot infestation.Fail whitewashing, kys.
>1999 was the pinnacle of human civilizationThe Matrix was right. After 9/11 everything went to hell in a way that the schizo in me says that it was the capstone to a satanic ritual or more specifically the "mass human sacrifice' parr.
I just want a solar flare to destroy everything. There’s no solution of any kind
>>108130276There is no earpieace. There is camera where an earpiece (on a phone) would be.
>>108130676Well I do think the computer is way more pervasive for the average person right now than back then. Most normal families wouldn’t allow your schedule, and there were definitely way more moments without a computer at your side than now. I’m typing this message on my phone while eating lunch, for instance. I do think people forget how much more the TV played a role in daily screen time. But on the other hand many people now watch TV and use their phone at the same time…
>>108135002Above the camera, there's an earpiece. It's small and hard to see but it is there.
>>108134182Sorry, I don't argue with pedophiles. :/
>>108135738maybe on your tablet but on mine it's slid with nothing. the speaker on the side asks as a fake (virtual if you will) earpiece.
>>108136135You can literally see it here. https://youtube.com/watch?v=QxKugQMOZTg
>>108136224where?
>>108136259In the video I just linked? Do you not know what the driver module looks like?
>>108136285we only see the back of the device. are you suggesting the earpiece is mounted on the back side of this tablet?
>>108136307You can see the majority of the components that would be visible from the front of the device if it weren't for the display, and the earpiece is there.
>>108136334maybe you just want it to be there and imagine it being there?
>>108136346Nope, I'm looking directly at it. You might just be technologically illiterate.
>>108127923>go outside>everyone is walking around with their phones out, talking about what some subhuman influencer said and whatever viral consumerist shit like labubu is popular nowThere is no escape. The only thing that you can sort of enjoy the same as always is visiting nature alone, but most people can only handle being alone for so long.And even then, it is still not the same because you yourself don't think or look at the world the same way that a person would 30 years ago. It's like how kids are being born with microplastics already embedded into their brains. Everything has been corrupted. You can only pretend to escape.
>>108135744Whatever jewbot keep saying your nonsensical script hoping someone cares
>>108136657labubus are sovl and old internet randomness though
>>108136945That's domo-kun
>>108127862https://cy-x.net/t/digital-cargo-cult-how-zoomers-ruined-old-internet/91
>>108136355you're looking at a speaker
>>108137031This only further demonstrates your technological illiteracy.
>>108127862You unironically got the world you deserved, every one of you, now lie in it
>>108137114Could be better. Could be worse. It's always two steps forward and three steps back.
This picture must be viral or some shit. Everyone's trying to download TLC's Fanmail off me on soulseek today.
>>108137063are you sure?
>>108137227Very. And my certainty only increases the more you post.
You know what this thread needs? More pictures of pajeets handling low end xiaomeme phone boards.
>>108137297can you name the thing in the middle?
>>108137300
>>108127862The 90s were the peak of civilization, and even the 80s were pretty good.
>>108137336Enlighten me. What is it you think you're looking at?
>>108137348I experienced the 90s as a child. While I wish I could have been an adult then being an adult in the 70s seems like the real win. All that good music. Condom free sex without AIDS. Good drugs. Seems like it would be way more fun than any other time as long as I didn't have to go to Vietnam or some stupid shit like that.
sony was kino in the 90s
>>108127862>unpleasant, soulless and hostile.aka Wogged
>>108127862It’s not about technology, it’s about HOW you use it.Drop YouTube, X, Discord, IG, Facebook, TikTok, Spotify, Netflix. Any app with a “feed”. Anything with infinite scrolling. Gone.YouTube is a special case - only watch what friends or anons actually recommend. Never go browsing for content yourself. Passive consumption = fine. Active dopamine hunting = you’re cooked.Use forums. Forums keep you informed and connected without the constant stream of brain-rotting noise. Want to read a book? Get a physical copy. Library or buy it. Simple.Want to listen to music? Build your own offline library. Want to watch a movie? Find it on emule/p2p. You don’t have to ditch your smartphone. It has genuinely useful apps. Don’t play any game with ads, hourly login rewards, battle passes or FOMO mechanics. You know what a healthy game looks like vs one designed to keep you hooked. Use your brain.Follow this and you’ll feel like you’re living in the early 2000s internet. Comfy, focused, actually enjoyable, even on modern hardware.The technology didn’t ruin you. The business model did.
>>108138031>Use forums. Forums keep you informed and connected without the constant stream of brain-rotting noise.Sadly have become slop because most of the posters are retarded neurotypicalsI used to go to forums and have my mind blown by the expertise. Now they're mostly clueless even when I ask an obvious question. It's like they don't have "understanding" and only copypaste actions.I unironically get better at a topic googling and researching one afternoon than asking in forums nowadays
>>108138031Thanks, ChatGPT.
>>108138094threadly reminder it was revealed in 2023 that 60% of internet content is bots
>>108127923try the 1970s peak of human civilization, despite the high crimeavg age in america was like 28 then. imagine that, you go outside and everyone is young.
>>108139448internet and xitter aren't the same thing, zoomie
