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Glen Contrarian said:
We didn't get our first DVD player until something like 2005 - we only used a VCR before then. Our first sorta-kinda flat-screen TV was in about 2009. This PC I'm using now was bought in 2011...but my wife's Mac across the table is a relative dinosaur - she bought it in 2003 and she still loves it.
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What does she use it for? It may sound well and good to use old hardware but old software doesn't get security updates. She could be vulnerable. Would highly recommend upgrading.
 
grip said:
The world is always changing. Since, I was a child I've seen music alone go from vinyl, 8 track, cassette tape, CD to digital. I've seen TV go from 3 free Network channels to cable with hundreds of channels for $130 a month. My point is though we're used to change, the rate at which we have social variances compared to the centuries before, is the rate so drastic that most aging adults can barely keep up with?

Just when I thought I got the handle on VCR's, DVD's and PC's, there came smartphones, which I can't barely function with. Now Social Media has transformed society into something, I not only can barely recognize, but don't even know how to function within.

Do you feel comfortable with the way the world is changing and at its current pace?

Yes or No?
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No, the planet has become a cesspool of me, me, me, did you see my selfie?
 
cuban smokes said:
No, the planet has become a cesspool of me, me, me, did you see my selfie?
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And that too. In my day we would've laughed at something called a *selfie*, which sounds more like masturbating. :lol:
 
grip said:
The world is always changing. Since, I was a child I've seen music alone go from vinyl, 8 track, cassette tape, CD to digital. I've seen TV go from 3 free Network channels to cable with hundreds of channels for $130 a month. My point is though we're used to change, the rate at which we have social variances compared to the centuries before, is the rate so drastic that most aging adults can barely keep up with?

Just when I thought I got the handle on VCR's, DVD's and PC's, there came smartphones, which I can't barely function with. Now Social Media has transformed society into something, I not only can barely recognize, but don't even know how to function within.

Do you feel comfortable with the way the world is changing and at its current pace?

Yes or No?
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Depends what you mean.


I'm comfortable with it changing, but I'm not comfortable with the seeming expectation that I like each change.



I don't give a **** about social media except as a form of back-up contact for people I lose main contact with. I don't need a phone to be a computer, rather, I just need it to place/accept calls and maybe text. Yadda yadda. Then again, it doesn't cause so much discomfort because if someone doesn't want to associate with me if I don't "facetime", then **** 'em.

On the other hand, I'm happy to get newer better computers with better games, more capabilities, etc.
 
Mr Person said:
Depends what you mean.


I'm comfortable with it changing, but I'm not comfortable with the seeming expectation that I like each change.



I don't give a **** about social media except as a form of back-up contact for people I lose main contact with. I don't need a phone to be a computer, rather, I just need it to place/accept calls and maybe text. Yadda yadda. Then again, it doesn't cause so much discomfort because if someone doesn't want to associate with me if I don't "facetime", then **** 'em.

On the other hand, I'm happy to get newer better computers with better games, more capabilities, etc.
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You fall into the same category as Goshin and I, as we like and use what new tech is applicable for us.

I don't mind social media but find it's like screaming in a stadium full of people. I like certain smartphone features, especially being able to look some important service up on the road, like a tow truck. I like faster, better PC's but don't use near all the functions, though Apple and Microsoft did learn to keep the interfaces simpler for the masses.
 
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