Re: The Beautiful
Posted by:
Sawfish (IP Logged)
Date: 21 July, 2021 12:03PM
Knygatin Wrote:
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> I want to mention the digital technology, mobile
> phones, computers, Internet connections, and all
> the further associated little gadgets forced upon
> us to make things work. I HATE IT!
>
> First of all, there is no Beauty in it. Aesthetics
> have not been integrated in this technological
> revolution. There is no logic or practical
> sensibility in its approach. It is NOT
> user-friendly. You often need to be a technical
> wiz to solve repeated issues, or have a talent for
> non-visual theoretical thinking to grasp it. And
> you must read tiny print over and over, as the
> technology changes continually. The information
> and instructions associated with it, is often
> confusing, abstract, and muddled with technical
> terms. There is no sense of clear organic design
> on these gadgets; instead tiny unorganized
> details, and unclear symbols that lack all
> association to human experience. Opening- and
> closing- and starting-mechanisms are often
> concealed mysteries.
>
> And once you have become used to a system, THEY
> change it, and you have to get new gadgets, and
> update your software. BUY! BUY! Otherwise you
> can't even pay an online bill. I have been on
> brink several times of being subjected to debt
> collection because I couldn't get a grip on the
> digital technology to pay my bills on time! TODAY
> I have spent the entire day trying to figure out
> how to pay the post office's online shipping fee
> (after subtle technological digital changes) for a
> small piece of garment I sold at an online auction
> (worth about 10$)! I was about to say now, "it is
> not worth the time", but it is so absurd that one
> almost becomes crazy. All that's left is just to
> stand completely drained, shaking one's head.
>
> The Internet was supposed to make things smoother
> and quicker, but things instead take LONGER!
> Several mind-eating steps, and stalling in-between
> each, to complete errands. THEY tie us up and
> waste out time! THEY keep us locked up by our
> computer screens and mobile phones! All day long!
> It is UGLY!
>
> At the same time THEY are about to remove physical
> money altogether, so that we will become complete
> slaves under the digital technology; every move we
> do and purchase we make, will be monitored. Next
> step we will all have "individual barcodes printed
> on our foreheads"! Actually they have already
> started to surgically operate small electronic
> conductors in under the skin of willingly
> participating human "guinea-pigs", that can be
> scanned to control ID. It is only a matter of time
> before they force this onto everybody; and those
> who refuse, will not even be able to buy food.
Best to stock up on canned food and freeze dried, before it's too late.
;^)
--Sawfish
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"The food at the new restaurant is awful, but at least the portions are large."
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