[General Discussion] Experiences lost with new technology

I think it's easier for me to count the things that I like better with newer technology than it is to count the things I miss. I'm definitely in the minority and I take a lot of flak for the opinions I have on technology. I do want to say that I acknowledge most of the benefits of technology, and I appreciate it. I do not, however, require an iPhone to live.

Among those things which I reject most vehemently are GPS devices, DVD players in cars, handheld video games for children (oh boy i can't WAIT to see what you guys say to me about that), and ridiculously powerful space phones.

Among those things I miss the most: old fashioned cooking. Maybe it's just the people I know, but so many of them seem content to eat whatever they can toss into a microwave. Food that is made with love by hand almost always tastes good and rarely leaves you feeling heavy and disgusting like a frozen meal will.

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Originally Posted by Barraza

Those have been around for quite awhile. Do you mean how they proliferate the market today, or do you mean to evoke, like, the 1980s? Because I think I agree with you, but I feel kind of weird for saying that when I grew up playing handheld games.

To clarify, I think a child has more to learn and experience in a stick, a bucket, and some mud and water than he or she has to learn in a handheld gaming device.

That's not to say I wouldn't permit my child to have one, but time spent with it would be extremely limited, just like the television. (I didn't grow up playing them, which also may skew how I perceive them. All we got was the original 8-bit NES, and for a small amount of time before or after school/schoolwork. We had to buy any new games that we wanted with our own saved money, which also limited our exposure)

Maybe my issue in this regard is more with modern parenting and less about technology...? (I'm terrified someone is going to come in here and scream at me for having an opinion about child rearing when I don't have any to raise myself)

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I could go on for pages but yeah.

It's a modern stick and a modern bucket. Cool that you think otherwise though. It's not like there aren't tonnes of studies that respond to your assertions with "derp" or nothin'.

So they claim. I'm sure they're alright in moderation. You know. Not playing them 4-6 hours or more a day.

Like I said, I think maybe my issue is more with modern parenting and letting children excessively use electronic toys. Unsure.

All I know is that I have seen and continue to see many, many kids (who also grow into adults, not pointing any fingers here, Skills <3) that have no idea how to interact with either peers or adults. They'd rather pick up the electronic devices and interact with them. I don't think this should be permitted in a child's world.

Within reason, it's alright. Like I said.

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Originally Posted by Filthy Hockey Beast

There were super derpy awkward kids back when the only console was Pong, too. Right now, anthropologically speaking, the studies on the effects of playing video games are pretty split. There are really good case studies on both sides. Sass is right about moderation, but if the studies are to be followed, she's missing the point pretty huge on why. Playing video games isn't the issue. Playing video games alone is the issue.

Playing with a stick and bucket by yourself is just as potentially harmful as sitting in your room playing Dragon Quest IX for hours on end. From a social angle, anyway.

No, you're right about the derpy kids always being around, sure. It's not just video games.

But kids don't always employ moderation voluntarily, and if a kid REALLY LIKES video games, it's up to someone to step in and say "enough." You understand. I just happen to think video games are much more likely to evoke this behavior than, say, sticks and mud.

Zip: I can't stand GPS in most every day uses. It's fantastic if you're going cross country and want the best routes, but the majority of people who OWN GPS units rarely seem to go ANYWHERE that they'd NEED it, and it only encourages them to never actually LEARN where to go.

I know both men and women who are SO FUCKING RELIANT on their GPS that they couldn't navigate their way out of a fucking paper bag. They don't know their local highways, they can hardly find their way to the next town over, and they're very useless to bring anywhere when YOU need to find something.

I know people who don't even know how to "use" a map. Seriously. No joke. One is a few years younger than I am, works for Harvard, and is generally pretty intelligent. Completely blows me away.

Skills, you know I didn't mean anything personal by all that. You're very social from what I've seen. Much more than the average nerd who'll never get laid, anyways. <3

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