It's in everything now. It became like a museum exhibit to me seeing the most wild things. Wifi toaster WHYY? Like I knew about smart fridges but I was seeing like overly technical smart phone connectable kettles and like some griddle made for just bacon?? Whyyy

I'm just gonna start buying every single "dumb" appliance I see at goodwill thrifting from now on. I'll make a little collection and gift some to friends who want out of the techno hellscape too. I keep thinking about the absurd amount of lights and screens on things that have no reason to have one and how fast they'll likely break. All that shit will be in landfill in like 10 years max

  • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Oh I definitely lack any real forecasting powers! I think it was from a general assumption that more and more things were gonna get connected to the net at some point, and watching too much Red Dwarf as a kid.