What did people do all day before Computers?

[Xtraz2]

and how old am i?

You well over 30 ...ain't got no business axin them foolish questions

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

You well over 30 ...ain't got no business axin them foolish questions

i'm 31...so if that's well over 30, i'll take it . we had computers at school in 1st grade, in my house since i was 8, and the internet since i was 11 or 12, but yea, i lived so much of my life without computers

 

[Rollo Goodlove]

You actually had to be a person if you didn't have real game u wasn't Gettin no p*ssy

 

[Mowgli]

Well, there was this wonderful thing called "Outside"

We got kicked out the house.

Go play outside. GOooooooooo

 

[Wise]

Nothing wrong at all with computers.

Social media messed things up.

 

[4fossa]

Besides everything said... Read comics.

I still do today, printed cuz digital succs

 

[plushcarpet]

drugs

 

[Professor Mac]

Pick up basketball

And watching TV from about 8-10 was a ritual

 

[kuts]

We're talking about degrees of improvement here. You're saying technology pros slightly outweigh the cons whereas I'm saying the opposite, the pros are so monumental, the cons don't even begin to compare. But...



Life before computers had the same expectations. If you had a phone, there was expectations that you'd be able to answer that phone whenever it rang within reasonable hours like when you're off or before you go to work.

Having the phone on you more doesn't change that expectation because the phone is inherently supposed to be the means of contact. It's supposed to let people contact you whenever.



That seems like a personal issue, not technology and purely anecdotal. You can still hand over cash if you want to so it feels less of an illusion to you. Having online and mobile banking enhances the experience making it easier and less time consuming to go to the bank, talk with a rep/teller, write checks, etc.



Again, same thing. Banks still give out check books with the accounting pages so you can bookkeep all your invoices by hand. Now, there's apps that can do that and all you have to do is download it and put in your bank account. That's game changing and allows people who never was able to manage their accounts to have a computer do it for them and more accurately with warning texts when you're about to go overboard.


Text does that to an extent. It'll never outdo video chat which is pretty popular now. So there's that?



Technology allows people to connect across the planet. It also allows us to check on anything we're about to do or purchase because making that decision. All those overloads are real but we, for now, still have to the choice to opt out of all this shyt.

I know people who don't have any trace on the internet. Ask me that shyt in twenty years and I'm sure my answer will be different and THEN I'll start to agree with you... maybe.

Just for the record I like tech, but I have trouble with it being central in everyday life.

I disagree with some of your points, but only to a minor degree, for example one's phone being the the point of contact is true, but I believe the expectations have changed because almost all communications go through the phone and it is always on you so there isn't really a built in reason for one to miss or respond late to any calls/texts/emails/chats/etc. Also, the banking thing is more an observation with the ease in which people can spend their money. The fewer obstacles there are to do something, the more likely one is to do it. It's why Amazon/Uber and all these other companies make transactions so seamless, to make it seem like you're almost not even spending money imo.

I agree that tech has created useful tools to efficiently, and in some cases optimally, execute tasks. It also allows us to stay in touch with people in ways that might've been difficult or near impossible in the past. And of course it is possible to make more informed decisions because there is a wealth of information out there. These are all ways that technology should be used.

My problem comes with the immersion of of people into technology because it becomes the default way to do things. So opting out to an extent is pointless since everyone is online. In addition, people are empowered to stay within their interests so it is easy to find yourself either always in agreement or disagreement. You only have to face what you want to face. Anonymity is also an issue because one's entertainment can be another's torture. Trolling and insults are so common on the internet that it begs the question is this the true face of humanity? Image manipulation and media downloading (im a pirate btw) have devalued the things they offer and make them into objects. All of these things are symptoms of a world conquered by computers.

 

[TEH]

Talk shyt and waste time face to face (offline).

 

[shutterguy]

Yeah people in general were more outgoing. People would be outside just to meet and interact with others. Meeting up and not flaking was expected. There was also a lot more mystery bc everybody wasnt putting their business out there all the time.

This right here.

I went out to a bar the other night with friends, damn near everyone in that place had a phone within 1ft of their hands or holding one staring at the screen.

 

[Hejdå]

I was outside most of the time. After school and on weekends

Good times

"Liming"

you from the caribbean to?

 

[Bless't]

I'm only ever on the computer at work. I dont even own a computer at home.

I'll check the coli on my phone every once and while during the weekends...but I'm normally out doing what I've been doing my whole life...

Interacting with people, chilling, smoking, fukking, balling.

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

post on the coli in real life

 

[Archangel]

In my youth, I use to wander out in the open fields and build secret bases and clubhouses with my fellow lads in the suburbs of Memphis, Tennessee. Always remember the days of thy youth.