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« Last post by sKePTiKal on September 07, 2026, 10:35:51 AM »
I resent (and B more than me) being pushed into doing digitally stuff we've always been able to accomplish well previously. Why re-invent the wheel?
I really resent the implicit pressure to "social-ize media" too. FB will lecture me because I haven't filled out my profile with all my personal identifying information; or because I haven't posted anything there. I deleted my previous account almost 10 years ago and only re-upped to be able to contact my oldest BFF occasionally via messages. Sorry! I'm not giving you info to sell to advertisers and hackers. Just ain't happening.
I'm using a 15 yr old phone. It sends texts, calls, and even transfers photos reasonably well. I did change the number - and I think the only reason this number was available was because every spammer/telemarketer/social-political activist had the number on the call sheet. I delete between 4-5 calls a day most days.
The intrusiveness of all this "cyber-pseudo-reality" inspired me to finally watch all the Terminator movies. Ironically, the first one came out in 1984. And the "rise of the machines" tracks pretty close to what I've experienced working in technology, with a heavy dose of doomerism & warfare added to keep things spicy and "action movie" qualified.
We're still talking among ourselves about phone options for privacy. Since ATT was hacked some years ago, I probably ran afoul of some bad guys then; but then other personal data was hacked from the fedgov's OPM database which I was in too. And many many more over the years.
Life simply isn't about all the new cybertoys anymore than it is politics, in my opinion. Everyone else can make their own choices and if they choose to endure the hamster wheel of "keeping up with the tech bois" - more power to them. I don't wanna; you can't make me.
I'll take up basketweaving, first.
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