“We never had these problems when I was growing up.” “It was completely different during my time.” “Kids these days!” You’ve likely heard some form of these statements from an older person and had the urge to respond with “OK, boomer.”
It didn’t matter if the individual wasn’t from that generation, by definition. Their nostalgia and perplexity toward the modern way of life didn’t make sense to you. But as you grow older, you experience the same longing for things to go back to the way they were “back in your day.”
These people did, and they shared their grievances in a recent post on Threads. Which of these are you also guilty of?
#1
I want to pay once for a piece of software, download it, and be able to use it indefinitely without paying for a subscription.
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158points
#2
I don’t want touch controls in my car. I want knobs and physical buttons. I can’t be taking my eyes off the road to see if I’m changing the volume or initiating self destruct.
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152points
#3
Ads on television should be at the same volume as the show, not 50% louder.
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139points
#4
I do not want to download an app for everything. I should be able to use your website as infrequently as I do and not have to hold digital space for you in my life forever.
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134points
#5
Please stop making these movies with dark lighting and inconsistent volume . I literally cannot see a thing. I cannot hear what anyone is saying. I stopped watching a lot of new movies because of this.
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125points
#6
STOP MAKING EVERYTHING DIGITAL. I want physical concert tickets, buttons in my car, actual menus, none of this "go online" stuff.
124points
#7
When I call customer service, I want to talk to a real person, not go through 10 minutes of a decision tree to end up with a bot.
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123points
#8
I don't want to save to my OneDrive! I want to save to my computer! That I own! in my house!
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119points
#9
We don’t need a QR code for everything. Please I want to look at a physical menu.
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118points
#10
I just want the recipe. No emails for life, no ebook, and certainly no life story with a dozen images and ads to scroll through.
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111points
#12
Don’t f*ck with Social Security. It’s not an “entitlement.” I paid into it for my whole damn career, with the US government’s pledge I would get it back when I retired. It is not a line-item like defense spending or school vouchers that are part of the federal income tax. It is MY money that the government borrowed on the premise that they could invest better than I could.
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108points
#13
Every appliance does not need to be ‘smart’. Why the f*ck does my oven need WiFi?!
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108points
#14
Subscription fatigue. I’m so tired of everything being a log in or a subscription.
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98points
#15
They don’t make things like they used to. I want to buy appliances once and have them last my entire life. If I can use my grandma’s 60 year old dishwasher, a new one shouldn’t break after 5 years.
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96points
#17
I find it incredibly rude when I’m having a conversation with someone and they’re on their phone doing/texting someone else. Like can I not have your undivided attention for 10min? Makes me not want to talk with them at all.
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91points
#18
Also, if I have turned off all of the sounds/music in a game, it should be illegal for the ads they play to blast sound.
91points
#19
Literally everybody stop asking me to review every single thing I do in my life! Doctors office, car wash, groceries, sub sandwich, ride to the airport, nail place, my daughter’s dance school, flu shot, DMV line, plumber, mechanic, just stop with the reviews!!
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90points
#20
Applying for jobs should not be this hard. I should not have to upload a resume and then still have to put in the same information that's on the resume. Actually, just bring paper applications back.
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88points