Boomers and younger generations rarely agree on anything – except these 20 opinions.
Touchscreens in Cars
“Touchscreens in cars are a fundamentally bad idea & physical buttons (or similar controls) need to be brought back.
Touchscreen controls literally require you to take your eyes off the road and can create a longer time of inattention due to their complexity.”
Dog Training
“Most people don’t train their dogs well enough because they treat them like children, then they can’t handle them when they’re reactive and put people and other dogs in danger.”
“They’d probably be better off if they were treated like children and have more structure. They’re treated like toys and ignored when the owners are bored of them.”
Subscription Overload
“Every damned thing is a subscription. Music? Subscription. Movies? Subscription. TV shows? Subscription. Heat your a** while you’re driving? Subscription. REALLY?”
Chat Bots
“I want a human customer service operator, not an automated operator or chatbot.”
“I hate having to go through 5 minutes of menus just for it to connect me to a person anyway, and then they have to transfer me three times. What purposes does it even serve?”
App Overload
“Certain things shouldn’t require you to download an app and/or create a whole account, including: Ordering food in a restaurant. Paying for parking. Buying something online. Sending a parcel.”
Concert Tickets
“Buying concert tickets, especially since they got rid of tickets entirely and you get in by scanning a code on your phone. I have a huge collection of ticket stubs that all bring back various memories of concerts, but the most recent one I went to has absolutely nothing physical to remind me of the experience (the hell I’m paying 50 bucks for a t-shirt).”
Digital Enjoyment
“Physical media: owning books, movies, and music, is far superior to a subscription service, or digital content.”
“I like physically owning the movies you love. I have friends who love the movie and watch it on Netflix whenever they can… and then Netflix removes it.”
Loud Music
“Music in bars is too loud. I’ve been a touring musician and live sound technician. I love music, but it actually sounds better at lower volumes, and I want to be able to hear it into my old age).”
Fast Fashion
“My clothes should be made to last. I’m not rich, so it’s unavoidable, but I’m willing to spend extra on clothes that aren’t made of plastic and I do my best to repair my damaged clothing instead of throwing it out.”
Dark Television
“TV is getting too dark. Not emotionally – it is visually too dark, and I can’t see it.”
“And it’s way too quiet until it’s suddenly way TOO LOUD!” – Another Reddit user agreed.
WiFi Everything
“Not everything needs to connect to the internet or have an app attached to it. I just want my fridge to keep stuff cold. I don’t understand why we have to bring WiFi into this situation.”
Smart Litter Boxes
“I just talked a friend out of getting a “smart” automatic litter box with an app. The price difference was $300 more than just a “regular” automatic scooping box, and you get… what? Notifications that your cat just took a dump?”
Cookies
“Data collection. Targeted ads. I’d genuinely ask people to go offline as much as possible with devices. Not everything needs to be recorded. You don’t need an Alexa.”
Touchscreen Ovens
“I hate my oven so much. It’s a Jenn-Air fancy-pants dual oven, stainless steel with a color touchscreen. When I open the door, steam comes out and covers the touch screen.
Sometimes it’s just that I can’t use the touch screen at that point until I wipe the steam off. Other times the whole oven shuts down claiming there’s some kind of internal fault.”
Tipping
“Tipping has gotten out of control. It hurts people who actually should be getting them because now people are extremely agitated about any and all tipping. I was just at a music festival and the guy who exchanges your cash for drink tickets (not even the person who pours the beverage) had an iPad with tip options starting at 18%.”
Lack of Awareness
“If you’re walking on a crowded sidewalk, get off your phone. It’s not the job of other pedestrians to avoid you while you make your vlog.”
“I’ve seen people stand in the middle of a stairway, blocking people going up and down the stairs just to do something on their phone. The lack of awareness around them is horrible.”
Product Durability
“Products aren’t made to last anymore. Planned obsolescence has to stop. (Here’s where I differ from Boomers) > Not only is it bad for the environment, but it’s also a justification for making terrible products.”
Headlights
“Standard headlights on new automobiles are too bright. Being blinded by every other car DURING THE DAYTIME, wondering if their brights are on.”
Social Media
“Social media is pretty toxic. It’s amazing how much better my mental health got after deleting Facebook.
Also, as someone else posted [on Reddit], you don’t need to post every second of your life publicly.”
Passwords
“You practically have to have a password manager application to have secure passwords working in IT. Every password changes every 90 days, there are rules to ensure that you aren’t just adding an iterating number to previous passwords, special symbols, AND it’s discouraged to reuse prior passwords across services.”
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