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I can't stand any radio, especially in the morning. There's always a ton of ads and some empty headed random jabbering on about completely irrelevant shit I have no interest in. I was delighted when I bought my last car (now ridiculously out dated) because it had a usb hub, and I wouldn't have to switch CDs out when I was driving. It also has a bluetooth connection, but fuck that thing.

I've never particularly liked radio, except for a couple of stations that did regular "no ads" programs at different times of the day. Which sounds weird because I was born in the 80s. I'm one of those wasteful spendthrift consoomers that has a YouTube premium account, so I won't have to deal with fucking ads. Even if I did like radio, I wouldn't listen to it anymore. I had a traumatic experience with an ex housemate who had untreated schizophrenia. When he told me, in complete seriousness, that he always listened to a particular presenter because they were giving him secret messages, that was the end of what little interest I had left in radio.
My car has a usb I hook my phone up to to listen to music because of the annoying radio commentary. I'm listening to a music channel! I want music, not 25 minutes of babbling, prank calls, commercials, etc. With maybe 1 song played by the time I get to work. And for long road trips I put an audiobook on.
 
Car rants continue..

I remember my dad completely losing it while at Sears Automotive, getting a replacement headlight assembly for $15. He would typically buy bulbs for $1 or $2.
The assemblies were a screw job - requiring you to replace the lens, reflector and housing as 1 entire unit, when your bulb burned out.

Here is how much it cost now (courtesy CoPilot)
"The average cost to replace an LED headlight can vary depending on the type of vehicle, model, and location. According to the provided search results, the cost of replacing an LED headlight can range from around $600 to $2,800"

I understand that LEDs last years longer, but they aren't fucking forever. Defects also do happen. I bet the dealerships are giggling over it...

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Electric cars are an environmental disaster. I have 2 cars, both over 20 years old. I don't know anyone with an electric over 5 years old.
But I've seen many for sale.
 
Electric cars are an environmental disaster. I have 2 cars, both over 20 years old. I don't know anyone with an electric over 5 years old.
But I've seen many for sale.
There was a report on the Nightly News a couple days ago where they said people were reselling their electrics at a value that was on average 10 times less than their gas powered counterparts. Electric Cars burst into the mainstream scene a few years ago with quite a bit of promise but now it seems like the Electric Car experiment has failed, not even Government incentives will be able to keep them afloat. I wonder what the next big tech to replace Gas Powered Cars will be.
 
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The PS2 is now retro. What the fuck.
My first console was a PS (thanks, Pop). I was 13. The graphics just blew me away, especially later period titles like Parasite Eve, Silent Hill, RE2/3, FF7/8, MGS. I still remember the launch for PS2, the millions of people who loitered in freezing temperatures, motherfuckers setting up tents. I was in tenth grade. I didn't get my own until a year later. My mom got it for my brother and I for Christmas 2001 (with MGS2 being the first game) and it was like rediscovering PS over again. It's still the most successful console in history.
 
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My first console was a PS (thanks, Pop). I was 13. The graphics just blew me away, especially later period titles like Parasite Eve, Silent Hill, FF7/8, MGS. I still remember the launch for PS2, the millions of people who loitered in freezing temperatures, motherfuckers setting up tents. I was in tenth grade. I didn't get my own until a year later. My mom got it for my brother and I for Christmas 2001 (with MGS2 being the first game) and it was like rediscovering PS over again. It's still the most successful console in history.
I remember when I first played Sly Cooper at my sister's house as a little kid. I was blown away by how good it looked compared to Spyro.
 
Hearing/reading people say GTAV came out when they were 13 or so and the game was a huge part of their childhood. I didn't think GTAV was nearly THAT old. Same with those who say same with Minecraft and FNAF.
I lose track of time so easily. I could probably come up with more, but that's off the top of my tired head right now.
 
That sounds extremely dangerous and impractical. Is that even legal?
It was shocking. It's the first thing that pops up, so they assume you are parked.
Data protection laws are still in the 70s. Google will scoop, package, and sell any/all data they can. Consequences are someone else's problem.

The result of a career at Google measured in weeks.
 
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How immeasurably garbage, fragile, plasticy and loathsome to even touch any and all tools and parts for anything tend to be. The only exception to the rule is that in spite of everything modern PC cases seem to absolutely shit on the older ones in terms of design and being able to actually build in them. But they still suffer from the lower quality material issue too.

Edit: For a more on point answer, mobile apps, and related software and tech. I instantly turn into a pissed off boomer brained individual when I have to use any of them or prod at huge slow laggy UI elements just to get a pizza for a function.
 
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This Roblox Event is now over 10 years old.
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My favorite new thing I'm noticing is in YouTube comments for recent things. It'll be a game that came out five years ago and the comments will be full of "I remember playing this when I was 8 years old" and I'll just be like 😐.

Or even worse, comments on something 20ish years old will be full of people bragging that they were OGs on the ground floor. Bitch, the ground floor is another 20 years back, minimum. And if I could breathe without an oxygen tank or stand up without a walker I'd tell you all about it.

I tried playing on some monkey bars a few years back. My shoulders didn't like that at ALL.
I did the same thing, except I went straight to Extreme Monkeyman Mode because that's where I left off when I was 12. Took a flying leap, grabbed a bar, and my shoulder almost came right out of the socket. Turns out there are all sorts of important muscles I've been neglecting.
 
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