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TheLittleFaerie · 10-09-2021, 12:47 AM

So, there is a restaurant I love going to that literally hasn't changed since it opened it 1984! I mean of course it has debit card machines and things like that, but the decor, the style, etc... looks exactly the same. I LOVE going there because it's FAMILIAR, it was our after church place to eat, and when I go there today it takes me back to a familiar happier time.

Yet in the reviews it's always ppl complaining about how OUTDATED it is. What is wrong with SOME things just being left alone and being like they were in times gone by? WHY do people get so upset if EVERYTHING doesn't look like its from the year 2075? Like my friend said, why does everything have to be so TODAY!? It's almost like it makes ppl angry if one thing isn't totally updated and has any relic to the past.

There is also a movie theater like that here in town and ppl complain about that.... even to the point one guy was like, "Uh, you still go to a movie theater? Why not just stream movies?"

I mean do ppl not like the experience of going or doing anything anymore? I actually miss the experience of going to video stores

I sound old, but I'm not that old, it just gets on my nerves... I was a kid in the 80s and back then, I don't recall ppl in the 80s complaining about stuff being outdated, I remember there was still styles from the 60s around

Caroline13 · 10-09-2021, 01:46 PM

Many many are just easily sold technology today and anything else is old time stuff. Changes I've seen are Great and I was a teen in the 50's....

I have very little tech stuff and am content. Some are Never content.

OP: Did you leave a word out of the header?

RetroGuy2000 · 10-09-2021, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

So, there is a restaurant I love going to that literally hasn't changed since it opened it 1984! I mean of course it has debit card machines and things like that, but the decor, the style, etc... looks exactly the same. I LOVE going there because it's FAMILIAR, it was our after church place to eat, and when I go there today it takes me back to a familiar happier time.

Yet in the reviews it's always ppl complaining about how OUTDATED it is. What is wrong with SOME things just being left alone and being like they were in times gone by? WHY do people get so upset if EVERYTHING doesn't look like its from the year 2075? Like my friend said, why does everything have to be so TODAY!? It's almost like it makes ppl angry if one thing isn't totally updated and has any relic to the past.

There is also a movie theater like that here in town and ppl complain about that.... even to the point one guy was like, "Uh, you still go to a movie theater? Why not just stream movies?"

I mean do ppl not like the experience of going or doing anything anymore? I actually miss the experience of going to video stores

I sound old, but I'm not that old, it just gets on my nerves... I was a kid in the 80s and back then, I don't recall ppl in the 80s complaining about stuff being outdated, I remember there was still styles from the 60s around

I definitely share your observations.

Like you, I miss video stores. I liked the experience of going to a store and picking up a DVD I know I'll end up not even liking. (I miss book stores, too.) I like going to local restaurants (not chains) because they're far less likely to change.

We had a pretty awesome McDonald's here. It was decorated with Kokopelli symbols, in recognition of the local tribes who'd lived here for thousands of years. Last year, they remodeled, removing all of the local flavor for one of those identical monstrosities. Not a fan!

TheLittleFaerie · 10-10-2021, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I definitely share your observations.

Like you, I miss video stores. I liked the experience of going to a store and picking up a DVD I know I'll end up not even liking. (I miss book stores, too.) I like going to local restaurants (not chains) because they're far less likely to change.

We had a pretty awesome McDonald's here. It was decorated with Kokopelli symbols, in recognition of the local tribes who'd lived here for thousands of years. Last year, they remodeled, removing all of the local flavor for one of those identical monstrosities. Not a fan!

I'm like right on the tale end of gen X, I was born in 1980, so I'm kinda on both sides, I like a lot of the older stuff, and I also like some technology.... You might say I like the newest of the old and the oldest of the new... for i.e. I LOVE the internet the way it was in the late 90s on through the 2000s. I also miss video stores and things like that.

TheLittleFaerie · 10-10-2021, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I definitely share your observations.

Like you, I miss video stores. I liked the experience of going to a store and picking up a DVD I know I'll end up not even liking. (I miss book stores, too.) I like going to local restaurants (not chains) because they're far less likely to change.

We had a pretty awesome McDonald's here. It was decorated with Kokopelli symbols, in recognition of the local tribes who'd lived here for thousands of years. Last year, they remodeled, removing all of the local flavor for one of those identical monstrosities. Not a fan!

I miss the old McDonald's look, it always reminded me of the White Rabbit's house from Alice in Wonderland lol ... I hate the way they've made all places look roughly the same, Burger King, McDonald's etc... they all just look like big tin boxes now. When I was little, one of the treats of going to McDonald's was to eat outside and most don't have this now.

I was reading something once about how the distant future MIGHT look if technology keeps going..... movie theaters may become obsolete, and even restaurants might even be a thing of the past..... at least the idea of actually GOING INSIDE and eating... someone was predicting someday all restaurants will be phone apps and you will click an app, place an order and the food will be delivered to your home; the idea of writing anything will be gone, honestly that sounds like some depressing future... would we even GET OUT and DO anything at all? The idea of everyone's brain plugged into a phone constantly just seems dull to me

stevea · 10-10-2021, 06:36 AM

The "new" McDonald's look so plain, boring, sterile, same.

New houses and housing additions are cookie cutter--all the basic houses the same--maybe just some differences. Maybe the house next door has a brick front option, an upgrade, but the same basic house.

I'm old fashioned in some ways, more modern in others. House built in 1956 in a neighborhood where all the houses are different. Modern TV equipment (but not a huge screen) yet no cellphone (no need). With the TV some "old" hookups won't work, so I went to a TV store that, when you enter, you imagine you're stepping back in time. You think, wow, this probably looked the same in 1970 as it does now.

And what's wrong with that? It gives you an "at ease" feeling. Not at all like the new McDonald's.

At old McDonald's you went in and someone took your order. At new McDonald's (if you even go in) you use an impersonal kiosk to place your order.

This post rambles a little--it's early in the morning. I'll leave it as is. Please excuse!

GentlemanJim · 10-10-2021, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

Yet in the reviews it's always ppl complaining about how OUTDATED it is. What is wrong with SOME things just being left alone and being like they were in times gone by? WHY do people get so upset if EVERYTHING doesn't look like its from the year 2075?

I think it's mainly to do with pushing sales. The advertising companies have been brainwashing us for a hundred years that keeping up with the Joneses is the ultimate hobby.

We are all a little vain, so we are susceptible to having our egos groomed, to be told we are "with it"...the center of the universe.
And, constant change is one way to keep feeding that need to be confirmed.

ARE YOU "IN" ON THE NEXT BIG THING?....that sort of thing.

On a smaller scale, why does the grocery store I've been going to for decades, have to periodically shuffle the arrangement of their merchandise around? Just when I get comfortable knowing where everything is, they move it.

Of course the store is hoping that by being forced to look around, you'll break your old patterns, and discover something new.

In all instances, I think the root is the same....someone has devised a scheme they hope will help separate you from more moola

GentlemanJim · 10-10-2021, 02:05 PM

There is another side to the coin. If a business remains stagnant, they risk being labeled as boring and insignificant. "Who wants to go to that stale old store?" that can be the kiss of death

Caroline13 · 10-10-2021, 02:09 PM

I think the major decision is up to you/us, and to know yourself and stick with what you believe and what feels right for YOU.

All the everchanging technology does not feel right in my life so I avoid it. My desk top does a great job. And I don't need nor want to be out there doing my life with my face at a hand held thing and that's an understatement. I digressed a bit but along the same vein, older stuff is good.

I was just thinking today of so much that has changed here in Santa Monica, so many great book stores are gone to the Bezo world. These book stores were gathering places for people to come together and discuss certain issues, have poetry readings and issues going on in the world and our city. No more, that's gone. All is so impersonal and hooked to the hand held stuff people can't take their eyes off.

They call it progress, I call it pretty tragic.

Caroline13 · 10-10-2021, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GentlemanJim

There is another side to the coin. If a business remains stagnant, they risk being labeled as boring and insignificant. "Who wants to go to that stale old store?" that can be the kiss of death

Aw, that good ole generational gap, how dare one go into and shop at a mom and pop store that has been around forever and does a good job at helping their customers. There are some of these left in my town, that is if covid didn't wipe them out. I don't get around like I did for most of my life.

TheLittleFaerie · 10-11-2021, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Caroline13

I think the major decision is up to you/us, and to know yourself and stick with what you believe and what feels right for YOU.

All the everchanging technology does not feel right in my life so I avoid it. My desk top does a great job. And I don't need nor want to be out there doing my life with my face at a hand held thing and that's an understatement. I digressed a bit but along the same vein, older stuff is good.

I was just thinking today of so much that has changed here in Santa Monica, so many great book stores are gone to the Bezo world. These book stores were gathering places for people to come together and discuss certain issues, have poetry readings and issues going on in the world and our city. No more, that's gone. All is so impersonal and hooked to the hand held stuff people can't take their eyes off.

They call it progress, I call it pretty tragic.

People just don't like the experience anymore. Its like I said about movie theaters, I still love going and having the "theater experience" and someone said, "You're going to a theater?!? Just stream it!"

I like my phone and all but I still like to have the experience.... some ppl can't believe I have a landline phone lol

TheLittleFaerie · 10-11-2021, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by GentlemanJim

There is another side to the coin. If a business remains stagnant, they risk being labeled as boring and insignificant. "Who wants to go to that stale old store?" that can be the kiss of death

I think what gets me is, it seems like it almost makes people angry if literally everything isn't just totally latest minute up-to-date. For i.e. our WalmMart still sold VHS tapes for a while and some people would get angry at the fact VHS tapes were even still sold there, I mean it didn't take away from anything...there were plenty of DVDs and BluRays, but someone was like, "The idea of selling VHS in this day and age is just pathetic!" I'm like, "Chill out, what is the issue?!"

GentlemanJim · 10-11-2021, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

"The idea of selling VHS in this day and age is just pathetic!" I'm like, "Chill out, what is the issue?!"

I think that some people believe that being a critic implies a level of expertise?

Complaining about what is old, make the critic appear to be forward oriented/cutting edge.

eg "I'm so tomorrow, and all you backwards clodhoppers only prove it's true"

When I see people with purple hair and multiple body piercings it makes me wonder what need doing so must fulfill for them. But to them it's just feeding their egos.

GentlemanJim · 10-11-2021, 11:12 AM

I have a similar puzzlement over people's fascination with cheaply manufactured junk.
I was raised with the mindset that if you need a shovel, then buy the best one you can find, take care of it, and you'll always have a shovel when you need it.

I guess that makes me a dinosaur, because modern mentalities seem to prefer buying a cheap shovel that is not built to last, but that you can replace every 5-7 years.

GentlemanJim · 10-11-2021, 11:47 AM

One might ask if it is ethical to put high heels on a pig? And of course the answer is, "how much is the pig wiling to pay?"

10-09-2021, 12:47 AM	#1
TheLittleFaerie Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2017 Posts: 1,938	Why does everything have to be so damn TODAY? ~rant~ So, there is a restaurant I love going to that literally hasn't changed since it opened it 1984! I mean of course it has debit card machines and things like that, but the decor, the style, etc... looks exactly the same. I LOVE going there because it's FAMILIAR, it was our after church place to eat, and when I go there today it takes me back to a familiar happier time. Yet in the reviews it's always ppl complaining about how OUTDATED it is. What is wrong with SOME things just being left alone and being like they were in times gone by? WHY do people get so upset if EVERYTHING doesn't look like its from the year 2075? Like my friend said, why does everything have to be so TODAY!? It's almost like it makes ppl angry if one thing isn't totally updated and has any relic to the past. There is also a movie theater like that here in town and ppl complain about that.... even to the point one guy was like, "Uh, you still go to a movie theater? Why not just stream movies?" I mean do ppl not like the experience of going or doing anything anymore? I actually miss the experience of going to video stores I sound old, but I'm not that old, it just gets on my nerves... I was a kid in the 80s and back then, I don't recall ppl in the 80s complaining about stuff being outdated, I remember there was still styles from the 60s around

10-09-2021, 01:46 PM	#2
Caroline13 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 30, 2021 Location: So Calif Posts: 14,483	Many many are just easily sold technology today and anything else is old time stuff. Changes I've seen are Great and I was a teen in the 50's.... I have very little tech stuff and am content. Some are Never content. OP: Did you leave a word out of the header?
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10-10-2021, 06:36 AM	#6
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,216	The "new" McDonald's look so plain, boring, sterile, same. New houses and housing additions are cookie cutter--all the basic houses the same--maybe just some differences. Maybe the house next door has a brick front option, an upgrade, but the same basic house. I'm old fashioned in some ways, more modern in others. House built in 1956 in a neighborhood where all the houses are different. Modern TV equipment (but not a huge screen) yet no cellphone (no need). With the TV some "old" hookups won't work, so I went to a TV store that, when you enter, you imagine you're stepping back in time. You think, wow, this probably looked the same in 1970 as it does now. And what's wrong with that? It gives you an "at ease" feeling. Not at all like the new McDonald's. At old McDonald's you went in and someone took your order. At new McDonald's (if you even go in) you use an impersonal kiosk to place your order. This post rambles a little--it's early in the morning. I'll leave it as is. Please excuse!

10-10-2021, 02:05 PM	#8
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	There is another side to the coin. If a business remains stagnant, they risk being labeled as boring and insignificant. "Who wants to go to that stale old store?" that can be the kiss of death

10-10-2021, 02:09 PM	#9
Caroline13 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 30, 2021 Location: So Calif Posts: 14,483	I think the major decision is up to you/us, and to know yourself and stick with what you believe and what feels right for YOU. All the everchanging technology does not feel right in my life so I avoid it. My desk top does a great job. And I don't need nor want to be out there doing my life with my face at a hand held thing and that's an understatement. I digressed a bit but along the same vein, older stuff is good. I was just thinking today of so much that has changed here in Santa Monica, so many great book stores are gone to the Bezo world. These book stores were gathering places for people to come together and discuss certain issues, have poetry readings and issues going on in the world and our city. No more, that's gone. All is so impersonal and hooked to the hand held stuff people can't take their eyes off. They call it progress, I call it pretty tragic.

10-11-2021, 11:12 AM	#14
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	I have a similar puzzlement over people's fascination with cheaply manufactured junk. I was raised with the mindset that if you need a shovel, then buy the best one you can find, take care of it, and you'll always have a shovel when you need it. I guess that makes me a dinosaur, because modern mentalities seem to prefer buying a cheap shovel that is not built to last, but that you can replace every 5-7 years.

10-11-2021, 11:47 AM	#15
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	One might ask if it is ethical to put high heels on a pig? And of course the answer is, "how much is the pig wiling to pay?"