<![CDATA[20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could.]]>20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could.

Now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/43e079bf-3336-4e35-90df-013fcb1595bd/20-years-ago-normal-people-avoided-technology-and-techies-would-jump-on-the-newest-gadgets-as-soon-as-they-could.RSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 16:12:38 GMTTue, 18 Aug 2026 11:48:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could. on Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:04:21 GMT]]>@Elizafox Yes, yes we do... -- ancient techie

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/117116886145606968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/117116886145606968Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:04:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could. on Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:33:19 GMT]]>@Elizafox as a wise person once wrote "I keep a hammer next to the printer in case it makes a noise I don't like or recognize".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/da_kink/statuses/117116764150905686https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/da_kink/statuses/117116764150905686Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:33:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could. on Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:27:39 GMT]]>
CC: @Elizafox@treehouse.systems
]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snac.9front.club/thedaemon/p/1787059659.072271https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snac.9front.club/thedaemon/p/1787059659.072271Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:27:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could. on Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:20:56 GMT]]>@Elizafox

I already am living on a farm with nearly no tech.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Aphrodite/statuses/117116715430068025https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Aphrodite/statuses/117116715430068025Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:20:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could. on Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:11:10 GMT]]>@Elizafox 20 years ago we had Bob Toaster, Johnny Technology, and Steve Forest,

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tang0008/statuses/117116677017901012https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tang0008/statuses/117116677017901012Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:11:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could. on Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:26:03 GMT]]>@Elizafox
Oh yes, the famous difference between tech enthusiast and tech expert.
The former has an automated arse-wiping machine with a realtime biochemical analyser in it, sharing the data with 1000 brokers.
The latter's most modern piece of HW is a 20-year-old printer and they keep a shotgun at hand to blow it up to pieces the moment it starts misbehaving.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/rawenwolf/statuses/117116499656609622https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/rawenwolf/statuses/117116499656609622Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:26:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could. on Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:02:25 GMT]]>@Elizafox The more you look at it, the deeper this post gets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.v.st/users/holly/statuses/117116406686560538https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.v.st/users/holly/statuses/117116406686560538Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:02:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could. on Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:49:34 GMT]]>@Elizafox
Cc @totallynotawolf

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/EndlessMason/statuses/117116356157493444https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/EndlessMason/statuses/117116356157493444Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:49:34 GMT