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  It does seem like the buzzwords are just getting dumber. : steauengeglase
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    During what period were buzzwords erudite? : Vantage
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      when did using erudite become erudite? : watcherxp
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        http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1992/1243655-race_erudite2_super.jpg *backs slowly out of the threa... : Zuchu
        • Well played, Sir. : steauengeglase
        • wow, didn't think anyone would catch that : mobab
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  yes 3d toothpaste and razors make me want to punch those fucking companies in the face : eeeealmo
  • I just brushed all three-Ds of my teeth : Merconium
  • HD pickup truck : Dusty_Slim
  • Wasn't there a gamer razor at one point? All that gamer fuel crap pissed me off too : jeolson
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  social is the only one that is kind of annoying : BouillonCubes
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    like hey my driving game doesn't need to post to twitter thanks : BouillonCubes
    • You don't need to play video games. : not work safe
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    what's annoying about 'social'? do you mean the word or social media in general? because it's one of th... : mikecyb
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      Not the word but the over-use of social. : BouillonCubes
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        Like hey insurance company just tell me what your real website is don't send me to facebook.com/YourCompa... : BouillonCubes
        • you can usually visit yourcompany.com pretty easily. I think a lot of companies just use facebook/twitte... : mikecyb
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          Just think of the number of people who still type URLs into the Google search box that is their homepage. : SiW.
          • Hey did anyone else see that report the other day where the top 4 Google queries were "facebook.com", "ww... : drazz
  • It makes me feel like I'm getting old because I don't give a fuck about any of it. Sort of like my parent... : reelbk
  • One can barely call oneself a socialist anymore. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  all that stuff is awesome you sound like an old man : mikecyb
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    i'll be 30 soon :( : jayares
    • I'm years older, but sounding old is more a state of mind. shit's amazing : razorblade79
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    Or a POOR PERSON! : SiW.
    • same thing! : mikecyb
• White people ruin everything. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Back in my day we played with nary but a stick and a hoop and then retired to a quiet life of alcoholism ... : Dave-A
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    those were the goodl old days, Dave-A, when women couldn't vote and black people had to sit in the back o... : mikecyb
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      They had their own water fountain right in the back of the bus? Awesome! : CRasterImage
      • yah that stupid old b!^@& came along and fucked it up for everyone!!1 : italiano3d
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  I for one like the rise of portable awesome things like iPads, smartphones, and having all my files and d... : reelbk
  • Except facebook and all this stupid social profile shit. : reelbk
  • Totally. : Flying h4x0r
• Seriously. Its going on my nerves already. : Johnnsen
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  internet super highway! : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • I prefer InfoBahn : watcherxp
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  cars, radio, "airplanes", x-rays, etc... the future is becoming annoying. : haiku
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    thats really a terrible comparison, remove what you just said and you've basically destroyed the world : jayares
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      I kind of thought your original post was slightly in jest, but now I am thinking that you might really be... : haiku
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        put away the ruler! :( I never said it was all bad, its just unfortunate how most of these things are ... : jayares
        • Those things don't sound so bad, actually... : Dave-A
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          haha well come on, you're still being quite cynical here. It's like you think these new things are going ... : haiku
          • Great video. I love windows into the "distant" past like this. : Vantage
    • Remove cloud and you destroy the world. : batkiwi
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    I see your point, but I disagree that is a valid comparison. Cars and airplanes are infrastructure. Vas... : twifosp
    • Cloud is the only thing on the op's list that will be used as infrastructure. : twifosp
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      Vast increases in the speed and effectiveness of communication is just as significant as increased in tra... : haiku
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        I'm not downplaying the significance of the technology's impact on daily lives, I'm attacking your analog... : twifosp
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          And the analogy is still appropriate and perfectly acceptable. Innovation is the same principle to societ... : haiku
          • Still going to have to disagree. There are degrees of innovation. You can't compare the invention of a ... : twifosp
  • entirely equivalent!!! : steelsamurai
• Welcome to getting older. : barcibus
• Tweeples. : Gorkgork
• Yeah, but it's what people do with it that matters : tostador
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  I have had so many people ask me what "the cloud" is thanks to those stupid commercials. Fuck off, Mic... : passingstranger
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    Do they take /claim ownership of it in the ad? : FrayLo
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      Not strictly, but they do very much imply that it's a Microsoft thing. At least it would seem that way t... : passingstranger
      • google does the same thing lol : italiano3d
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  Posts like these serve to reinforce my conviction to avoid get-off-my-lawn syndrome at all costs. I want ... : noxiousgg
  • Yup, bunch of cranky whiny bitches around here. : Serpico74
  • Same here. Embrace change, because change is basically the only thing that's a given in this world. : CaptainSurly
• Earlier today I was watching my smart tv and they showed some 3D clouds so I took a photo with my pad and... : Hemtroll
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  no, you're becoming old : RikiTiki2
  • eventually his annoyance will morph into "crotchety" : skryte
  • No, it's overexposure. : lonestar3
• only if you're a fickle nerd. : virus
• oh no poor me with all this fucking awesome new technology :( waaaaah waaaaaaah : moshman
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  It's not so much the technology that's annoying, it's the marketing. TV and commercials in general have become inanely psychotic in the last decade.

  Jan 07, 2011 4:24am PST
  It's not so much the technology that's annoying, it's the marketing. TV and commercials in general have ... : romulan