Your ancient technology confuses and infuriates me!

[Sonofadiddly]

I have a friend who still has an old decrepit NES that he must have a Shining-like mental connection with because I cannot get the thing to work ever. I'll stick with my emulator, thank you.

Also, "This concept of 'wuv' confuses and INFURIATES US!!!"

Cookie for you. I was wondering if anybody would catch my subtle nod towards my favorite late night cartoon.

Hooray for Lindsey!

Photoshop has always kicked my ass, and continues to do so.

The pen tool on Photoshop confuses and infuriates me. Why doesn't it work like the Illustrator pen tool?

 

[Cowabungaa]

A pen. My handwriting is awful and I keep making mistakes so I have to start all over again. Plus it takes ages and makes my hand hurt, and the damned things make stains and all that crap. Where's my keyboard?!

O and DOS makes me cry as well.

 

[Fusoiya]

My lavalamp, it broke down the moment I brought it home. I tried replacing the lamp and rewiring it but it won't f'ing work.

It's obviously alive and doesn't want me to enjoy it's blobs in full glory.

 

[ultrachicken]

Fallout 1

 

[epic_ellen]

Shoelaces. They were so incredibly difficult when I was 4!

I couldn't tie my shoelaces properly until I was twelve. Strict Catholic school rules were that we had to have laceups, it was uncomfortable having to explain to every man and his dog that I had buckle-ups in first year high school cause I couldn't tie my shoes yet.

The phones where you put your finger in the hole (that's what she said) and spin to dial. I always have trouble with those.

 

[likalaruku]

Vheck out this guy's videos on the CED Player, the Laserdisc, Betamax tapes, & long forgotten consoles of yore: http://www.cinemassacre.com/new/

 

[teisjm]

noone else made anything?
At least the coudl've found a rock and called it something, liek if it was long they could've called it a stone-age masochistic masurbation tool or something

 

[RobotNinja]

I couldn't use my grandma's old TV. The concept of "dials" on a TV seemed so foreign to me. And I had to actually get off the chair and walk over to the TV to change the channel. Old technology sucks.

True but that still makes you sound kinda lazy

OT: the concept of vinyl records used to confound me to know end

I'm not lazy, I just think its inefficient to have to walk over to change the channel. Actually, that's a lie. I'm very lazy.

 

[silver wolf009]

i simply could not grasp how a penicl can both write and erase when i was younger.

 

[SmartIdiot]

I cannot understand vinyl records. I suspect witchcraft.

I thought they were frisbees.

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

Honestly, no. I've always been able to adapt to technology, old or new, in a matter of just a few minutes without any real difficulty. Go figure.

This. I may be confused at first, but give me a few minutes and some basic instructions and I'll adapt in no time.

 

[Spoonius]

Manual transmisson.

Couldn't do a damn thing the first time I sat down in a manual car. Now I'm really good with the gears

 

[Soxafloppin]

Fountain pens infuriate me.

That does count, right?

 

[GodsAndFishes]

Manuals and gears in cars, why the smegmuffins would we still be bothering with those blasted things when we now have automatic cars IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!

Americans and their lack of electric kettles. Extraordinary really. The concept of heating water on a gas stove seems so primitive and inconvenient. I guess this is what happens when a country doesn't bother with tea and drinks real coffee, rather than something made from a saché.

Seriously? Whenever I saw that on TV I just assumed that they did it for the retro factor.

 

[Hutchy_Bear]

Oddly enough it's modern tech that gets me. My first reaction to a computer problem is to smack it with my fist. My second is to call my cousin for tech support.

I miss technology where all it needed was a good smack. I mean TV's and PC's give it a smack and it worked. Megadrive/dreamcast picture fuzzy? Smack the ariel a bit, works fine. 360 and HD TV not working? You have to call tech support and get new circuit boards etc. The red rings of death were the first technological solution I couldn't fix with smacking- in fact it voided my warrenty.

 

[Tolerant Fanboy]

Americans and their lack of electric kettles. Extraordinary really. The concept of heating water on a gas stove seems so primitive and inconvenient. I guess this is what happens when a country doesn't bother with tea and drinks real coffee, rather than something made from a saché.

That's basically the reason. Though really, a coffee maker can double as an electric kettle. Just don't add coffee grounds. Or use a microwave instead of the stove. Or stick the pitcher in the sun for a few hours. There are myriad possibilities, really.

Oh, and as for archaic technology inducing Omicronian rage, I can figure out almost anything given enough time. I may break it a few times in the process, but I'm generally able to put it back together.

 

[Shannon Baber]

Thread title: I think this is pretty much how the entire cast of Stargate feels, all of the time.

[sub]Yes, I came into this thread to say that. And now I feel really, really nerdy.[/sub]

*high five* for the Stargate reference. Anyway, I'm I the only one that is irritated by typing passwords on touchscreen phones when you can't change the astrisks to letters or numbers?

 

[MattZero]

noone else made anything?
At least the coudl've found a rock and called it something, liek if it was long they could've called it a stone-age masochistic masurbation tool or something

This is partially because I'm the only one who listened to the teacher when he said "rocks with crystalline structures will not work." I already had the piece of obsidian and I knew they were good for making stone tools. Almost everyone else came with granite which just shatters when you hit it with another rock.