I hate modern life, yet I can't seem to do without it. All of the crap we have that is supposed to make our lives "easier", has only served to make it more hectic and complicated. Take the cell phone for example. It would seem to be a great thing to have in emergencies, or if you forgot something. Instead, it has become something we are all now tethered to. If you fail to pick up at any given moment that someone is calling, they get pissed off that you could not be reached. Never mind that you were taking a dump and had a giant turd hanging out of your *ss when they called, it does not matter. And how the hell do you explain about the turd anyhow without being seen as disgusting, or just giving TMI? ( and yes, you can laugh now...)
Then there are those other devices that are supposed to be models of efficiency, but only end up providing you with more crap to tote around every day. Some days, I leave the house with over $1,000 in electronic devices in my hands, balanced precariously as I try to get in my car. Between the cell phone, iPod, graphing calculator and laptop, the electronics I carry probably out value the car they are put in. Plus, you have to have accessories! Yes, the Bluetooth headset (because wires are so 1990's), head phones, GPS transponder, power inverter, and various chargers all add up to even more complication and money spent. I even had to add an additional power outlet to the dash of my truck to accommodate the extra chargers. But alas, I am still not electronically cool enough. I do not have a stand alone GPS unit or even satellite radio! I feel like a veritable caveman! Even better would be a car with built in GPS, and Bluetooth connectivity. Then, all I would be lacking in this glorious modern mobile world would be a modem that connects me to the internet via the cell phone network. By the time I have all of this, the world will once again have moved on with another device I need to be in touch. So, my life will be no easier, just more expensive with more crap to take up my time and enslave me to corporate productivity. Will somebody tell me just how this has made life any better?
