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MuseRider

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82. Oh JohnnyRingo

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 09:36 PM

Apr 2025

That was good. My people, you made my husband laugh his ass off as I read it. He, and one of my sons who no longer lives here but visits and gives me all kinds of grief over my short fuse and just walks away now.

Right now I am trying to figure out my new little computer but I cannot get the letters big enough. At least I have learned that smashing it on the table will not help (lol a joke but almost not a joke). The point is that some of us can't read all the convoluted instructions and follow them they are too small.

Thanks for this. It was fun once wasn't it?

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"I've had all I can stands, I can't stands no more." -Popeye The Sailor Man [View all] JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 OP

K and R a thousand times. Diamond_Dog Apr 2025 #1

Sounds like a manifesto. One that I completely agree with. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #2

YES. YES. YES. My feelings exactly. brush Apr 2025 #3

Preach! RoadRunner Apr 2025 #4

I could not possibly agree with you more. I also don't want to listen to 15 minutes of your LoisB Apr 2025 #5

THIS! ShazzieB Apr 2025 #24

Most of the time, cab67 Apr 2025 #39

I have encountered that too and they do their LoisB Apr 2025 #44

If it gets annoying I start cursing but that doesn't always help with robots IbogaProject Apr 2025 #73

LOL. No, it doesn't. I do the same. LoisB Apr 2025 #74

I regularly cuss out the automated attendants. SheltieLover Apr 2025 #76

I have heard that our voices are being recorded even on 'ignore'. Prairie_Seagull Apr 2025 #94

Oh I'm sure! SheltieLover Apr 2025 #95

If I had a nickle for every time... Prairie_Seagull Apr 2025 #96

My mother used to call the auto-voice "That woman who won't let me talk to anyone" yellowdogintexas Apr 2025 #86

I called my state's medical marijuana 'department' yesterday NH Ethylene Apr 2025 #92

I could not have said it better UpInArms Apr 2025 #6

Well said SheltieLover Apr 2025 #7

Any website that requires an email address is an automatic "no" for me. ShazzieB Apr 2025 #29

It is a constant assault on our senses, imo SheltieLover Apr 2025 #30

blah@duh.com is the fake email address I use. Surprisingly, it works like 99% of the time. n/t aggiesal Apr 2025 #52

Oh MAN!!! Your last complaint!!! calimary Apr 2025 #56

Now hold on a minute.... TommyT139 Apr 2025 #40

i set up an email address to use for that garbage moonshinegnomie Apr 2025 #60

I did the same, wish i'd done it earlier FoxNewsSucks Apr 2025 #69

Hear, Hear! ybbor Apr 2025 #8

You nailed it with a sledge hammer! Uncle Joe Apr 2025 #9

10-4! Bo Zarts Apr 2025 #10

Amen! OldSWODog Apr 2025 #11

Agree 100% Sick of all the baloney! n/t Paper Roses Apr 2025 #12

You will be assimilated and your biological diversity will be added to our own! Ray Bruns Apr 2025 #13

We have all found ourselves here. I feel included! dchill Apr 2025 #14

Your post speaks for me as well Wild blueberry Apr 2025 #15

His phone DownriverDem Apr 2025 #16

enoguth is too much. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #17

i do about 80% of all that. barbtries Apr 2025 #18

KnR! Spot on n/t iluvtennis Apr 2025 #19

Had to connect my fridge to wifi - hauckeye Apr 2025 #20

... Solly Mack Apr 2025 #21

"Luddites Unite!" sop Apr 2025 #22

Hear, hear! KPN Apr 2025 #23

I had to scan a qr code to validate a warranty on my new W & D and also sign on to the wifi to use the w&d peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #25

I scanned a QR code to watch a movie mnhtnbb Apr 2025 #37

Those qr codes are frustrating peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #67

That really resonates. I'm going to chug a can of spinach and read The Book of Luddite. I can be reached by smoke signal Evolve Dammit Apr 2025 #26

Lol a million times! mwmisses4289 Apr 2025 #51

It worked for centuries. My wife says I need a horse, stone tablet and chisel. Not disagreeing. The tech overload is Evolve Dammit Apr 2025 #77

Digital coupons at the grocery store crud Apr 2025 #27

And Kroger's digital coupons that even staff can't tell customers how to find SheltieLover Apr 2025 #31

Giant supermarkets have a decent app & I far prefer digital Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2025 #57

Yes yes yes 👍 I totally agree with you. TommieMommy Apr 2025 #28

I agree with most of these (although I have not encountered them all). ShazzieB Apr 2025 #32

My medical insurance company told me to download their app. ... aggiesal Apr 2025 #53

I don't know if this just me or something I did on my iphone Tadpole Raisin Apr 2025 #79

best recent thing I did was to buy a new iPad peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #89

I've been in IT for over 30 years angrychair Apr 2025 #33

Pleased to be the 100th rec! mnhtnbb Apr 2025 #34

1000% spot on!! Can I add another one? the nelm Apr 2025 #35

Oh, yes! Doodles Apr 2025 #36

LOVE this post birdographer Apr 2025 #38

"I would love to be able to understand the person on the other end..." Wednesdays Apr 2025 #46

...and they always have an Americanized name. JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 #63

sex! kiri Apr 2025 #84

YES YES YES! Wicked Blue Apr 2025 #41

Enough is enough and enough is too damned much! Dorothy V Apr 2025 #42

It's a great rant, posted in OPs twice back in February. But it's from a RWer who adores Trump and Musk. highplainsdem Apr 2025 #43

I don't know who the author is. JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 #64

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who's had enough. Borogove Apr 2025 #45

I'm sick of all the damn spam I get every day. Initech Apr 2025 #47

Right on Jughead Apr 2025 #48

No, I don't want to download your store app to get 10% off digital coupon, on your product ... aggiesal Apr 2025 #49

thats why i wont donate to candidates any more moonshinegnomie Apr 2025 #59

I don't donate to large organizations any more, because I don't know where the money is going ... aggiesal Apr 2025 #61

It is the freaking advertisers. love_katz Apr 2025 #50

The Unabomber is a reprehensible mass murderer, so very wrong about many things, but... LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #54

Thanks Marvin Jones Apr 2025 #55

i dealt with this just a few days ago moonshinegnomie Apr 2025 #58

I feel your pain NCgayguy Apr 2025 #62

welcome to DU NCgayguy peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #66

Hi NCgayguy mnhtnbb Apr 2025 #72

I always try to use a fake email address if it will work. eppur_se_muova Apr 2025 #65

I don't need $500 worth of tire pressure sensors to tell me I need air... Number9Dream Apr 2025 #68

For a second I thought you were singing my song soldierant Apr 2025 #70

I'm with you. I'm dreading buying a new car Hassler Apr 2025 #71

100% MrChuck Apr 2025 #75

Kicking again SheltieLover Apr 2025 #78

"I've had all..." Dave Id Apr 2025 #80

Any kind of cellphone. I've had 3. I'm old and retired. Leave me alone. CTyankee Apr 2025 #81

Oh JohnnyRingo MuseRider Apr 2025 #82

Totally agree keepthemhonestO Apr 2025 #83

AMEN! Hekate Apr 2025 #85

embrace your luddite ways. hell. i have a vintage stove top coffee pot. makes good drip coffee. pansypoo53219 Apr 2025 #87

Thank you, JohnnyRingo. I used some of your thoughts to write a "flash fiction" piece. Bumbles Apr 2025 #88

Hey, bumbles. You need to give general read access to this document erronis Apr 2025 #98

Thank you, erronis. I'm still a newby. I hope this works. Bumbles Apr 2025 #100

Looks good. Love your writing! erronis Apr 2025 #101

Thank you, erronis. I love writing. Bumbles Apr 2025 #102

I feel the frustration.. it's maddening mountain grammy Apr 2025 #90

I can't 'rec' this post enough. NH Ethylene Apr 2025 #91

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I've never heard of that happening JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 #97

I took that as deliciously ironic. RandomNumbers Apr 2025 #99