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submitted 2 years ago by Los@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

Seventy-seven percent of middle-age Americans (35-54 years old) say they want to return to a time before society was “plugged in,” meaning a time before there was widespread internet and cell phone usage. As told by a new Harris Poll (via Fast Company), 63% of younger folks (18-34 years old) were also keen on returning to a pre-plugged-in world, despite that being a world they largely never had a chance to occupy.

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[-] MobBarley@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

anyone who says that forgets how bad tv sucked back then
I mean you'd have to at least bring back video stores or something

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[-] MeowKittyWow@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Eh. I like the internet and the connections it allows us to form. I think internet access for all is a good thing.

I do miss a time when cellphones weren't ubiquitous, though. They have their purpose but there's a certain social expectation to always be available, and I think that is a bad thing. I miss disconnecting. I guess, in principle, I could literally just do that.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago

I am 26 and I dont want to return. I grew up before the internet getting dial up when i was about eight. The problem isnt the internet its biliondollar services that make their money through getting as much attention as humanly possible.

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[-] P1r4nha@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

A majority of Americans are over 50, so that's no surprise, but so many under 50 and 35 too? That's a surprise. Then why is the public so captivated by it? You don't need to use it for most things.

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[-] hannes3120@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

A majority of people prefer living in the past (because they refuse to chance) - and that's really fucking with out chances to have a decent future...

It's really fucked up

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[-] Repulsa@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Tbf I think I'd like it more if we had online shopping, cell phones, instant messaging etc but we didn't have social media as we know it today. Like we stuck with phpbb, Usenet and IRC and didn't move much more beyond that into Myspace and Facebook

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[-] reverendsteveii@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

you know, they say that when asked but having a flip phone and no home internet is very possible.

[-] Banzai51@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

I don't want to get rid of that stuff, but instead I uninstalled all work apps off my phone. They need me, they can page me and I'll login with my work laptop. When I'm out of work, I'm out.

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