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  • Nazonazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
    Jul 27, 2026, 7:49 PM

    @spacemagick @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Personal computing actually did start around that sort of timeframe with some of the earliest PCs beginning around 1972-ish. And people actually were excited to actually have programs to do those sorts of tasks.

    However there's a distinction in regards to apps: computer programs up until enshittification took over computing too were about helping people. Apps now are about making profits for the companies. They require apps for things like dish washing machines to gather private information about us for them to use against us or sell.

    But really the OP itself is more about finances. Until the early 2000s or so ordinary people could afford ordinary things if they worked hard. Now good luck affording a place to live with only one job.

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  • AKingsburyAlexanderKingsbury@mastodon.social
    Jul 27, 2026, 8:49 PM

    @spacemagick @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon

    No, no, there's no meaningful material difference between life now and life 50 years ago. People back then all had microwave ovens, cars as safe and fuel efficient as we have now, and they all carried around portable phones with free long distance that also had more computing power than spacecraft of the era. There have been no meaningful medical, technological, or other advances. It's a pure, apples-to-apples situation.

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  • Roger MooreVATVSLPR@c.im
    Jul 27, 2026, 10:40 PM

    @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon
    There's also a housing supply problem. Our population is growing, and average household size is shrinking. We aren't building nearly enough new housing to keep up.

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  • MinmiTheDinominmi
    Jul 28, 2026, 1:00 AM

    @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon to be fair, a lot of dudes did have a free version of that (and so much more!) in the form of a wife they treated like property.

    Still, point holds

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  • YevhjeniiaYevheniiaj@ieji.de
    Jul 28, 2026, 5:29 AM

    @adron @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon @Andres4NY ADRON - PLEASE, GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE THIS NOW. I PROMISE THAT YOU WILL BE GRATEFUL, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY - YOU WILL BE SURPRISED, BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE FUNDS APPEAR IN YOUR METAMASK. AND IT WON'T BE $50 OR $200 - IT WILL BE A MUCH LARGER AMOUNT, AND IT WILL BE A STABLE FLOW OF ONE TRANSACTION PER WEEK SENT TO YOU.
    (@adron)
    PLEASE, I AM BEGGING YOU - HELP ME RESOLVE THIS WITH THESE $53 RIGHT NOW!!!

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  • Mark Hughesmarkhughes@mastodon.social
    Aug 1, 2026, 9:52 AM

    @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Even in the eighties everything was easier. Once a year my insurance broker would find the best deal for car insurance, call me up and explain it, and take a small commission when I accepted.

    Now every year I have to do that and it's still more expensive than when I was a young male driver.

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