Tiny Rages - Page 2 of 10 - The misadventures of a middle aged misanthrope

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    Modern Annoyances, Tech Fails, Wellness Mockery

    When Fitness Apps Turn Into Digital Bullies With Badges

    I’ve been watching this trainwreck unfold in real time, and honestly, it’s making me question whether we’ve all collectively lost our minds about exercise. My...

    Austin
    by Austin
    I’ve been watching this trainwreck unfold in real time, and honestly, it’s making me question whether we’ve all collectively lost our minds about exercise. My neighbor Dave – decent guy, works in IT, father of two – has been limping around our block for three weeks now because some app convinced him he needed to...
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    Tech Fails

    I Asked VCs If They Actually Use The Apps They Fund And The Answers Were Depressing

    So I’m at this dinner party in Park Slope last weekend – you know, one of those gatherings where everyone’s talking about their latest career...

    Jessica
    by Jessica
    So I’m at this dinner party in Park Slope last weekend – you know, one of those gatherings where everyone’s talking about their latest career victories while picking at thirty-dollar cheese – and this guy Trevor starts going off about some fitness app his VC firm just threw 2.5 million at. I mean, he’s really...
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    The Algorithm Turned Us All Into The Same Person And I’m Having A Tiny Rage About It

    I was doom-scrolling through Instagram last Tuesday night (because apparently that’s what I do now instead of reading books like a functional adult) when something...

    Jessica
    by Jessica
    I was doom-scrolling through Instagram last Tuesday night (because apparently that’s what I do now instead of reading books like a functional adult) when something weird hit me. Every face looked… the same? Like, not literally the same, but there was this uncanny similarity that made my brain do that thing where you can’t quite...
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    Daily Life, Modern Annoyances

    My Financial Advisor’s Rolex Costs More Than My Car While He Lectures Me About Coffee

    So there I was last Tuesday, sitting in this glass conference room that probably costs more per square foot than my apartment, listening to my...

    Jessica
    by Jessica
    So there I was last Tuesday, sitting in this glass conference room that probably costs more per square foot than my apartment, listening to my financial advisor Derek explain why my occasional Starbucks habit is basically financial suicide. He’s got his little calculator out, doing the whole compound interest song and dance about how that...
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    Daily Life, Tech Fails

    My Smart Home Devices Are Having a Group Chat Without Me and It’s Getting Weird

    I’m sitting here typing this while my Google Nest and Amazon Echo are literally having a conversation with each other about whether it’s 68 or...

    Ashley
    by Ashley
    I’m sitting here typing this while my Google Nest and Amazon Echo are literally having a conversation with each other about whether it’s 68 or 69 degrees in my living room, and honestly? This feels like a metaphor for my entire adult life – surrounded by technology that’s supposed to help but mostly just creates...
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    Modern Annoyances

    That Time I Had a Full Meltdown in Produce Because Bananas Are My Relatives

    So there I was last Tuesday, standing in the produce section at H-E-B, having what my roommate Jake now calls “the banana incident.” I’m just...

    Karen
    by Karen
    So there I was last Tuesday, standing in the produce section at H-E-B, having what my roommate Jake now calls “the banana incident.” I’m just trying to buy groceries like a normal person when I pick up this bunch of bananas and suddenly… I can’t move. I’m just staring at them, and this overwhelming realization...
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    Tech Fails, Wellness Mockery

    The Existential Horror of Being Mindfulness-Shamed by a Phone

    I was attempting what neuroscientists call “focused attention meditation” yesterday morning—basically trying to trick my default mode network into shutting up for five minutes—when my...

    Stephen
    by Stephen
    I was attempting what neuroscientists call “focused attention meditation” yesterday morning—basically trying to trick my default mode network into shutting up for five minutes—when my phone delivered the most perfectly absurd contradiction of modern existence. Right there, in the middle of what was actually approaching something resembling present-moment awareness, the meditation app pinged me with:...
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    Modern Annoyances, Tech Fails

    Why My New Computer Takes Longer to Load Games Than My Granddaughter Takes to Get Ready for School

    I bought a computer last month. Well, Emily bought it for me actually, after I complained one too many times that my old one was...

    Ruth
    by Ruth
    I bought a computer last month. Well, Emily bought it for me actually, after I complained one too many times that my old one was making sounds like our garbage disposal when it’s about to give up. She said if I was going to keep playing those games to “stay mentally sharp” – her words,...
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    Daily Life, Existential Weird, Modern Annoyances, Tech Fails, Wellness Mockery

    How I Learned That Following Your Passion Is Expensive Bullshit

    I’ve been staring at this blank document for twenty minutes now, trying to figure out how to tell you about the time I quit my...

    Austin
    by Austin
    I’ve been staring at this blank document for twenty minutes now, trying to figure out how to tell you about the time I quit my perfectly reasonable accounting job to become a yoga instructor. Yeah, you read that right. Me. The guy who thinks meditation apps are a scam and crystals are just overpriced rocks....
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    Modern Annoyances, Tech Fails

    The Night My Digital Tickets Ghosted Me at Madison Square Garden

    So there I am, standing in the rain outside Madison Square Garden like some sort of technological refugee, watching thousands of people breeze past me...

    Austin
    by Austin
    So there I am, standing in the rain outside Madison Square Garden like some sort of technological refugee, watching thousands of people breeze past me while I’m frantically jabbing at my phone screen like it owes me money. Which, honestly, it kind of does – about $800 worth of Taylor Swift tickets that have apparently...
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