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What are some little things capitalism did that annoyed you personally. (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got two off the top of my head:

First is that the design of the USB drives needing to be oriented up or down was the result of a minor cost cutting choice. The inventor regrets it because it wouldn't been easy made so that USB drives were reversible.

Second is the abundance of pointless SEO stuff on recipe pages. It would be a cool opportunity for the creator to add a personal touch to the recipe page beneath the recipe, but they pop in first along with ads and suggested links. And they're so frustrating to navigate that they had to incorporate a 'jump to recipe' button.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No cellular reception.

Having to pay the water bill by physically bringing a check to the fucking office every few months. I’ve talked to the water company about this repeatedly. They just get incredibly hostile. They’re also a public utility. I’ve talked to government officials and representatives as well. Nothing. My theory is that one or two people will lose their jobs if they aren’t cashing checks or sending bills in the mail. I can’t mail the checks either.

General backwardness. Living in an invisible prison of 19th century ideology. “But we’re in the future now because we have cellphones!” People thought they were in the future in the 19th century too, and for the same silly reasons.

No bullet trains.

No mask mandates.

No community because every relationship is a money relationship.

People realizing only a small portion of their full potential because they spend so much energy on just surviving when there is plenty for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can’t mail the checks either.

why why why why why whywhywhywhywhy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know!!! They just mail them back to me unopened!! It’s insane! And it’s like this for everyone! So many houses have late payment warnings stuck to their front doors every few months! All of us feel this way and nobody cares! When I talked with someone at the state agency that’s supposed to regulate these utilities she was like “yeah the situation sucks it’s the same here maybe someone should do something about this but not me lol.” Fucking maddening!!!!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his dome-like brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Vermin!! Vermin!! Not insect!! I will die on this hill!!!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No community because every relationship is a money relationship.

The "touch grass" thought terminating cliche is especially grating to me because there really isn't much place to go around me without fees or overzealous cops looking for loiterers to fine.