New and Improved?

We thought it would be interesting and informative to dwell on the reactions of those general citizens as, regaled with an ever increasing bedazzlement of new and presumably-if one were to believe what all the media hype and advertising said-necessary forms of digitalized processing and processors, they incorporated them into their lives. Below is an article on just that subject...we hope you find it informative and enjoyable.
Euroswydd, Reiki Clown and Mort

Those who’ve known me from the past-and I will allow the possibility of those in the present-might be less than convinced at the voracity of what I’m about to say, but it’s true nonetheless. I really have no issue with the idea of progress, improvements or the like.
Without question improvements-actual ones-are wonderful and I embrace them. It’s nice to toss-well, perhaps not toss vigorously-dirty dishes into the dishwasher and let it do the work. It’s also quite satisfying to put dirty clothes in the washing machine and let it do all that rock pounding once deemed necessary in order to get sparkling, sanitized body wear.
I live in a rural area that doesn’t offer satellite internet access to its inhabitants, they haven’t heard of Broadband and the telephone lines are pre-historic grade. In other words these lines are barely capable of handling what they were originally intended to do—transporting the spoken word—much less today’s sophisticated computer signals.
Sitting and waiting, waiting, waiting…waiting…OK you get the idea, for my desired web site to appear—I believe the technical jargon is uploading but I’m just going to hold on to my antiquated descriptive terms if you don’t mind. They’re kind of like comfort food when you’re not feeling well. Anyway there’s nothing coming up nor is there any appreciable loading apparent on my monitor. I rue the day that I discovered how satisfying having a cable connection can be.
My father, spectacularly uninterested in material possessions for material possession ownership’s sake, unless there was a personal emotional attachment or the material possession in question served a very useful purpose, nevertheless enjoyed his, “gadgets”. As time passed and we moved from the Industrial Revolution into the Digital Age (Age of Digital?) those “gadgets” became increasingly intriguing to him.
Several years ago he informed me, with a wry chuckle-always present when discussing an ironic action of his-that for the first time in his life he’d allowed a telemarketer to persuade him to try a product. One of the first people to own a home computer (yes, a “gadget”) my father was intrigued with the salesman’s pitch guaranteeing speedier internet service if he would include internet access along with his cable TV hookup. My father never used dial-up again.
As a result of exposure to the speed of this service as well as other more modern phone line services I am now embroiled in a constant state of frustration, held prisoner by a system that delivers a less than mediocre performance. The irony of it all is that before it wasn’t imperative that I have reliable internet access, my economic stability didn’t depend on it. Now it does.
But what if I’d never known that there could be something better, speed and oh yes, ultimately more expensive. I’d most likely be happily accepting of my lot and not know what I was missing. I do know that I would be missing a lot of frustration, high blood pressure moments and the animals wouldn’t be vacating the room with the frequency they do now as they hear rumblings begin to emit from my mouth as I rise from the seat facing that recalcitrant monitor.
In addition to all the new stuff, there are changes that have been perpetrated on items that have been around for some time. Take cordless phones for instance. Now that our phones have been streamlined and liberated we can move freely about the house or yard, able to talk incessantly, always be in touch, as we take care of daily necessities.
Just think of the evolutionary possibilities, a union between cordless and cell phones could eventually result in a sixth digit---on one hand only of course—or a protruding bulge in the shape of a phone becoming the normal shape of—only one—human ear. But forgive me I digress.
Being able to carry on conversations no matter where we are or what we are doing is supposed to bring us together—so what is this about an increase in dysfunctional families and high divorce rates?—and make our lives easier and more relaxing. Have none of these people dealt with cell phone service that doesn’t?
But wait I’m getting a glimmer of an idea, I think I’ve got it! It’s not that we’ll have more free time but that we’ll be better able to get the ever increasing amount of necessary “things” done!
How clever.
P.S.
Food for Thought regarding the concept of ease of work load: Which requires more upkeep the electronics with their demands to be upgraded, recharged, downloaded, accessed, debugged, accessorized (with their own unique brand so they will be able to interfaced), and when retired brought to the toxic area of the Recycling area, or pets with their need to be fed, debugged, accessorized, interfaced with, and cleaned up after?