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Diamond_Dog

(40,750 posts)
17. I was just saying this to Mr. Diamond the other day!
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 11:43 AM
Jan 2025

Paperwork and forms for so many things. Managing your banking, medical stuff, social security, cell phone and cable online, (which necessitates “creating an account” to multiple websites which necessitates coming up with fifteen or twenty passwords to keep track of).

Trying to figure out the new technology for just about everything. Like cell phones. I hate cell phones. And you have to have one for just about everything now. Smart TVs. And God help me if I ever have to buy a new car.

Complicated medical billing that requires a phone call almost every time you get a bill, then trying to get ahold of a live person who can actually help you.

You send away for something online and they send you the wrong thing that you’ll have to return. Or your order gets lost and never arrives.

We had an error with our tax return last year (wasn’t our fault) . We always send our tax form in in January. After much back and forth for months with the IRS, guess when they finally resolved our taxes last year. October!

I do go to about 2 or 3different grocery stores but that’s because I’m picky about my food and only one store just doesn’t suffice.

It’s exhausting sometimes.

Yes life is way more of an ordeal than it needs to be.

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Has life gotten too complex? [View all] Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 OP
I would say life has become more needlessly complex... Hugin Jan 2025 #1
Agreed, it is easier to rip people off if things are complex. FSogol Jan 2025 #6
My motto is, nothing is ever as simple as it ought to be. And everything can be an ordeal. Walleye Jan 2025 #2
By design. Complexity is a barrier to accessing services. Not sure what difference "living rural" makes though. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2025 #3
Running errands could mean longer trips Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #5
Yes. Streaming services, remotes, multiple passwords NewHendoLib Jan 2025 #4
easy answer markie Jan 2025 #7
I have simplified my life in retirement. marybourg Jan 2025 #8
I wish! nt Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #11
Part of me thinks it has in general. Another part of me thinks that's just part of aging. paleotn Jan 2025 #9
My kids (early thirties) think the same/similar way. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #14
Yes and I hate it XanaDUer2 Jan 2025 #10
Our billionaire overlords use paperwork to justify scamming us. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #12
It's all about the Benjamins. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #15
I personally think that technology has surpassed the ability of society to deal with it. walkingman Jan 2025 #13
Walkinman I channel you. nt Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #16
I was just saying this to Mr. Diamond the other day! Diamond_Dog Jan 2025 #17
Seems to me the complexities hit in multiples. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #19
I am retired and for me, my life is very simple, maybe because I am poor and never married. n/t elocs Jan 2025 #18
You wrote, "Think if you live rural, Are you in essence voting for a less complex life?" highplainsdem Jan 2025 #20
You are speaking my language highplanisdem. better than I do. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #25
Your dialogue is one of the best I have read re. rural life, the benefits vs. disadvantages, and when we tried SWBTATTReg Jan 2025 #28
Rural life does present challenges Keepthesoulalive Jan 2025 #30
Recently saw one of those nostalgia booklets. Early 1950s. Sailingfish Jan 2025 #21
Most humans' brains are not wired for this kind of living. Sky Jewels Jan 2025 #22
I believe you are correct. People try to manage by using digital calenders, password managers and other crutches, HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2025 #23
I try to keep it simple. The biggest problems I have are with the Medical Industrial Complex. hunter Jan 2025 #24
Resist, I love it. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #26
I told a young coworker that before email, we used to get paper memos at work Skittles Jan 2025 #27
So quaint and of course we all had to have secretaries for our workgroups, they didn't have voice mail and the SWBTATTReg Jan 2025 #29
Yes. Speaking from experience. haele Jan 2025 #31
Well, some things are simpler-- viva la Jan 2025 #32
Tell me about it .... dumbcat Jan 2025 #33
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