Useless Technology!

[EveHarrington]

I don't know why I find this so amusing------

I keep seeing commercials for refrigerators with built in cameras so that you can use your smartphone to see if you need something when you're away from home.

While I can see the potential benefit of such a feature, I can't help but think that companies add these random bells and whistles to push their products and convince people that they absolutely need a camera inside their fridge.

I guess the world will end if I don't know if I need eggs or milk, lol.

Oh no! What did I ever do before the days of having a camera in my fridge! And really, what is the use of having a camera in just my fridge? Shouldn't I put cameras in all of my kitchen cupboards, too? I think my dry goods would feel left out of being monitored, lol.

And half the time the camera would tell me nothing as food gets stacked on top of each other, is covered, or is in opaque containers so I wouldn't be able to tell if I needed something or not.

I know there are other technological innovations pushed on us which I have just scratched my head at before but this one------well lets just say it doesn't leave me clamoring for a new fridge, lol.

So are there any tech things which make you laugh or just leave you wondering why you'd REALLY need it? I know there are others I've wondered about over the years and I'll add them as I think of them.

I hope others can add to this thread so we can all have a good laugh!

 

[Just-yep]

I can't think of any random useless tech off the top of my head but your rant brightened my mood!!! Thank you for the laugh!

 

[Ronin]

I absolutely need to see my food rot. Doncha know how fascinating that is?

Though I also would appreciate microscopes going with that. More fascinating on a cellular level.

 

[Lucycat]

convince people that they absolutely need a camera inside their fridge.

But just think - you would know who stole the last chocolate bar - or whatever treat is 'hidden' in the fridge - I am assuming there is a 'record' function for such uses.

Hey - the fridge light only comes on when the door is open. I guess the camera must have an integrated light as well?

I think I should have a camera in the bathroom to identify if I am running out of loo rolls or toothpaste. I would never have thought of checking before I go shopping :p

 

[Ronin]

Don't you people make your own toothpaste, I always know when I'm out of that :hilarious:

Though I'd need a reminder I need veggies. Stickit's don't do their job well enough. Preferably not beeping because then I'd get everything but the veggies, still.

 

[Changing4Best]

My dad used to have like a year's worth of toilet paper in a room that they no longer used in the house, I kid you not. He was a plumber, and said to me once that he would regularly check which brands caused the most clogging so he could recommend the best brands to his customers. Happy Father's Day Dad!

I usually keep enough of the stuff in my home so that if I forget to buy it for 3-4 weeks in a row, I will still not run out of it. I don't own a car and so need to get rides to the grocery. The thought of running out of it is kind of gross to me, so I am extra careful in this way!

However, I don't need any technological device to keep track for me. I have my own methods that work for me! I guess I take after my Dad.

 

[Justmehere]

Next they will have cameras that watch paint dry.

 

[Anarchy]

The joys of watching your fridge garden grow

 

[Lucycat]

Don't you people make your own toothpaste

I tried but I couldn't get it in the tubes.

 

[GrayOwl]

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The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

My rgevene on slepl cchek.

LOL. Thanks Eve. I think I'll go wander through the kitchen gadget store and see what else I'm missing.

 

[Ronin]

I couldn't get it in the tubes.

Me neither. I just leave it in the jar honestly.

And thanks, Lucy Cat. Amused me hella lot someone responds to that random blurb. :sneaky:

 

[Friday]

Electric potato peelers.

My ex insisted on using it (as in my using it :rolleyes: ) because it was "better" than an ordinary potato peeler or a knife. Well. I've cooked professionally and can peel veggies in seconds with either, but the electric one took 2-4 minutes per spud. Yup. No. Way. In. Hell. Was. I. Going. To. Use. The. "better". Potato peeler.

TBH Most kitchen gadgetry is pointless & can be done faster with a knife or a lil bit o' elbow grease. If it wasn't invented over a 1,000 years ago? I probably don't use it. ((Exception to the rule = immersion blender. OMFG. Love that thing :D))

But that buzzing electric shaver potato peeler? Just takes the cake! :roflmao: