r/mildlyinfuriating • u/notworkingghost • 8h ago

Ruined by Technology When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 8h ago

People in the 1950s be like : the government is wiretapping us! 

People in the 2020s be like : hey wiretap, can my cat have pancakes?

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u/No-Consideration-891 8h ago

My cat says yes

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u/Howie_Due 7h ago

They can have a little, as a treat

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 7h ago

Everything in meowderation. 

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u/TransplantedPinecone 1h ago

Boo. Upvoted.

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u/LongJohnSelenium 7h ago

Would you be ok with having your name, address, and phone number in the phone book like people in the 1950s were?

People are ok with the smartphones and shit because the corps aren't really doing much of anything with the info beyond pushing ads. Its not the government listening for whatever they deem seditious language.

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 6h ago

Oh you sweet summer child. 

The last time we had definitive proof the government was spying on us it was called PRISM. Google can fill you in. They will also report that search to the government 🖖

I'm sure it's still going on, they might have changed the name after the backlash. But they didn't stop. 

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u/LongJohnSelenium 6h ago

The same government that can barely find illegal immigrants?

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 6h ago

They aren't trying to. It's about the cruelty not the efficiency. 

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u/LongJohnSelenium 6h ago

Ah, you're one of those conspiracy theorist types. Toodles.

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 6h ago

Everything seems like a conspiracy when your head is that far up your own ass. 

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u/Saros_Enjoyer 2h ago

Its just obviously true. If you really wanted to remove as many illegal immigrants as possible you would target business owners (particialrly in agriculture) and levy massive fines if they were caught having any undocumented workers. But those people donate to republicans so it doesn't happen

The ICE raids are performative, for the cameras stuff