gadj1976 wrote:whufc wrote:I don’t buy time poor either…..if nothing else modern society has been sped up with technology.
Pay a bill do it online
Get cash out….who the hell does that
Get takeaway……don’t even leave your house now
Get served at woolies……if it’s busy serve yourself
Go food shopping…..click and collect or get it dropped off to home
Go clothes shopping……buy online
Go put a bet on……do it on my phone
Drive to port Adelaide from Elizabeth…..use the expressway
Go to a petty station…..there on every bloody corner
Hire a video/DVD…….do that from home
Go to a mates house who isnt there….would never ever happen now
Cooking dinner….shit I don’t even have to wait for my oven to heat up just use the air fryer
Do uni work…..type at 100 words per minute, use auto correct to fix any errors
What I will say is the hours of work have changed…….as well all know employment these days is 24/7 7 days a week and taking time off to play spot
Is not as socially accepted IMO
You always fill your life with stuff that previously couldn't get done but now can. Also, the expectation on people has increased, so despite the improvements in technology, the need to do more is ever increasing.
If technology improves even more, I'll have time to do work around the house I hadn't got around to previously.
This is deadest the truth...….hand on my heart.
We had a bye for footy on the weekend so some of the lads had their city mates come up for the weekend. We all got a bit pissed and one bloke wouldnt get off his phone so we started talking about hours worked and being on a phone....most of the country guys are 18-25 year olds who live at home and work on the family farm...….they are working pretty much 12-15 hour days unless there is sport. Its the only reason they are allowed to stop working. When we looked at their screen time they were averaging about an hour a day. Obviously haven't been on the tractor of late otherwise that would increase.
Then the friends got their phones out and they were all average between 4-5 hours a day phone screen time...…….I sat at 2 hours and my phone doubles up as my work phone. When asked what they were spending their time on it was pretty much social media scrolling, Wikipedia journies, tinder, message groups. That's crazy amount a day especially given most were also working at least 20 hours a week in a variety of casual roles.