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Things that have become practically unusable in last 10 years: uber, Craigslist, YouTube, ebay, google, public transit, thrift stores, reddit, Twitter, anything I'm missing?
submitted by deleted to whatever 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:16:54 ago (+45/-0) (whatever)

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[ - ] dingbat 23 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:21:26 ago (+23/-0)

Amazon. I don’t want a delivery nigger in my neighborhood. Our FedEx guy is white and so is our UPS guy. Amazon only hires niggers to deliver around me. Thanks, jews.

[ - ] CHIRO 13 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:50:06 ago (+13/-0)*

I also noticed about four years ago that, broadly, the quality of everything on Amazon took an absolute fucking nosedive. There's always been chink-tier shit on Amazon, but it seemed like, fairly suddenly, Amazon search results began to look like a prettier skin for an Alibaba search. I also noticed the weird, almost make-shift company names started exploding too. Say you were in need of, I don't know, a cooling pillow. No longer would you find companies with names you might expect, like "Dream Sleep". The companies have wacky names like Linsloop or Hiyagin or Dusinki (just make up gibberish, and you'd probably pick out a real name by accident). And with 'Amazon Picks', you can guarantee these Malaysian brands were the ones with 123,000 4-5 star reviews.

Basically, Amazon became the front-facing marketplace of the other hemisphere's cheap dogshit.

On a different note, still regarding Amazon, I've never witnessed a site in my life with more useless functionality. When you click a dropdown menu, the menu honestly requires a scroll bar; it's like the length of football field, and it's filled with features that I would never think of using. I'm often left wondering who the fuck uses 90% of these features; it's just outrageously bloated.

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[ - ] deleted 10 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:58:06 ago (+10/-0)

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[ + ] dingbat

[ - ] dingbat 5 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:32:14 ago (+5/-0)

Absolutely. I especially began noticing the fake, pumped up reviews. It’s so hard to trust anything you buy online anymore, unfortunately, but especially from Amazon.

[ + ] sarkbear

[ - ] sarkbear 4 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 06:14:13 ago (+4/-0)

What? You're not enjoying your ZYNTU pillow?

[ + ] Prairie

[ - ] Prairie 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 11:57:54 ago (+2/-0)

Three recent orders of lightbulbs from Amazon. Every order had a broken bulb (something rattling around inside, scratching the white coating off the inside of the bulb). And these were LED bulbs which are pretty robust.

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 18 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:59:58 ago (+18/-0)

Money. It seems my money isn’t any good anymore. All I get is cheap crap in exchange for it

[ - ] Niggly_Puff 12 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:26:39 ago (+12/-0)

Walmart. I only went there because I could avoid the massive hordes of people late at night and do some shopping in peace. With no 24 hours I rarely shop there now.

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[ - ] deleted 8 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:32:15 ago (+8/-0)

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[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:11:48 ago (+3/-0)

3AM Winco is the new in thing.

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[ - ] deleted 2 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:29:07 ago (+2/-0)

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[ + ] totes_magotes

[ - ] totes_magotes 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:14:52 ago (+3/-2)

Wait until this guy finds out that you can order anything online and have it delivered...

[ + ] Niggly_Puff

[ - ] Niggly_Puff 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 01:12:44 ago (+3/-1)

I avoid ordering online unless I have to. I don't want to live in a world where everything has to be ordered online.

[ + ] Seymore_potatohead

[ - ] Seymore_potatohead 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 07:21:11 ago (+1/-0)

Automotive fluids and wind shield wipers are the only reason I step foot in Walmart.

[ - ] Doglegwarrior 12 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:18:17 ago (+14/-2)

Women.

Damn it I just got burned by a narrcist there has to be some good ones out there

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:26:44 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] Ragnar 11 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:12:09 ago (+11/-0)

Shopping malls, movie theatres, stadiums, public pools, parks, schools, universities, restaurants, hotels, air bnb, airplanes.

[ + ] shadowwolf225

[ - ] shadowwolf225 4 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 07:12:25 ago (+4/-0)

Recently went to the mall I frequented as a teen. Multiple vending machines selling hair extensions and dew rags to match the new demographic of modern shoppers.

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:00:46 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] RMGoetbbels 5 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 04:34:06 ago (+5/-0)

Any fast food place. It was always bad but never this bad.

The Post Office! Holy shit, lazy fucking niggers.

[ - ] GoatWarVet 6 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:36:36 ago (+6/-0)

Libraries, bulletin boards, bazaars. Honorable mention goes to backwoods porn caches.

Hmm, I'm sensing a pattern here. Time seems to...just move on.

[ + ] Localuser

[ - ] Localuser 3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:24:46 ago (+4/-1)

Libraries. Last time I went there were a bunch of junkies and hobos. I decided to go to a bookstore instead, to my surprise 90% of the books are about women empowerment and niggers. If you want to find a decent book you have to look for very old stuff in the 1800 or early 1900’s.

[ - ] yesiknow 5 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:22:01 ago (+5/-0)

Colleges and universities

[ - ] Leveraction 5 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:33:19 ago (+5/-0)

Unusable and useless is fuckbook and twatter.

[ - ] Trope 4 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:18:15 ago (+4/-0)

Social Media in general.

By the time Facebook was widely accepted, it was already redundent. So it was only natural to abstain from Twitter, Google+, SnapChat, Instagram, and all the various clones. In fact, there was a good era after 2010 where it was becoming cool not to have any social media at all.

The rise in social media is from the rise of children with smart phones.

Now imagine that: An entire generation where smart phones were handed to them with absolutely no true internet frontier to explore.

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[ - ] deleted -1 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:33:43 ago (+0/-1)

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[ + ] TheYiddler

[ - ] TheYiddler 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 06:14:34 ago (+1/-0)

That would make good content here. Post that.

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[ - ] deleted -1 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 10:06:37 ago (+0/-1)

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 12:22:13 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] deleted -1 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 13:37:48 ago (+0/-1)

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[ + ] TheYiddler

[ - ] TheYiddler 0 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 23:36:58 ago (+0/-0)

Fights sanctioned by teachers. Show people that public schools are zoos. It's about teaching people to keep their kids away from that.

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[ - ] deleted -1 points 9 monthsJul 28, 2023 00:07:01 ago (+0/-1)

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[ - ] CHIRO 3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:58:51 ago (+3/-0)

Voicemail.

Everyone has gotten so used to texting that I pretty much know the short list of institutions that are to blame, any time I receive a voicemail. Human beings who aren't representing corporate or political (is there a difference) America, when realizing I did not pick up the phone, are never thinking: "I really ought to leave Chiro a voicemail."

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[ - ] deleted 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:03:18 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] CHIRO 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:08:49 ago (+2/-0)

HEAVILY wired

I actually laughed. Well done. I'm a bit curious how you could interpret the wires symbolically, not that I'm a psychoanalyst or anything.

Also, I see your point. I picked out something more or less abandoned, rather than something that became unusable.

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:03:25 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] RabbiKinderschtupper 3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:20:42 ago (+3/-0)

Kroger. It's become a piece of shit store with no standards for employees and an awful clientele base.

[ + ] Prairie

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 12:00:36 ago (+1/-0)

I used their delivery promotion earlier this year and got several single-pound cuts of fish. Every one was underweight about 10% because they included the packaging in the 1 lb weight.

[ - ] SithEmpire 3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:20:06 ago (+3/-0)

Polling stations

[ - ] deleted 3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:42:02 ago (+3/-0)

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[ + ] NeedleStack

[ - ] NeedleStack 4 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:47:03 ago (+4/-0)

Do you ship internationally? If so, is it very complicated? I used to sell on ebay years ago and limited my shipping to domestic buyers only. I sold everything I listed so it's not like I was completely shooting myself in the foot with those restrictions. But if I ever do sell again I'm curious to know if shipping internationally is worth the hassle and expense.

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[ - ] deleted 3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:55:30 ago (+3/-0)

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[ + ] NeedleStack

[ - ] NeedleStack 2 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:25:38 ago (+2/-0)

That's fantastic, thank you!

[ - ] BoozyB 3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:58:15 ago (+3/-0)

When I sell international on eBay it gets sent to a hub in Illinois and shipped out from there.

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[ - ] deleted 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:35:45 ago (+2/-1)

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:44:35 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] talkster 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 07:44:42 ago (+2/-0)

For big services/sites, it's called enshittification

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/

Tl;dr: they gain a monopoly/huge size by providing a good service (sometimes at a loss), then switch to squeezing maximum $$ out of it at the cost of the user experience

[ - ] Puller_of_Noses 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 02:36:57 ago (+2/-0)

How did they fuck up thrift stores? Haven't been to one in years.

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[ - ] deleted 4 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 08:15:23 ago (+4/-0)*

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[ + ] SecretHitler

[ - ] SecretHitler 4 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 09:41:18 ago (+4/-0)

The reason is people using them as a business like you're doing. Not saying that's bad, just cause and effect.

You want to go to the bulk bins, where they sell stuff by weight before it goes out to the stores. That's where all the good stuff gets snatched up cheaply.

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[ - ] deleted 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 09:47:26 ago (+1/-0)

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[ + ] SecretHitler

[ - ] SecretHitler 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 10:19:35 ago (+1/-0)

Hmmm, if it was me I'd try to get in between the donations and the thrift stores then. Like maybe testing a donation pickup service in a limited area so you get first dibs (for free)

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[ - ] deleted 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 10:26:16 ago (+1/-0)

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[ + ] SecretHitler

[ - ] SecretHitler 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 10:31:56 ago (+1/-0)

Sarcasm? Why?

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[ - ] deleted 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 10:41:07 ago (+2/-0)

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[ + ] SecretHitler

[ - ] SecretHitler 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 11:05:31 ago (+2/-0)

Oh good, hard to tell over text sometimes. I've started a few businesses so I always try to see problems as opportunities in disguise.

[ - ] kammmmak 2 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:01:29 ago (+2/-0)

Your momma

[ + ] AttilaHitler

[ - ] AttilaHitler 3 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:34:48 ago (+3/-0)

Shocked I had to scroll this far, thank goodness.

[ - ] HamsaOfDeath 2 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:19:22 ago (+2/-0)

Hydraulics.

The fuck is up with these piece of shit chinese 20 tonne rams?

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 11:56:20 ago (+1/-0)

Websites in general.

[ - ] happytoes 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 08:26:17 ago (+1/-0)

Medical research https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02299-w

[ - ] Crackinjokes 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 05:52:01 ago (+1/-0)

Doctors offices.

Dentists

[ - ] albatrosv15 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 05:05:55 ago (+1/-0)

Masscan, nmap and metasploit are still usable.

[ - ] con77 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 03:40:24 ago (+1/-0)

Customer service

[ - ] Videocodec 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:27:11 ago (+1/-0)

Niggers. No wait they have always been unusable.

[ - ] NuckFiggers 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:02:37 ago (+1/-0)

Craigslist has been dead a long fucking time. I used to use it a lot when it was new. At the time I was working for a research agency and a big story came in about it on the news. Most people didn't know about it and as soon as that story hit it became unusuable. That was decades ago.

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[ - ] deleted 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:15:23 ago (+1/-0)

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[ + ] NuckFiggers

[ - ] NuckFiggers 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:24:26 ago (+1/-0)

You used it in 2021? Good god, it must have been shit. The public first got on there in around 2005 and a few months after that story I went on and it was garbage. Honestly, I'm shocked it's still around. It was fucking garbage in 2005

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[ - ] deleted 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:26:50 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Fattyjiggles 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:53:22 ago (+1/-0)

Hospitals and most of the medical community.

[ - ] Nosferatjew 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:52:34 ago (+1/-0)

Restaurants are terrible.

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[ - ] deleted 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:55:00 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Localuser 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:22:38 ago (+1/-0)

Target. The local target started locking up everything. I have to get an employee to open up the locked case for Q-tips.

[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 23:16:28 ago (+1/-0)

banned from zerohedge,rooshv forums,poal and other trash for expressing my opinions

[ - ] PoundOfFlesh 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:54:21 ago (+1/-0)

Common sense.

Even if you have it, it's useless when dealing with all the retardation and faggotry out there.

[ - ] Sector7 1 point 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:48:00 ago (+3/-2)

If you're IN modern society, you're one of their cattle.

[ - ] texasblood -1 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 19:17:06 ago (+0/-1)

Voat.xyz
So many have moved on
Some drop in to scan a few more jew votes and leave out knowing they are winning

[ - ] deleted -3 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 22:59:59 ago (+0/-3)

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[ - ] deleted 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:05:53 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Joe_McCarthy -8 points 9 monthsJul 26, 2023 21:26:35 ago (+2/-10)

Yeah. Voat.

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[ - ] deleted 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 00:08:12 ago (+2/-0)

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[ + ] SecretHitler

[ - ] SecretHitler 2 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 09:46:45 ago (+2/-0)

Yet here you are