#technology problems

[frodothefair]

Things we've lost with the decline of analogs:

Slamming the phone down on the receiver

Balling up and throwing a piece of paper with bad writing on it

Vehemently scrawling something out

[randomvocaloidfan3]

Well, you can probably guess what happened... ꃋᴖꃋ

Of course, I checked the corners on my 3GS a second time AND THE SCREEN WAS UNLEVEL ON ONE SIDE! The battery was already expanding (but at a very slow rate) However, I did already expect this was gonna happen, so I ordered a new battery for him. It makes a lot of sense why he would need a battery replacement because...

1. He's like 17 years old!! His battery was gonna expand anyway!!

2. The battery life is bad and he falls asleep really fast っ ̯ -｡

At least I'm already prepared for this!! I'll have more updates about my 3gs every now and then!!

[gracehosborn]

Thanks to a long list of frustrating technical difficulties today, I finally figured out what history-related thing I'd love to do if I ever won the lottery.

Said thing would require thousands of dollars (see: lottery) and an army of help. The likelihood of that happening is almost as low as me winning the lottery, but I can dream. 😂

[astarioffsimpmain]

Huzzah!

I have spent all day today fighting with technology. But I have a phone now. Praise be. I am so tired.

[tomboyjessie13]

I keep trying to download Firefox onto my tablet, but every time I do tried opening it, it keeps leading me to a Microsoft store, what am I doing wrong?

[onesaltybagel]

Just spent six hours doing a parksborn edit and the app deleted it TWICE- once halfway through and then when I literally had it completely done, about to press the export button when it just vanished and nothing explained why <333 technology hates me I swear to GOD THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IM CRASHING OUT!!!!! IM CRASHING OUTTTTTT!!!!!

[saiikavon]

So. The writing issue.

I have absolutely been misrepresenting the issue to myself, mentally framing it as an issue of self-esteem and motivation, and worrying that I am losing the ability and desire to do something I have been fixated on since I was a tiny tot.

Yeah, no.

As I type this, I am dealing with a broken phone screen that frequently makes false taps, opening links, hitting undo buttons on its own, scrolling back up frequently. My laptop keyboard has several stuck keys that require repeated stabbing to make it type. I can use the touch-screen keyboard to write, but it is not nearly as comfortable as a traditional keyboard and impedes my enjoyment. I have notebooks but can’t seem to get over my arbitrary mental rules in order to write the things that have been on my mind.

And I do not remotely have the funds to fix these technological issues nor the means to save said funds for these fixes at the moment. This whole thing just makes me tired and I rarely want to be online anymore, let alone do the things online that I once enjoyed.

So. No guilt on myself. I’m simply overwhelmed and not in a place to be able to deal with it.

[ordinaryschmuck]

PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY! HELP ME! PLEASE HELP ME! AND EXPLAIN IN WORDS AN IDIOT UNDERSTANDS!

I have a nokia flip phone. Stop judging me for a second and hear my pain:

My phone fell off my bed and hit the floor so hard that both the back AND the battery fell off. I put it back together again but when I pressed the power button, nothing happens.

So, I plugged it in, thinking that’ll do something. And it does. It shows me a black screen with a white battery telling me the phone is charged at 100%. And I have no fucking clue what to do from there.

AND DON’T TELL ME TO HOLD THE POWER BUTTON DOWN! I’VE BEEN DOING THAT! NOTHING’S HAPPENING!