People Are Sharing Things They Prefer To Do The Old-Fashioned Way Regardless Of Technology (25 Pics)

Physical board games/card games. Most of the app versions of the games I like aren’t that great. Plus, it’s more fun to play with someone.

I honestly prefer buying things completely instead of paying a monthly fee.

Read. Love to have a book where I can turn the pages.

I print photos and keep them in photo albums. I like to keep the special moments of life as a book and go through it page by page.

Physical menus at restaurants. I’m with the boomers on this one.

Physical buttons for climate controls in a car. I refuse to buy a car that only uses a touch screen for everything. Much safer to not have to fiddle with a touch screen while driving.

Jailbreaker_Jr Added:

Touch screens are a great invention. They’re awesome for so many things. They open up so many possibilities for all sorts of technology.
But not everything needs a damn touchscreen.

Touchscreens on cars are typically a huge distraction and hazard. It might look pretty and shiny but yeah, I’d much rather have a knob I can twist without looking.

And why do things like dishwashers, washing machines, and refrigerators need touchscreens? I feel like it just drives the price of those things up. If it doesn’t add some sort of functionality I’d rather not have the touchscreen. Touchscreens are dope but they don’t need to be on everything

Write my assignments in a planner than on a computer or phone.

Cooking using firewood. It gives more aromatic flavor to your food

Make my grocery shopping list on a piece of paper instead of using my notepad on my phone.

I don’t need alexa to turn on shit for me and i don’t need to clap lights on.

I can walk allllll the way over to the switch

Given the choice between phone and laptop, I’ll use the laptop for everything.

Drawing. I never really got the hang of digital art. It’s much easier and more satisfying for me to have all of the tactile input from my work. Also, I sew, and along the same lines I prefer to hand-draft patterns.

Crafty stuff in general, but in particular, sewing. Hand sewing is peaceful, quiet, portable, and just overall more satisfying. Plus I get better bragging rights on the finished product.

Writing letters. And I still love the feeling of reading a physical book, although I do also use audiobooks/psfs/ect now too.

But the smell of an old book and the crinkly pages and when it’s a well loved story? Asdfdaa

Buy music. Unfortunately buying cds just isn’t as easy as it used to be. But I prefer physical media, and just convert it to digital. I hate streaming music. I don’t trust the stuff I love to always be available. I like having ownership of what I listen to

Cooking. I prefer to make meals from scratch. Not all of these pre-made powders and dressings.

Math.

I tried to improve it with a class a couple of years back, and I had to answer it in a word file, using some addon to make the formulas.

It takes forever. On paper it’s just scribble scribble, calculator, answer.

Make notes on paper. I will typically use index cards because they are not as easy to “fly away” or get crumpled or lost. But hey…. that’s just me!

Wear an analog watch. It’s so easy just to glance at your wrist instead of fiddling around with your phone to get the time.

I still use an old school calendar. I like looking at the entire month and being able to just “write” and not have to keyboard from my ipad or iphone. We do use the google calendar for family stuff so we are all on the same page for activities, work, babysitting etc. Each has its purpose

Crank-style pencil sharpener over the battery/electric ones

I try to raise, grow, hunt, and forage as much of my own food as possible. It’s expensive and time-consuming but the result for my mental health is priceless. I know my scale isn’t possible for everyone but I highly recommend at least growing something from seed to plate, the sense of pride and accomplishment you’ll feel is hard to describe.

Tap water is still pretty great; just keep some in the fridge and it’s all you need. Fuck your bottled water.

Camp. A tent and a fire is so much more peaceful to me than having most of life’s conveniences in your trailer

Meeting people and having all of the fun activities outside of the Internet.