Pet Peeve

Let's talk about one of my pet peeves...or rather I'll talk because this isn't a dialogue :). Now my being a gadget lover means there are some gadgets I love for the sake of them being a gadget, like my iPod for instance. Sure I have an older iPod that can play music and be portable...and it does it well. But now I have an iPod that plays music, surfs the web, plays videos and is still very portable. Why? because it's a cool gadget.

Okay now for the peeve...I don't want everything to be so freaking complicated...just my gadgets for gadgets sakes. With all the additional complication comes increased forseen and unforseen breakdowns. Now I can take one of the bajillion car lights going out...like the license plate light and having to replace it. HOWEVER, cars now adays are coming with so much crap where if it fails the car is useless. Traction control, anti-lock brakes, electronic stability control (or ESP), forward collision warnings (especially Mercedes new one), lane departure warning systems, etc, etc, etc. PLUS this stuff's expensive for repairs.

Now in addition to a system where the requirements call for certian complexity out of necessity there's things that have no reason being comlex. My exercise bike...it has a strap to adjust resistance...great but I never use it. When I want to jump on the bike I just want to do it. Now when it fails...such as it did this morning, first the bike slowly ramps up the difficulty making you wonder why you're sucking wind this time. Finally it decides your not paying enough attention to it decides to just lock up. Okay I'm moving at a good pace...when that thing locks, let's just say bad things happen. Accordingly, I've paid it attention >:).

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