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Modern technology, while useful, has been somewhat of a disappointment to those of us of a certain generation. I mean, it's nice to have access to the sum of human knowledge at my fingertips - as well as order a pizza or a ride whenever I need it - but where is my hoverboard? My flying car?

And while technology can be harnessed to solve the world's most pressing and complex issues - clean energy, mitigating poverty and inequality, curing diseases; just to name a few - we seem to spend an awful lot of time on trying to make the smart technologies even more convenient for ourselves. Who cares if the planet is burning up outside if our home appliances can automatically adjust the temperature inside, using an app that cleverly measures our body temperature thus avoiding the need to laboriously stand up an walk over to the thermostat? Such are the modern times!

The Twitter account Internet of Sh*t recognizes our obsession with frivolous, useless and downright invasive new technologies and there's nothing better than to poke fun at it. Because nobody really wants a world where Facebook controls our money and reads our minds with brain-machine interfaces, do we? Perhaps we could focus a little more on say - an alternative to plastics and fossil fuels - and less on building a hyper-convenient, dystopian world of mind control, data harvesting and artificially intelligent fridges?

Scroll down to check out some of the public shaming from Internet of Sh*t for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments below!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of the nice things about law breakers is they are usually quite stupid.

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    HANS
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    New code must be eight characters long and contain at least one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, one number, and one special character.

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    Foxxy
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish things were made like they used too. So much waste because of corporate greed. Fridges lasted 20+ years, cars lasted just as long if not longer. Now things last half that time if that. We have become such a throwaway and wasteful society.

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    Foxxy
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can think of a few people that needs this, for some reason their voice volume whilst on the phone increases.

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    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Internet Technology has its place but not on a blender or half these things.

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    Demi Zwaan
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just got a Google Home and if this tap is anywhere near as good as that, I'll be wasting 100s of liters of waters every time I want to fill a pan.

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    John Greene
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a box bolted to the ground with a padlock. I leave a note for the delivery person, "Please place in box and close padlock. Thank you." It used to be chained to the post on my patio, and the railing of the walkway before that at each place I've lived. Exactly ZERO packages stolen in 20 years.

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    Elizabeth
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you don't want Alexa recording you - ok. But are you aware your cell phone, and tablet do the same thing? Are you aware your computer probably does too?

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    Jeff Requier
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All comes out of the same faucet, my city has water fountains with cold filtered water for free

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love eating. Now, why the f*ck would I want to get an electronic fork that destroys the immersion (if you wanna call it so) by annoying me way more than even the most helicoptering parents could? Also, I probably can't eat while it's doing a software update. I'd like to throw it out in the garbage, but my shoes are updating at the moment...

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    wandile dludlu
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is funny here is that everyone around the world look at the chinese (asian people in general) as having very similar faces. (I think i did a great job of saying that without seeming racist)

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whoever buys this: if we're friends - we're not anymore.

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    Mewton’s Third Paw
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh, it’s not like that generation has much of a future anyway. Let them have fun I guess.

    CC The Derp
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And who are the ones responsible for teaching children? The generation before them. Who are the ones who gave them no future with a planet that's on the brink of disaster?

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    Monica Michelle
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a snarky comment just VR has incredible educational capabilities

    PhoenixInferno
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vr is a wonderful learning tool. Children can see historic monuments, it is often used to learn biology, etc. I can see how this could get out of hand though too, but all technology has positive and negative potential.

    Evripidou Maria
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this can actually be cool. Kids can learn about ancient sites, or history with virtual reality. It will make teaching more fun

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are a lot of educational VR programs out there such as solar system experiences. These totally rock, that's if your school can afford them!

    L McN
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooooh! One teacher, somewhere in another state, teaching 30 plus classrooms? That could both create a better salary and solve some education problems. Just pay a tutor (say a teacher still in college but not quite at the teacher level yet) for the one on one time. 30 teachers salaries, even if we doubled how much the one makes and paid the tutors half of the original salary we save on the cost of 14 teachers. Just a thought....

    Šimon Špaček
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, I can see use for this. Not for kids that young but if you can attach camera to tools and show people where to look during fixing machines, surgeries and so might be good. Still showing it on screen is as good as this and would cost much less.

    Aleksandra
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is cool tho. Those can be used to show kids some ancient cities on history lessons, forests and ocean floors on biology/geography etc. Also it would be harder for them to talk to each other and they would stay interested. It seems usefull for many educational things. Ofc it should be just a small part of their education. But who wouldn't like to be inside of Jurrasic Park with dinosaurs when teacher talks about Jura?! Cmon. Cool af.

    Wyomudder
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously, all if you complaining a*s hats claiming this somehow tears down the fabric of society? F-off. How dare you judge the use of technology for the ability to show kids a world they may never see; the pyramids of Egypt, the frozen tundras of Russia, the penguins in Antarctica, Mayan ruins, the Atacama Desert. P**s off, and embrace the use of our advancements before judging and assuming it is LAZY teaching.

    Evil Little Thing
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now if only we could get some locked gel-filled pods in which to isolate each child...

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    So children still have to go to school but teachers can stay home and teach safely from home?

    Benderong
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because schools with VR headsets are obviously the most wartorn??? Safely?

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    Peter Wynd
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a youtube guy who makes videos about looking for snakes. Search the writing at the bottom of the image!

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well this one ain't that bad. If you put the trap, say, in a remote area of your barn because that's where the rodents frequent the most, you'd want to clean and reset it as quickly as possible to maximize its efficiency.

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    Ale_Vidal23
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that's exactly what apple users deserve :P now seriously, you are telling me that from time to time you will have to refill your phone with pepper spray? dafuq?!

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    Pug Pug
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah this GDPR s**t set my company back months between development and testing. Its so dumb. Also since most of our customers are America, we had to inculed an opt out option to not p**s them off, and now everyone can opt out, so yeah. time well spent....

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