u/ProCommonSense

Serious question: do people younger than Gen X use common sense anymore?

Gen X seems to have more critical thinking power than surrounding generations and maybe being a part of Gen X and having the critical thinking skill, I have an expectation that other people should be able to grasp the simpler concepts... but, it seems not to be the case.

I see this type of low brain power again and again and again... and well... I have to vent I guess.

Last night this local solar company was going door to door in my neighborhood. I've been interested in solar for a while but it is still too expensive but I was willing to hear them out. Honestly, I don't care much about going solar for the environment... I'm just tired of paying $400-$600 electric bills... and anyone in the know... is fully aware that production of renewable devices is anything but environmentally friendly.

The person they sent to my door was clearly there to get attention of eyes first and ears later. She was young, very cute and dressed in her little tight yoga pants putting out heavy flirt vibes. I get it... snag the pervy old men's attention to "get in the door", right?

Fortunately I'm truly interested in solar and I don't need young tight yoga pants to snag my ear... and maybe that makes me come off a little rough because "cute lil girl in the tight pants isn't going to get any special favor"

That being said... the actual conversation was painful.

My house was built in 1961, then had a big addition added in 2010. So it looks like there are two sections, but it is all one house.

She pointed at the addition and asked, “Does someone live on that side of the house?”

I replied “This is all one house.”

Then she asked “But does someone live upstairs?”

I said again “This is all just one house.”

Then she said, “So no one lives up there?” (point to my area above the garage)

At that point I had to explain, “Yes. I live up there. I live in the whole house. That is how a house works.”

Then she said she did not know if I rented out that half of the house.

I just stared at her for a moment.

I get asking a question once. That is fine. But when someone says, “It is all one house,” that should be enough. It means one family lives there. It means it is not split up. It means exactly what the words say.

Maybe I am just getting old, but it feels like basic common sense has become rare.

The rest of the conversation wasn't any better.

She left without success.

My RFY dropped from a page of items to just 1 item... and it's this... I can't imagine ANYTHING in my purchase history that in all my years on Amazon and hundreds of purchases... that this would be connected via some recommendation. Makes me laugh.

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Edit: Once a daily... now rarely driven.. 65K miles.

10 years ago at the Kittery Comic Con... I am behind the camera... not Batman.

This morning when I was getting ready to head out for work I got I realized I needed to get something out of the garage. I don't park the Impreza in the garage so it was blocking the door.

I opened the door, with one foot hanging out (door still open), started the car and backed up 10 feet. I put it in park and got out and closed the door with the car running.

I did what I needed and walked back to the car, just 2 minutes later.

Door was locked. Key was in my pocket but grabbing the handle didn't unlock the car as usual. I took out the fob and the car didn't respond to any of the buttons. Car was locked, running and dead to the fob.

At the gas station later the car responded as usual.

I got in using the app on my phone and it responded right away to a door unlock but had I been away from home and my phone was in the car, I think I'd had been screwed.

I will try again later the same combo of getting in starting, moving and closing to see if I can repeat... but I definitely was locked completely out without the app.

Anyone had this? Know how to get around it without using the app?

The beginning of April said US orders should be delivered by the end unless your were above backer #10,000. Well, I'm around 5000 and now it's first week of May and I still have nothing. And you were already, as it was claimed, at 3500 at the time of annoucement.

I have been very patient.. Just following the updates and groaning at every delay and every promise of delivery but enough is enough.

Updates on the Kickstarter page simply just toss an error at this time... and a different error on comments...

I feel like this project has simply been on long chain of a lot of things based on optimization and not even close to reality. How can I expect the product to be much more... if I even receive a product, any product at all.

If you promised 10,000 by the end of April while already being at 3500 and you still can't get to 5200 by end of May... will it EVER get there?

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