Obviously the heating coil, power source and variable resistor combo was too dependable for our planned obsolence society.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2025
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I hate that I can't tell if this is satire or not.
Same. I genuinely cant tell if poking fun or legitimate complaint about products he actually bought.
I hate this reality.
The product is real, I looked it up.
This is beyond "white people's problems". This is rich idiot's problems.
Not even first world problems, this is rich fuck problems lmao.
What do you mean? I have my Amazon prime robo pants put themselves on me one leg at a time like any average human.
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Shoots self in foot
Bleeds out and dies
Fuckin AI
"AI controlled" 🤪
When did having basic microprocessors become AI controlled?
AI is when there's no buttons and you just have to hope the software gives the output you were hoping for
It's such a stupid buzzword and it pisses me off. aI controlled fan. Sandwich made by AI recipe. It's like when everything was HD. HD sunglasses.
Age of Empires had AI before it was cool.
I mean, every time I update my glasses it feels like everything is UHD for a couple of days.
I have updated to 4K sunglasses. So much clearer
When we started letting tech-bros on social media hype up AI like it would be the savior for all humanity and in just a few short years we'll all be sailing on our AI-powered yachts with AI-powered martinis and sacks of AI-powered cash from our AI-powered stock trades.
Then when they started getting snippy and biting back and saying how it "democratizes art" and it lets us spend more time working so the AI can do our art and writing, we didn't laugh and then drive them into the FUCKING SEA, instead we all politely respected their opinions and now we have at least a decade of useless, incremental "advances" to products we don't want.
You can love AI all you want, but the moment you go to bat for the corporate slop being pushed on us, you're one of them.
🥇🥇🥇
A gold medal for each paragraph. If I could I'd buy you Lemmy Lanthanum.
For a minute, I thought this was satire.
It isn't?
EDIT: After some searching, turns out it is not.
https://www.eightsleep.com/uk/
What kind of a moron would spend £3000 on something that then needs a subscription to work?
Lemme tell you about a famous car company
A Tech Youtuber who probably got it in a sponsorship deal for free
Which I'm kinda glad they exist to:
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Test wacky things
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Be a punching bag for the jokes
But they are also the reason other idiots buy these products.
More punching bags
I know, right? Thermostats have worked since (and were invented some time in) the 1600's, but now... no, no no... we've got to loop in "the whole internet" as a dependency (not to mention one's smartphone, and probably a payment system for an ongoing monthly subscription). Even with the incentive of being continuously paid, they can't keep it working, because it has gotten too complex and greed has gummed up the gears.
Right? We all know there's no such thing as a too-cold bed.
Having slept outside in -40, in an unheated (there were attempts but the too late and too small a stove to make a difference), windy tent, when I had to open my bedroll with significant amounts of violence to even have a "bed" to sleep on — I would humbly like to disagree.
Even though some of these summer nights I would definitely want an actually cool bed, never have I ever dreamed of having to sleep in those circumstances.
No such thing as too cool — but definitely a thing as too cold.
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I've never even heard of a heated bed. Bitch, it's called a blanket. You get under it and your body heat will keep you warm.
I believe the problem is that it's actively cooled, so it won't get hotter under a blanket.
He could always unplug it though...
"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience." - Mitch Hedberg
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I sleep in a racecar bed because I'm a big boy.
I'm firmly against racecar beds. In fact, I want the opposite of a racecar bed. I want a racecar bed.
I want an aerogavin bed.
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Get a hot water bottle.
Meanwhile, I built the bed I sleep in. Literally. My bed is made from solid Douglas fir and southern yellow pine, hand made into a proper bed frame that will last multiple lifetimes if taken care of. Want the bed heated/cooled? Fill a rubber bladder with hot water or ice. There. No fucking app required.
Hey Ron.
Username definitely checks out.
I might have to do this.
I have been building stuff outside with treated lumber this spring, but working on some furniture would mean smaller projects with more attention to quality and detail.
Sounds zen as fuck!
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... Maybe unplug it?
Makes me recall something from years ago. My future ex-wife at the time was telling me about the drama when someone she knew's car key's battery had gone flat and they couldn't get into their car, and had to call RACQ etc.
I said 'you can still just put the key in the lock and turn it, you know?'. That apparently hadn't occurred to them.
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Whether or not this guy is kidding I don't care, his video "Firefox is hard to love" made him seem like a dipshit looking for ragebate engagement for his shitty video. So I wouldn't be too shocked if he actually got himself in this situation.
There are way more videos like that. I quickly developed a severe dislike for him and his clickbaity JavaScript clout content.
its not dystopian, just a shit product
im here with my silly, un-epic Normal Mattress™ that doesn’t have any temp control. it is somewhat cold right now, and I don’t feel that’s dystopian
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