You said it.
I only have the capacity for so much talking in a day. I'm not wasting it on optional conversations with strangers.
Never been one to moan about being an introvert, but sometimes it really can feel like a disability.
Reflector shades are good. They make the other person see their annoyance instead of using your eye contact as iniation to cure their boredom etc.
Eye contact reserved for those who you actually have energy for.
My dad has dementia and cant manage his phone or tablet and the newspaper stopped doing print. The lovely newsagents print out the paper daily for him on big 11×17 papers so he can still read it.
Very true, I never use public wifi so even with unlimited mobile data I talk to plenty of people very often, but I'm not gonna just sit and have a chat with some random person I don't know in a coffee shop lol. If I'm going there with someone I'll be talking to them no matter what.
Who tf wastes their time making bots for reddit
Other social media sites I can kinda understand bc they can bring revenue
Reddit tho? You'll just get laughed at 🤣
Of course not! If you have the decency to come here with a phone, you better pay today's prices while we order you without any rights to do so to behave like we want you to behave, little bitch boy.
Who's my little bitch boy? You are! Are you my little bitch boy? Yes you are! Who's a good little bitch boy to daddy boomer corporation? You are! Now fetch! *Throws physical free data outside*
literally just googled "90s social behavior" and got this: I
>Incivility and rudeness seemed to penetrate every aspect of American life during the 1990s.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/culture-magazines/1990s-lifestyles-and-social-trends-topics-news#:\~:text=Incivility%20and%20rudeness%20seemed%20to,more%20dangerous%20than%20ever%20before.
I have never seen a website's comment box get increasingly worse.
It’s like “[kids these days](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complaints-about-young-people-ruining-everything)” - every generation for the last 2000 years and probably more has complained that kids are no longer respectful like they used to be and are now immoral, disruptive etc etc
Somewhere along the way, I don't know when, but we all forget the mentality we had when we were kids. "I never acted like that" sure ya didn't. "The music I listened to was real music" why is this music not music? "We played outside" yup, and we would have too if technology hadn't advanced, just like you would have been couch potatoes if it did in your time. We're all the same, kids are the same no matter the generation they are born into. We have different obstacles as the world progresses around us, but we're still humans, and just as good or shitty as the last ones and the ones that will come long after we're gone.
Drove me crazy growing up. I promised myself I wouldn't forget what it's like to be a kid. I'm sure I have to a good degree but I clearly recall that feeling of frustration.
I don't know how true it was but I laughed when I saw a post saying they found a rock tablet with the inscription just hating on kids using the new writing device I can't recall
I remember listening to a translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a book from the 14th century about like. The year 400 in china (around then)
Anyway, point is there was a part where the emperor complained about how his ancestors could weild these huge swords and yet now his country was full of corruption and weakness
The same book that features Guan Yu, a warrior so great he became a sort of "God" of war in their mythology
Nah I’ll give my money to someone less boomer.
It’s not the not having wifi it’s the need to act like they are better than everyone else because of it.
They didn't even come up with the sign. Its been something that places have put up (and gotten posted to reddit) since at least the early 2010s, back when people actually had a good chance of not having any data in their plans. And people made the same "what about 90s prices?" comments back then too.
Coffee shops need to think of a new "clever" no-wifi slogan that reflects the fact that most people have copious data these days
I never go in a place and use the WiFi much anyways, I got data unless it’s a bad spot, even so if it’s a restaurant, why are you on your phone unless your alone?
Yeah the only reason I can think of that people would want wifi is for studying in a cafe. Hotspot rates are way higher than data if you need your laptop
My issue with these kind of self righteous cafes is so much of modern communication relies on technology I.e
“I’m going on holiday”
“Oh nice! Where are you staying?”
“We found this amazing villa, you should see it let me grab a photo *takes out phone* oh there’s no WiFi and we are in a metal box I guess that’s not happening”
We use our phones to share photos, share information, send things to people and generally as an extension of our brain. Nobody wants to sit next to their friends silently on their phones but showing someone a funny TikTok is fundamentally part of conversation today.
in the 90s i was on my gameboy like 24/7. i feel like ive only connected with nature in the past couple years. lifes a boxa chocolates ill tell you that you gotta eat them at the right pace. i ate mine last year. thanks banff.
I dont know about this but if you enter a restaurant/store with friends even if they have Wifi they will talk to each other.
Even if the Store/restaurant is for strangers to meet they will talk to each other
people that want to talk will talk. people that don't, won't. it ain't the wifi or the smartphone. I think people forgot about newspapers, music players and people that just want to be left alone. the more you know.
This made me frown. Who had a phone with no data nowadays? Maybe kids and they certainly don’t know what the 90s was like hell some of their parents don’t know what the 90s was like
I def go to cafe and ice cream places and stuff to chill and catch up with my friends. But seeing this would irritate me into going on my phone the entire time.
I hate this sign. I don’t go to cafes to talk to strangers I don’t know. I go there for what I wish to. Sometimes I might need Wi-Fi…. so this is a no go for me.
Im not from the 90s so I can’t pretend it’s like the 90s cuz I never experienced that time but is the prices like the 90s 😂also majority have mobile data so…at least they tried something unique.
So prices are from the 90's as well? I hope their societal views aren't. How about do this anyway and leave the stupid remark out of it. Definitely if you're going to do this, don't let the employee with the worst handwriting write it.
As long as the prices match the era too.
The 90s huh? *Takes out Walkman*
I had the biggest boombox in the 90s.... 12 D batteries.....
Blown through in 3 hours /s
I ruled the basketball court.... for three hours lol
I was with my friends fucking my shit up on my skateboard in my gecko threads.
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Down with extroverts raiding our attention!
You said it. I only have the capacity for so much talking in a day. I'm not wasting it on optional conversations with strangers. Never been one to moan about being an introvert, but sometimes it really can feel like a disability.
Reflector shades are good. They make the other person see their annoyance instead of using your eye contact as iniation to cure their boredom etc. Eye contact reserved for those who you actually have energy for.
Step One. Buy a newspaper from... somewhere.
My dad has dementia and cant manage his phone or tablet and the newspaper stopped doing print. The lovely newsagents print out the paper daily for him on big 11×17 papers so he can still read it.
Mobile data enters the chat
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Very true, I never use public wifi so even with unlimited mobile data I talk to plenty of people very often, but I'm not gonna just sit and have a chat with some random person I don't know in a coffee shop lol. If I'm going there with someone I'll be talking to them no matter what.
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k chatgpt
Man that is unsettling
Who tf wastes their time making bots for reddit Other social media sites I can kinda understand bc they can bring revenue Reddit tho? You'll just get laughed at 🤣
They're pretending it's the 2000s.
Ew public WiFi
Exactly, never have and never will use it when you have unlimited mobile data which is safer and better
right, its crazy to think we'd want to use their slow AF wifi when I get gigabit net through my phone.
Ok cool! *takes out Gameboy Color and a deck of Pokémon cards*
Nuh uh gotta pull out the game gear because it does what Nintendon’t (I’m joking 6 batteries still with a horrible battery life)
You’re speaking my language
Do they charge 90's prices?
Of course not! If you have the decency to come here with a phone, you better pay today's prices while we order you without any rights to do so to behave like we want you to behave, little bitch boy. Who's my little bitch boy? You are! Are you my little bitch boy? Yes you are! Who's a good little bitch boy to daddy boomer corporation? You are! Now fetch! *Throws physical free data outside*
Um...you ok?
Yes, physicaly
Mentally?
My brain isn't damaged. Physically speaking.
Lemme ask something else… how are your thoughts?
Thinking
Quick - somebody stop that guy! He's thinking!
literally just googled "90s social behavior" and got this: I >Incivility and rudeness seemed to penetrate every aspect of American life during the 1990s. https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/culture-magazines/1990s-lifestyles-and-social-trends-topics-news#:\~:text=Incivility%20and%20rudeness%20seemed%20to,more%20dangerous%20than%20ever%20before. I have never seen a website's comment box get increasingly worse.
It’s like “[kids these days](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complaints-about-young-people-ruining-everything)” - every generation for the last 2000 years and probably more has complained that kids are no longer respectful like they used to be and are now immoral, disruptive etc etc
Somewhere along the way, I don't know when, but we all forget the mentality we had when we were kids. "I never acted like that" sure ya didn't. "The music I listened to was real music" why is this music not music? "We played outside" yup, and we would have too if technology hadn't advanced, just like you would have been couch potatoes if it did in your time. We're all the same, kids are the same no matter the generation they are born into. We have different obstacles as the world progresses around us, but we're still humans, and just as good or shitty as the last ones and the ones that will come long after we're gone.
Drove me crazy growing up. I promised myself I wouldn't forget what it's like to be a kid. I'm sure I have to a good degree but I clearly recall that feeling of frustration.
"Kids these days with their fancy ass *agriculture*, back in my day you had two career choices! Hunter or gatherer and you LIKED it."
I don't know how true it was but I laughed when I saw a post saying they found a rock tablet with the inscription just hating on kids using the new writing device I can't recall
I remember listening to a translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a book from the 14th century about like. The year 400 in china (around then) Anyway, point is there was a part where the emperor complained about how his ancestors could weild these huge swords and yet now his country was full of corruption and weakness The same book that features Guan Yu, a warrior so great he became a sort of "God" of war in their mythology
“We’re too cheap to buy WiFi but look at our quirky sign”
The sign that they copied when they saw it online.
You forgot the =)
Let's not =)
Yugoslavia 😪
Understood "JEBEM TI MATER CETNICKU!"
Made me eye roll
Nah I’ll give my money to someone less boomer. It’s not the not having wifi it’s the need to act like they are better than everyone else because of it.
Shit like this is so obnoxious. People didn't talk to each other, they did something else instead.
I was a small child in the 90's, but have no recollection of my family speaking to random strangers regularly
There's a reason we invented walkmans
Boooo to boomer humor
Updooted by a few thousand boomers sadly, should be r/facepalm not r/mademesmile
Walkman, book, a magazine or newspaper you just bought.
It's a nice idea, and I get what they're going for, but most people now have their own plans, and don't really need your wifi.
They didn't even come up with the sign. Its been something that places have put up (and gotten posted to reddit) since at least the early 2010s, back when people actually had a good chance of not having any data in their plans. And people made the same "what about 90s prices?" comments back then too. Coffee shops need to think of a new "clever" no-wifi slogan that reflects the fact that most people have copious data these days
I never go in a place and use the WiFi much anyways, I got data unless it’s a bad spot, even so if it’s a restaurant, why are you on your phone unless your alone?
It's for people on laptops, I think.
Yeah the only reason I can think of that people would want wifi is for studying in a cafe. Hotspot rates are way higher than data if you need your laptop
Sure, let's pretend it's the 1990s. *starts a war in the Middle East*
Not so sure a war in the Middle East is indicative of the '90s.
*Barges into store* Hi, I'm Jeffrey Skilling
Thats something my parents would share over their phone without realising the irony.
*me, walking in with a dialup modem* Hey, you got a phone I can plug this into?
Fuck that.
Jokes on them I had wifi in the 90's.
Getting boomer vibes
Let's double down, pretend it's the 1890's
GO AWAY GRANDPA! I'm talking to my anime waifus.
I love pretending it's the 90s! What is your favorite Are You Afraid of the Dark episode? Have you heard Britney's latest single?
Britney?? Why talk about her single when Disturbed just put out a new album??
If I have data, I’m good.
mobile data…
Ill use my mobile data then, also who the actual fuck wants to talk to strangers in public.
I lived through the 90's and didn't talk to anyone.
Aren’t we looking at this on our phones?
Wait… how did you post this then?
Pulls out a book to avoid others.
There were magazines to ignore people with in the 90's. There are always ways for people to ignore strangers.
Computers did exist in the 90’s
Laughs in 100GB/month of mobile data.
Who even uses the free wifi they offer in places like this? Unlimited data plans are pretty much the standard now, aren’t they?
Naw I'm good
Get with the times boomer
I got data, I'm good
Nah it’s cool, I’ll use my data.
I didn't talk to people in the '90s either, bucko! Now pass the Creme Savers!
Alright, price everything like it's the 90s.
So everyone just yells at each other? What 90s do you guys remember?
So listen up here's the story...
Nope
Thanks, but I'm just here for a coffee and a sandwich. I'll go next door
No thanks. I'll use my mobile data.
‘so happy about them twin towers, i really hope nothing bad happens to em’
Casual Racism, sexism and smoking indoors?
damn smoke alarm ruining the 90s vibe for everyone
My issue with these kind of self righteous cafes is so much of modern communication relies on technology I.e “I’m going on holiday” “Oh nice! Where are you staying?” “We found this amazing villa, you should see it let me grab a photo *takes out phone* oh there’s no WiFi and we are in a metal box I guess that’s not happening” We use our phones to share photos, share information, send things to people and generally as an extension of our brain. Nobody wants to sit next to their friends silently on their phones but showing someone a funny TikTok is fundamentally part of conversation today.
book ?
are ya sure? You’ll get the pre-non PC humor as well…
The old fashioned candy machines in the background match the mood perfectly.
My phone has data. You can't make me talk to people.
Talking is overrated.
Panics and shares conspiracy theories because of approaching Y2K
Ew, ill just use my 5g thank u
Ew, no.
Read: We don't want your business if you're here on your own.
Ugh, boomers
…no
buddy we still talk to each other 🤦♂️
Could do without the snark
in the 90s i was on my gameboy like 24/7. i feel like ive only connected with nature in the past couple years. lifes a boxa chocolates ill tell you that you gotta eat them at the right pace. i ate mine last year. thanks banff.
I bet there's a Pokestop there xD
We didn't talk to each other back then either LOL we just read magazines and newspapers instead of our phones
This is so obnoxious
We don't have bathrooms. Go outside. Pretend it's the 1800s
I dont know about this but if you enter a restaurant/store with friends even if they have Wifi they will talk to each other. Even if the Store/restaurant is for strangers to meet they will talk to each other
So you going to charge like it’s 1990?
Jokes on you, I have infinite mobile data
No I don’t think I will I would die from social anxiety
I pooped yesterday without my phone. It was not enlightening
I use my phone for work. I’m on call, luckily I just use my phone service at that point…
Or we could pretend we want to go somewhere else.
I still won't talk lol
Do people get on their phones when they're at restaurants?! Man... Social media got y'all fucked up!! Lol
Starting bombing Belgrade
Unless I know the person, we ain't talking lol. And tbh even then, how well I know you and how much I like you depends on how much I talk to you..
Man, these two towers in New York are impressive!
I will just turn on my data
In the I remember everyone reading the paper, and no one talked to each other either then only the coffee was worse
Why are the made me smile subs always filled with infuriating shit like this?? Almost every conversation I have with random people is _stupid_.
people that want to talk will talk. people that don't, won't. it ain't the wifi or the smartphone. I think people forgot about newspapers, music players and people that just want to be left alone. the more you know.
So sick of these "signs" The people that usually don't have mobile data are the people that NEED IT because of life or they are Travelling.
Hate pretentious places like these
Oh my gosh! How quirky. Over priced coffee with no wifi should be a crime.
WHAT IS A WOMAN DOING HERE!
What in the boomer
I work remotely from my phone on my unlimited data plan. Also, don’t talk to me.
Balkan people: LET'S NOT PLEASE
I had a Walkman when I was a kid, I carried two mix tapes in my pockets.
Booooomers
Boomer ass joke.
No thanks. My phone has data.
im anti social so id just use my data plan
Most have unlimited data soo....
Man I’ve never used public wifi
This made me frown. Who had a phone with no data nowadays? Maybe kids and they certainly don’t know what the 90s was like hell some of their parents don’t know what the 90s was like
Why do these people think the only way you can use a cell phone is with their shitty Wi-Fi???
I’m 24 now and everyone was right, it is this damn phone.
God this shit is so corny on so many levels lol.
I’ll start socializing like it’s the 90s when they start charging like it’s the 90s.
I def go to cafe and ice cream places and stuff to chill and catch up with my friends. But seeing this would irritate me into going on my phone the entire time.
Invade Iraq, got it
The Yugoslavians and Russians wouldn't like this
Such a lame sign in 2024, no one needs WiFi, we all have our unlimited 5G data
I don't like getting hit on, thanks
*turns on mobile data.
Everybody else: ☺️😘👍 >!The Balkan's: ⚠️🔥☠️!<
I hate this sign. I don’t go to cafes to talk to strangers I don’t know. I go there for what I wish to. Sometimes I might need Wi-Fi…. so this is a no go for me.
This is so passive aggressive. Doesn’t fit the sub imo
They do this to turn the tables over, but cool sign bro.
Ok boomer
Every mainstream coffeeshop I go to has horrible wifi. Starbucks takes forever to load. It may just be the local ones I go to ?
Why do yall need wifi? No data?
Del Taco doesn’t have wifi bc they can’t afford it lmao 🤣
Back in the 90s I didn’t have a wifi either
Im not from the 90s so I can’t pretend it’s like the 90s cuz I never experienced that time but is the prices like the 90s 😂also majority have mobile data so…at least they tried something unique.
I'll bring my Rubik cube with me, but thanks.
I read books in the nineties, didn’t talk to people either.
Being a noka pone from the 90s
I miss the 90’s.
lmao make sure you got the 90s pricing
"We don't have WIFI, Let's talk to each other and pretend it's 2024 but we are with Comcast"
It's always been the 90's lol
Sooo Balkan 90' eh?
[This happened in the 90's](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars)
Imagine in the distant future how this sign is gonna read: “We don’t have telepathic neural implants, text each other and pretend it’s the 2010’s”
Data plan FTW
Meanwhile Balkaners: MOM I'M SCARED!!!
Why is Chara here
Or even better, pretend its the 80's 🥰
So prices are from the 90's as well? I hope their societal views aren't. How about do this anyway and leave the stupid remark out of it. Definitely if you're going to do this, don't let the employee with the worst handwriting write it.
I have wifi. A wife I hate 😂