Anonymous · original post · 2026-07-08 01:39:39
If you could completely freeze the development of technology so it never advanced past a particular point in history, when would it be?
If you could completely freeze the development of technology so it never advanc…
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Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 01:40:31
1998
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 01:43:43
racism
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 01:50:24
2005
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:00:30
>>21874
I wouldn't, but if I have to pick, my pick is just before smartphones
I wouldn't, but if I have to pick, my pick is just before smartphones
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:03:37
>>21878
Watching the original iPhone keynote gives me the same feeling as looking at my family's old photos of the twin towers. It's hard to describe, but a sort of impending doom pit in your stomach. You know it if you've felt it.
Watching the original iPhone keynote gives me the same feeling as looking at my family's old photos of the twin towers. It's hard to describe, but a sort of impending doom pit in your stomach. You know it if you've felt it.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:08:04
before boomers were invented
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:16:10
>>21874
2013 (before iOS 7 launch on september)
(The fall of skeuomorphism represents the fall of human technology.)
2013 (before iOS 7 launch on september)
(The fall of skeuomorphism represents the fall of human technology.)
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:23:21
Bows, spears and obsidian arrowheads. Also, the worst tech is software, for instance the law / the state / religion / school / etc.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:32:26
probably around 2010 or so. high speed fibre internet with no indians stinking the place up. and technological advancement since then has been mostly pointless goytech trinkets for entertaining the cattle.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:38:20
>>21882
>law
Not even Hammurabi's code?
>law
Not even Hammurabi's code?
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:39:31
>>21875
This but BC.
This but BC.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:39:48
>>21874
~15,000 B.C.E.
we had quite good stone tools by that time, fire, of course, the atlatl, domesticated dogs, pottery, sewing, and other basics
~15,000 B.C.E.
we had quite good stone tools by that time, fire, of course, the atlatl, domesticated dogs, pottery, sewing, and other basics
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:44:49
>>21874
whatever came right before the iphone
not smartphones, just the normie smartphone|
I guess the freeze would be mostly design/UI-wise but I don't care
whatever came right before the iphone
not smartphones, just the normie smartphone|
I guess the freeze would be mostly design/UI-wise but I don't care
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 02:57:12
>>21884
No, law is a scam.
No, law is a scam.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 04:12:54
>>21883
we need universal geofencing standard
it should just be a toggle in browser to completely block content from india/africa
we need universal geofencing standard
it should just be a toggle in browser to completely block content from india/africa
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 04:52:31
>>21874
2012
2012
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 04:56:09
>stop technology in random year (just so happens to be when you were young and optimistic instead of old and bitter)
>far less menial point and click labor can be automated
>they have to rely on importing even more thirdies instead of just automating every mindless job they can
lol
>far less menial point and click labor can be automated
>they have to rely on importing even more thirdies instead of just automating every mindless job they can
lol
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 04:57:25
>>21891
>freeze time in 4000bc
>smash your cuck head with a rock
lol
>freeze time in 4000bc
>smash your cuck head with a rock
lol
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 05:00:02
>>21889
the phone system desperately needs this too
the phone system desperately needs this too
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 05:15:30
>>21874
I wouldn't
If i had to, 2019
I wouldn't
If i had to, 2019
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 13:21:21
>>21874
I would freeze it pre-AI (so around 2017-2020) because this shit is really gay. People slopping out code they don't understand. Hardware being centralized away from the consumer (you will own nothing and be happy). People worshipping and becoming reliant on AI straight out of a fictional tech dystopia.
I would freeze it pre-AI (so around 2017-2020) because this shit is really gay. People slopping out code they don't understand. Hardware being centralized away from the consumer (you will own nothing and be happy). People worshipping and becoming reliant on AI straight out of a fictional tech dystopia.
SmoothPorcupine · reply · 2026-07-08 13:31:17
>>21874
A simulation run horrendously would have this effect at numerous different points
A simulation run horrendously would have this effect at numerous different points
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 13:34:08
>>21892
discarded freak babies can't smash anything anon
discarded freak babies can't smash anything anon
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-08 22:17:08
>>21874
2015. Every phone has a headphone jack, a bunch of em still have SD cards, everything is usable but not draconian.
2015. Every phone has a headphone jack, a bunch of em still have SD cards, everything is usable but not draconian.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 01:57:07
Right after the GTX 1080. Freeze it right there. Now society, freeze that at 2007. The internet, freeze it at 2000. Right there, that's the ticket for the right combination.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 03:36:25
>>21874
1912.
1912.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 03:57:44
pre-iPhone. Popularizing the internet among retarded masses is what ultimately ruined it and maybe the entire world. It's now the norm for your devices to vacuum all your money in the form of subscriptions and send it to the rich and people don't see anything wrong with this since they have been conditioned for it. People are so permanently online they can no longer tell the difference between a twitter argument and a high level meeting of world leaders. Everything has to be a fight. Different opinions are no longer tolerated. Acting like a 12 year old troll in public is now considered acceptable behavior. Just look at the White House.
I'm tired. Will adults ever act like adults again?
I'm tired. Will adults ever act like adults again?
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 04:02:47
>>21899
I would say 1080ti. Right before the Galaxy S8 and iPhone X. I can't prove it, but the obsession with screen to body ratio and the decline of society are directly correlated.
I would say 1080ti. Right before the Galaxy S8 and iPhone X. I can't prove it, but the obsession with screen to body ratio and the decline of society are directly correlated.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 04:04:48
>>21889
I swear I remember reading there is a chan where they block Indians IPs
I swear I remember reading there is a chan where they block Indians IPs
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 04:18:39
>>21874
Right before cambrian explosion
Right before cambrian explosion
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 06:54:31
>>21895
>I would freeze it pre-AI (so around 2017-2020)
There was AI before 2020 you dumb luddite.
>I would freeze it pre-AI (so around 2017-2020)
There was AI before 2020 you dumb luddite.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 07:08:36
>>21874
Yeah, before smartphones sounds about right.
Yeah, before smartphones sounds about right.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 07:21:59
>>21874
2037
shit gets weird after that
2037
shit gets weird after that
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 08:09:59
>>21874
The agricultural revoluion.
We lived our whole lives as nomads and it's only because we started farming that we had to settle down, and the concept of land ownership and a serf class and "Chosen ones" class happened.
The agricultural revoluion.
We lived our whole lives as nomads and it's only because we started farming that we had to settle down, and the concept of land ownership and a serf class and "Chosen ones" class happened.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 08:13:05
1693
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 08:22:31
>>21874
>If you could completely freeze the development of technology so it never advanced past a particular point in history, when would it be?
Pre-agriculture.
>If you could completely freeze the development of technology so it never advanced past a particular point in history, when would it be?
Pre-agriculture.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 08:25:26
>>21884
Laws are for the cuck.
Rulers do not follow law, then establish laws for his subjects.
Laws are for the cuck.
Rulers do not follow law, then establish laws for his subjects.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 08:32:09
>>21874
Not before immortality, interstellar colonies and breedable catgirls .
Not before immortality, interstellar colonies and breedable catgirls .
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 08:32:48
>>21886
this, or even a bit earlier
Neolithic Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race
this, or even a bit earlier
Neolithic Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 08:35:11
>>21913
Existence was a mistake.
We would have come to this point in time no matter what.
Existence was a mistake.
We would have come to this point in time no matter what.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 08:35:55
>>21914
True non existence has never been tried.
True non existence has never been tried.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 09:31:06
>>21874
I wouldn't, because terraforming doesn't exist yet.
I wouldn't, because terraforming doesn't exist yet.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 09:45:06
>>21874
Nothing past 2007 is needed. (delete first iphone and all it lead to)
Dumbphones, solid internet (enough), no social media but facebook but it ran on PC only. No smartphones. No dating apps. No attention being abducted from people daily by notifications about bullshit. Windows XP, frutiger aero hopefulness about future
I guess a lot of you dont remember how the world was before smartphones.
Early 2000s, bright colorful RnB, racism was less than nowdays, people were largely normal and not nervous and on edge, good movies, best PC games, women fashion was tight jeans and thongs but most girls werent corrupted to hell and back via social media.
Shouldve stayed like that.
It was great.
Nothing past 2007 is needed. (delete first iphone and all it lead to)
Dumbphones, solid internet (enough), no social media but facebook but it ran on PC only. No smartphones. No dating apps. No attention being abducted from people daily by notifications about bullshit. Windows XP, frutiger aero hopefulness about future
I guess a lot of you dont remember how the world was before smartphones.
Early 2000s, bright colorful RnB, racism was less than nowdays, people were largely normal and not nervous and on edge, good movies, best PC games, women fashion was tight jeans and thongs but most girls werent corrupted to hell and back via social media.
Shouldve stayed like that.
It was great.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 11:56:31
>>21874
right before symbolic thought
right before symbolic thought
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 11:59:35
>>21874
2007, it's the most balanced point between progress and enshittification.
2007, it's the most balanced point between progress and enshittification.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 12:03:58
>>21874
Recurve bow
Recurve bow
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 12:09:50
>>21913
>>21914
Came here to post this.
It's too late now. Now we have to wait until humanity's extinction.
>>21914
Came here to post this.
It's too late now. Now we have to wait until humanity's extinction.
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 12:11:07
>>21917
Your nostalgia glasses entitle you to die. Stupid fucking faggot
Your nostalgia glasses entitle you to die. Stupid fucking faggot
Anonymous · reply · 2026-07-09 14:21:34
>>21875
Yeah we really don't need past this, everything past this is basically just digital consumerism on steroids. Slower net speeds also force people to require actual literacy instead of just being an illiterate brain dead nigger watching videos for 48 hours straight.
Yeah we really don't need past this, everything past this is basically just digital consumerism on steroids. Slower net speeds also force people to require actual literacy instead of just being an illiterate brain dead nigger watching videos for 48 hours straight.
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