StrangersInTheNight posted:

My initial post was how QR codes ultimately become a class filter because not everyone has access to that level of technology. I did not say it was happening everywhere, although eventually it likely will.

it's not an issue for you, that doesn't mean it isn't a serious issue for the large amount of people it affects. just like needing a car to live in the US is a prerequisite that causes trouble and class divides, soon everyone will simply need a smartphone to be considered a valid part of society, and our view will be that anyone who falls outside of that standard is unimportant to the conversation. it's already happening now, in this very discussion.

Squashing Machine posted:

QR code menus suck in a kind of Andy Rooney way but saying that they're any kind of significant class barrier to eating out in comparison to skyrocketing restaurant prices is a lol

Captain Hygiene posted:

I've never been to a restaurant that switched entirely to QR code menus, so I'm out of touch. Do they commonly go beyond that for ordering, if you don't have a smartphone could you just go "hey, you got any burgs" or whatever to the waitstaff to order something?

house of the dad posted:

Like is it unfair that many restaurant menus have English words on them you have to read instead of just pictures of all the food that you can point to while grunting in a positive or negative way

artsy fartsy posted:

AITA for leaving my boyfriend at the airport after he “pranked” the TSA with a dildo?

response to op posted:

Please stop dating children, especially when they're almost a decade your senior.

mystes posted:

I'm having trouble believing that requiring cellphones is much of a class filter in 2024.

StrangersInTheNight posted:

27 million Americans don't have smartphones, yes some out of choice due to age. But that number isn't just olds resisting. And yes even people in the poorest neighborhoods can have access to such, because if you're able to get WhatsApp it's way cheaper and easier than calling cards.

But the issue is assuming everyone in America has, at bare minimum, access to a smartphone, which is not true. It makes it become a self-fulfilling prophecy where eventually, one has to have one even just to survive because if you don't, you don't have access to much needed services.

This also comes into play with things like the way to apply for sanctuary in the US is now app-based. This quietly makes sure anyone unable to access the app is simply weeded out of being considered.

StrangersInTheNight posted:

Of course - it becomes an invaluable tool which itself is tied to all of this, because then people are tethered to paying monthly phone service and updating their phones every few years. I understand how it works guys, that it's the best tool the poor have at hand. Making services contingent on having a smartphone is still a class filter that says 'anyone who doesn't scrabble to keep their phone functioning as a bare minimum survival system is not worth considering for services'

Thats exactly the problem - it's considered so fundamental, the folks who don't figure out how to 'make it work' to have those things are considered the ur-class.

Shanghaied posted:

A picture menu would have certainly prevented us from ordering cervelle de veau at a Parisian restaurant, I'll tell you that much.

It was delicious, but I would not eat it again.

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I (25F) am a stripper and it's a job I am not ashamed of and enjoy a lot, plus it makes great money. My Boyfriend (27M) of four years asked me tonight if i'd dance for his brothers Stag Night this Saturday (It's what a Batchelor Party is called in my country, and the female version is called a Hen Night) the dancer they originally had booked that I helped arrange had to cancel as she broke her ankle during a performance.

I've tried to find them another Dancer calling in favours from my friends in the industry but weekends are always busy and it's too short notice so everyone is booked solid. I offered to get them into the club I work for and would even be able to arrange for VIP treatment of the party but this offer was rejected as the club is too far away from other activities they have planned for the evening.

In the end my Boyfriend suggested I dance, he has no problem with my job and didn't feel like me dancing for the group would be a problem. Now, if it was my boyfriends friends i'd be open to it after discussion to make sure we were both fully ok with this but the fact it's for his brother raises concerns for me and feels just too awkward.

My Boyfriend refuses to see the issue stating we're all adults and his brother was looking forward to there being a stripper at the party, but it's just weird to think if we work out then for the rest of my life i'll have to know his brother saw me dance and at every family event I attend it'll just be on my mind.

I've told my Boyfriend it isn't happening and the best I can offer is the club, and if they need a stripper that badly then they'll take it. He thinks i'm being ridiculous and that someone in my job shouldn't be bothered by this and if they can be mature about it so should I.

was my kneejerk reaction to refuse too harsh?

mystes posted:

I think one thing you're missing is that smartphones are even more useful for people who don't have a stable address, computer, home internet, etc., which is one reason why in 2024 the people who don't have smartphones actually tend to mostly be elderly people who have all of those things

TehRedWheelbarrow posted:

lol my homie google is your friend. the name is legitimate what it is

Big Bowie Bonanza posted:

boyfriend is a little too unbothered by her job there, yeesh

Captain Hygiene posted:

I wish I could find a man who's not instantly threatened and controlling over my choice of job *finger curls on monkey's paw*

The Alchemist posted:

AITA for being mad my bf won't make noodles the way I like

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My (20) boyfriend (26) has known about this since we first started dating.

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We have been dating for almost three years now

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He did not like being called a predator

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And lastly, and worst of all, he has never actually been allergic to dogs and just doesn't like them.

Captain Hygiene posted:

I wish I could find a man who's not instantly threatened and controlling over my choice of job *finger curls on monkey's paw*

Captain Hygiene posted:

I've never been to a restaurant that switched entirely to QR code menus, so I'm out of touch. Do they commonly go beyond that for ordering, if you don't have a smartphone could you just go "hey, you got any burgs" or whatever to the waitstaff to order something?

The Alchemist posted:

The waiters are roombas and the manager is an A.I. that hates the humankind.

MagusofStars posted:

In most of the QR code restaurants I've been to, there's still a wait staff that takes your order, so even if you don't have a smartphone, you can ask the server and they can sort of rattle off a few of the staples.

I know you're making a joke, but the food delivery roombas are absolutely a thing that exists in restaurants. I went to a sushi conveyor belt place a couple weeks ago that has these sorts of robots to deliver special orders. They have little cat-eye emojis and an output screen listing off what it's doing at any given moment ("delivering food to Table 15", "returning to kitchen" or whatever). The restaurant still has a greeter to show you to your table, bussers to clean tables, cooks in the back, etc but no human is involved with the actual serving process of transporting the food from the kitchen to the table...so we're not quite at that hellscape restaurant you're describing yet, but it's at least visible on the horizon.

Here's what they look like by the way, in case anyone's curious:
https://www.robotlab.com/restaurant-robots/store/bellabot

Pope Corky the IX posted:

4) Related to the above, please take a moment to take a look at the ages in stories and do some math. There's nothing funny about someone in their twenties grooming someone in their teens because now they're both adults.

Halloween Jack posted:

I have a calculator on my smartphone

Neito posted:

There's a BBQ place in Hartford near the convention center (Bears, if there's any CT folks around) that has some bussing robots, which doesn't super work given the cramped size of the place tbh.

Neito posted:

There's a BBQ place in Hartford near the convention center (Bears, if there's any CT folks around) that has some bussing robots, which doesn't super work given the cramped size of the place tbh.

Defiance Industries posted:

Boyfriend's [25M] watch kink has me [25F] feeling uncomfortable. What should I do?

Anderson Koopa posted:

That's within striking distance of me. I could go for some BBQ.

Mordiceius posted: