Times Technology Tried To Sabotage Us
In many ways, technology has made our lives astronomically better. We walk around with supercomputers in our pockets, we have the ability to access endless amounts of information, and technology has made our lives easier in more ways than we know, but it's not perfect.
Every once in a while, technology turns against us and makes our lives much more complicated than it should have been, or it becomes clear that computers really might be trying to take over.
Should I Meet You Out Front?
![uber driver in trouble uber driver lost on the way](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/funny-computer-errors-software-glitches-6-1-52253.jpg?width=800&height=739)
You were already running 10 minutes behind schedule to meet your friends, but now that your Uber driver has driven into the middle of the lake, you're definitely going to be missing your dinner reservations.
Okay, Rude
![shots fired from tinder tinder 0 people like you](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SWpr_ygNczE0AC0UNAY9nP28-Invx5a4nFrTeXRsorE-24167.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Look, we already knew that we weren't getting a lot of matches. We were happy to lie to ourselves and claim there was something wrong with our algorithm. We didn't need Tinder to give us this reality check.
Suffer On The Subway
![subway suffering suffer on the subway](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3sqh24tuetd41-19617.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=132&left=0&zoom=1.20663650075)
We all know that having to take public transportation can be a serious hassle, and no one really enjoys doing it, but the fact that they're acknowledging it doesn't make us feel any better.
The Blue Screen Of Death
![broken ad broken ad in mall](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fz2iympfel951-89602.jpg?width=800&height=533)
No one ever wants to come across the blue screen of death when working with technology, but you definitely don't want to come across it as an employee who works at that store and has to figure out how to fix it.
A Little Late To The Party
![failed to send failed to send message](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/failed-to-send-86489.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Five months later, your phone decides to tell you that it never actually sent that super important text where you poured your heart out to someone, and now you realize you've spent the last 155 days upset for no reason.
We've Already Forgotten What We Wrote
![new password 255 characters extra long password](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/i6s1b6bhb2801-89531.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=164&left=156&zoom=1.32216107227)
Websites nowadays require so many different letters, special characters, and alterations in a password that it's near impossible to remember every one, but 255 characters? That's a short story.
You're Never Going To Pass
![plagiarism marker marking plagiariasm](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dXILgOqdb8LA9v3UQGMM1qNd9i_hRN_EtE6Mv0z5oXA-14362.jpg?width=800&height=1423)
If Turn It In is telling you that the first word of the first sentence of the first paragraph you submitted is plagiarized, and that word is "the," you have basically no chance of passing. Just drop out now.
What Are You Trying To Pull?
![tornado warning tornado alert](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pw3f3y6762g41-47171.jpg?width=800&height=851)
And this is why we can't trust technology. You may call it convenient, but we call it our phone trying to carry out the plot it's been devising for years.
Does Anyone Have The Answers?
![correct, kind of kind of not correct](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fs4oz3jmgm951-51099.jpg?width=800&height=656)
If even the online learning system doesn't know whether or not you have the right answer, how can we trust that we're actually learning anything? We're all out here, clueless together.
That's Not How Bridges Work
![bridges on google maps fake bridges on google](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/xb5lh7jdkus11-76521.jpg?width=800&height=533)
This is the reason that Google Earth can't be trusted. Despite what the map is telling you, you can't just bend a road into a bridge over a cavern, so don't go driving off any cliffs without checking first.
That's How We Feel About Work Too
![can't copy files can't copy files because no](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cant-copy-files-93401.jpg?width=800&height=533)
If there was a way to use this error message as a response to other people asking us to do things, we'd be using it all day long. Sometimes, you just can't, and there's no other explanation necessary.
So You're Not A Great Conversationalist
![taking texts back taking texts back from you](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/85wz4qd9te311-77770.jpg?width=800&height=533)
If you thought that you were a bad texter, just know that you're better than this person who is so terrible at holding a conversation that people are actually taking their texts back from them.
It's Part Of The New Weight Loss Feature
![microwave NO microwave NO feature](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/microwave-NO-82030.jpg?width=800&height=533)
What kind of microwave has the audacity to tell us that it won't heat up our food? Sure, we probably shouldn't be heating up our roommate's leftovers at 2 a.m., but that's beside the point.
Seems A Little Hypocritical
![notifications while driving notifications while driving notification](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/notifications-while-driving-62245.jpg?width=800&height=533)
So I set my phone to "Do Not Disturb" so I won't get notifications while driving, and then you send me a notification to tell me you won't send me notifications. Does anyone else see something wrong with that system?
Prove Yourself
![robot proof' robot proof online](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/robot-proof-43938.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Have you ever thought about how strange it is that a computer is asking us to validate to them, a robot, that we aren't a robot? Who gave them that kind of authority?
EVERYTHING IS BROKEN
![everything is broken error everything is broken computer error](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sszz9kqn1t001-50391.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Some software designer came up with this error message thinking that no one could ever mess up a computer badly enough to see it, but they vastly underestimated how bad humans are with computers.
Well, What Can I Do?
![can't set up device can't finish setting up device](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fnwk4u0lw6541-31728.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Realistically, once we've connected to the wifi, we don't need any other features. That's enough work for one day. Time to pack it in and go do something else until it's time to clock out.
High Fives All-Around
![task failed successfully task failed](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9q8ph6wb3i121-59346.jpg?width=800&height=533)
That's the kind of positive attitude you like to see in the workplace! You may not have done it well—in fact, you may have failed it miserably—but at least you put in the effort to finish the job.
Everything Is Not Good
![eveyrthing is good eveyrthing is good multiple windows](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eveyrthing-is-good-18316.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Despite what the message in the middle is telling you, everything is not actually good. The dozens of failed windows around it are sending a very different message, so don't fall for the propaganda.
Someone's Getting Fired
![wrong coupon code wrong coupon code on headphiones](https://www.thisiswhyimsingle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3a9dnt1vean31-27746.jpg?width=800&height=357)
In some cases, like this one, a technology glitch works in your favor. You were told the coupon was for 30% off, it took 98% off, and now some customer service representative is going to have to solve that problem.