A Chair
I have been trying to buy a #chair for more than a year. And it can't be done. I am met with #bullshit at every turn. I can't go out to a place and sit in chairs and pick the one I like the most. I can't enter criteria online and compare types and prices. Nothing. Everything is set up to force me into making a bad decision. Does anyone understand this? This #shit (info tools, internet, etc) were supposed to make it easier for us to make decisions. By now, we were supposed to enter our criteria, and then programs would run out and find what we want, and then a multiplicity of vendors were supposed to compete over us as customers. But what has happened? It's the exact opposite. At every point, with every inquiry, the info tools fight to deny us information. And then the vendors conspire against all of us as a class and huddle in solidarity with one another.

The #Internet is THE EXACT FUCKING OPPOSITE of what we were "promised."

What was supposed to happen was this:

A few years ago I was supposed to have gone to "Chair Warehouse" or some such place, and sat in a bunch of chairs that were all standardized in ways, but customizable. And I was supposed to draw up a list: I like: lumbar support type B, size 37. I like neck support type M, size 19. I like cushion level 7. I like spring tension level 4. I like side support style B. I am in weight class 250-300. And then I could say I want: black fabric. I want a silver frame. I want no speakers in the head rest. Etc...

And then, knowing what sizes, styles, and standards I like, I could go online and let the vendors fight over me. And they would all use the same cross-industry standards for how the seats are measured, and the features are tuned.

NONE OF THIS HAS HAPPENED. If anything I have far LESS choice now than I ever have had. And this just isn't in chairs. It's in everything. Pens. Paper. Computers. Socks. You name it. I am expected to just buy all this shit online and guess. I can't sit in the chair first. I can't test the pen. I can't try the floor model. NOTHING. Here's your choice of chairs. You get leather. Sorry. They're ALL LEATHER. You don't have a fucking choice. FUCK YOU. You can click on the "Fabric" button. And we will act like we gave you fabric. And you will be on the verge of clicking BUY, and then you look: It's LEATHER. You specifically clicked on fabric. They put the fucking button there for you to click on. KNOWING that they didn't have it. And then just changed it while you were doing...

I mean WHAT THE FUCK! This shit was supposed to make our lives better!