# Sometimes Technology Just Complicates Things

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 29, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-technology-just-complicates-things/1021482 "2025-07-29T20:27:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-technology-just-complicates-things/1021482/7 "2025-07-30T02:07:21Z")

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Posted in another thread. $5600 tail light.

> [@Things no one said in 1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/51):
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> My truck got water in the tail light and shorted out the CANbus. Ref: [https://youtu.be/MUkFsuilVD0?t=90](https://youtu.be/MUkFsuilVD0?t=90)

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