# 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:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-technology-just-complicates-things/1021482/9 "2025-07-30T10:05:56Z")

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I hate any kind of electronics on appliances. I’ve heard too many horror stories of electronics going bad on clothes washers and dryers, for example.

We have a Maytag washer and dryer that were made in the 1990s. Electro-mechanical controls. The washer has never had a problem, and I’ve only had to make minor repairs to the dryer.

[![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52391733198_71776ffd53_z.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52391733198_71776ffd53_z.jpg)

I also wonder if using all these computer/database systems for doing management & admin tasks at work has actually made us _less_ efficient. Stuff like timesheets, travel, purchase requests, etc. [Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-rant-i-spend-a-lot-more-time-doing-unnecessary-admin-work-vs-25-years-ago/978007) is a thread about it.

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