Truly, this is the very stupidest dystopia

[conuly]

Smart beds flipped out during the AWS outage, and so did their sleepy owners

1. Why does a bed need to be smart?
2. Why does everything have to be a subscription nowadays?
3. Why didn't they design the damn things to just be normal beds if cut off from the internet?

Seriously, you couldn't have written this 30 years ago, nobody would ever have accepted the premise! I'd say something about fools and their money, but....

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Comments

[jo]

When I was having really, really bad hot flashes a few years ago, I would take a hot water bottle, fill it with water and stick it in the freezer. At night, I'd put it next to bed, within easy reach for when/if hot flashes hit. Then I'd just grab the hot water bottle full of slowly thawing ice and put that next to me. Surely something like that would work for people without AC.