July 29, 2025
Day 24: I Agree to Everything and Understand Nothing
Everyone knows: We open an app or website and the first thing we have to do is to accept Terms and Conditions. Scroll, accept, done. No one reads them. Never. But we always click to accept, because otherwise we can't move forward. We've all agreed to sell our soul to a toaster app at least once. Just to see the weather while we wait for the bread to brown.
These documents are intentionally long and written in legal vocabulary, so we can't understand them. On the one hand, everyone is too lazy to read 12 pages of legal text to get into an app, on the other hand we have no choice. Everyone is referring to the same thing: It's written in all of them anyway. The only problem is that we didn't even read the first one.
Maybe one day a T&C will start like, "By continuing, you agree to let us read your thoughts while you brush your teeth." And we'll accept it without realizing it. Because we can't do it without a smart toothbrush and an app, which shows how clean they are in a 1-10 scale. Yeah, 21st century is the best.
But the problem isn't just in the users. The system was built to demand acceptance but not to facilitate understanding. 50 words sentences, endless legal paragraphs and words you never seen before. So yeah, we agree not because we understand, but because we want to move on with our lives.
Because we can't do it without a smart toothbrush and an app, which shows how clean they are in a 1-10 scale.
You can't really put a pause before the explanatory "which" here.
Yeah, the 21st century is the best.
But the problem isn't just inwith the users.
50 words sentences, endless legal paragraphs and words you have never seen before.
July 30, 2025
Thank you. :)
Day 24: I Agree to Everything and Understand Nothing
Everyone knows: Wwe open an app or website and the first thing we have to do is to accept the Terms and Conditions.
Scroll, accept, done.
No one reads them.
NeEver.
But we always click to accept, because otherwise we can't move forward.
We've all agreed to sell our soul to a toaster app at least once.
Just to see the weather while we wait for the bread to brown.
These documents are intentionally long and written in legal vocabularyese, so we can't understand them.
"Legal vocabulary" sounds a little awkward here. While "legalese" may be a bit more informal, it helps the sentence flow.
On the one hand, everyone is too lazy to read 12 pages of legal text to get into an app,. And on the other hand, we have no choice.
Everyone is referring totalking about the same thing: I; it's written in all of them anyway.
The only problem is that we didn't even read the first one.
Maybe one day a T&C will start like, "By continuing, you agree to let us read your thoughts while you brush your teeth."
And we'll accept it without realizing it.
The "it" here isn't wrong, but it's just unnecessary.
Because we can't do it without a smart toothbrush and an app, which shows how clean they are ion a 1-10 scale.
Yeah, the 21st century is the best.
But the problem isn't just in the users.
The system was built to demand acceptance but not to facilitate understanding.
50 words sentences, endless legal paragraphs, and words you've never seen before.
Feedback
Great job! Just a few minor corrections!
July 30, 2025
Thank you! :)
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Day 24: I Agree to Everything and Understand Nothing This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Everyone knows: We open an app or website and the first thing we have to do is to accept Terms and Conditions. Everyone knows: |
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Scroll, accept, done. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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No one reads them. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Never.
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But we always click to accept, because otherwise we can't move forward. But we always click |
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We've all agreed to sell our soul to a toaster app at least once. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Just to see the weather while we wait for the bread to brown. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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These documents are intentionally long and written in legal vocabulary, so we can't understand them. These documents are intentionally long and written in legal "Legal vocabulary" sounds a little awkward here. While "legalese" may be a bit more informal, it helps the sentence flow. |
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On the one hand, everyone is too lazy to read 12 pages of legal text to get into an app, on the other hand we have no choice. On |
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Everyone is referring to the same thing: It's written in all of them anyway. Everyone is |
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The only problem is that we didn't even read the first one. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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And we'll accept it without realizing it. And we'll accept it without realizing The "it" here isn't wrong, but it's just unnecessary. |
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Maybe one day a T&C will start like, "By continuing, you agree to let us read your thoughts while you brush your teeth." This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Because we can't do it without a smart toothbrush and an app, which shows how clean they are in a 1-10 scale. Because we can't do it without a smart toothbrush and an app, which shows how clean they are Because we can't do it without a smart toothbrush and an app You can't really put a pause before the explanatory "which" here. |
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Yeah, 21st century is the best. Yeah, the 21st century is the best. Yeah, the 21st century is the best. |
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But the problem isn't just in the users. This sentence has been marked as perfect! But the problem isn't just |
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The system was built to demand acceptance but not to facilitate understanding. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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50 words sentences, endless legal paragraphs and words you never seen before. 50 word 50 word |
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So yeah, we agree not because we understand, but because we want to move on with our lives. |
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