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What is it about the fridge that automatically orders food. That prediction has been around since I was a kid and it still sounds like an awful and unwanted idea to me. But then again I dont ever order groceries i just buy them like a normal person so idgi

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Because when you're a kid, your mum restocks the fridge "automatically".

So much of modern tech is developed by slightly pathetic men wanting their mummies to come back and run their lives. Fill the fridge, vacuum the home, drive them to their friends, deliver perfectly cooked food, etc.

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