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    foss nerds stop being condescending to those who don't know the same things you do challenge (impossible) (files.catbox.moe)
    submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    alt textAn edit of xkcd 2501, "Average Familiarity":
    [Ponytail and Cueball are talking. Ponytail has her hand raised, palm up, towards Cueball.]
    Ponytail: Open-source alternatives are second nature to us foss nerds, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows Linux and one or two degoogled Android ROMs.
    Cueball: And Firefox, of course.
    Ponytail: Of course.

    [Caption below the panel]
    Even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field.

    partly inspired by the replies to this post but i see this kind of thing all the time (shoutout to the person who once genuinely asked "who still uses google these days?")

    made with this neat tool

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    [–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 14 hours ago (20 children)

    Is the average person unaware of Linux and Firefox?!

    [–] tdawg@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

    I had a client who was the head of product at her buisness. We'd meet at the end of every sprint to do demos and planning. Anyway when my team mentioned there were some issues on Firefox her knee jerk response was to openly say "I hate Firefox users"

    I have tons of stories like that but the point is that even people who are aware don't universally love it

    Awareness is just the bare minimum

    [–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

    Wtf, what was her reasoning?

    [–] aGamerFarFarAway@programming.dev 10 points 11 hours ago

    Lots of websites work poorly on Firefox compared to Chrome. They optimize for Chrome because that's where the userbase is. If you're not on Chrome then fuck you I guess.

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