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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
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[–] Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As much as I despise Trump, I don’t disagree. I’m sure he’s saying that for stupid reasons, but most people are way more tech illiterate than they should be. I know bc I used to be tech support

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Most people don't know "what" anything is in that case. Cars? Most people don't know what a clutch master cylinder is - they just know how to use the car. Most people don't know what an app is, since they don't understand the code language it was built in. Sure, they know how to use it but without knowing Java, it may as well be magic. Vaccines! No one knows what they are! There's no simple explanation so everyone who's ever used a vaccine has no idea what they are!

The average person does not have specialized knowledge about anything, even things ubiquitous to modern life.

Yeah, Trump is technically right here but at the end of the day, I don't really care if a firefighter knows exactly how every app on their phone works, just as long as they know how to put out fires and maybe rescue cats from trees.

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe? You don't want cats to be rescued? Are you JD Vance?

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

More that I wish cats would just climb down themselves, ya know?

[–] Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Not to give the orange turd credit here, but I think it’s fairly obvious that Trump isn’t saying that most people can understand the code, but rather he’s saying that most people don’t have an understanding of how much an app can aid the wrong kind of people.

Yeah, he’s an idiot, and I entirely disagree, but you just went on a whole entire tangent about a position that I neither expressed or hold. Chillax, bro.

[–] Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you were working tech support of course you're going to interact with more "tech illiterate" people. That doesn't mean the "most people" are tech illiterate, you were just dealing with a high volume of them, giving that impression.

[–] Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh yes, please tell me more about my personal experience, random stranger. Obviously, I’m going to come across more tech illiterate people on the phone, but to the extent that I did for the dumbest reasons would be enough for me to conclude that yes, most people have no clue what they’re talking about or what they’re doing. Literally way less knowledge than they should.

[–] Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You came across many very dumb people, therefore most people are dumb. Seems logical. I work with thousands of meat workers, therefore most people must be meat workers. Your experience is more or less selection bias.

[–] Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

OK, I shouldn't have mentioned my past job, but it goes way beyond just tech support. The tech support experience just highlights the fact that most people are tech illiterate. There are studies that literally confirm this. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

It’s really bad though. Have you ever seen this study?

https://www.wyliecomm.com/2022/03/technology-literacy-skills/