I feel like the people I interact with irl don't even know how to boot from a USB. People here probably know how to do some form of coding or at least navigate a directory through the command line. Stg I would bet money on the average person not even being able to create a Lemmy account without assistance.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Once upon a time I worked for a company where I would be called with requests like "I can't work because my computer is broken". I would go and ask "Where is your computer" and the employee would point to her monitor. I would then press the power button on the monitor and they looked at me like I was a magician. I would point to the actually PC under the desk and say "btw THIS is your computer" and they would stare with confusion and disbelief.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Ha! That's funny because I have a department here with some real... Non thinkers who do the same stuff. They'll come in, one monitor doesn't come on. Normal computer stuff. Especially with docking stations. I power cycle the monitor and it comes right on. They swear they did that and that I must just have the magic touch. I even ask them before I walk over whether theyve done that and they are adamant that they did.

    I just dont get it. Surely my value in this world is not limited to making sure people get the right authenticator app and pressing monitor power buttons. Smdh.

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