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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're getting down votes, which is just silly.

Back in the day, a man wasn't really a man unless he changed his own oil and tuned up the car himself. That mentality has reemerged in the 21st century.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't think it should be tied to "manliness" but people should have some basic understanding of the tools they use and how they work.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I got downvoted as well.

People really seem to take the idea personally.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This.

There's a clear concerted corporate effort to push this idea that everything one uses every day is

  • some kind of black box appliance devised by sacred holy wizards, you couldn't possibly hope to understand.
  • You ought to just trust them. They want what's best for you.
  • And don't worry if anything goes wrong! There's some service, product, or replacement ready to be sold to you by "qualified professionals." Convenient!
  • Remember, you're too stupid to understand how any of this works. Don't touch it.

Doesn't matter. Light switches to email to cars. Nobody knows how it works even on an ELI5 level.

I can't be an expert in all things but how are people comfortable with this level of ignorant dependence? Even to the point of defending it? "I shouldn't have to know how my car/computer/whatever works." I've literally heard this.

Boggles the mind.

People are capable of a great many skills and holding a lot of knowledge about a great many things...and yet a majority are taught not to learn anything after school, maybe know how to do a job, and otherwise can't handle any task that doesn't involve a credit card payment.

Things could be so much better...