social topic

2016-02-01 05:17:55 pm

red chamber dream

maybe it's because most people bullshit their way through most things most of the time, and only with tech is it really obvious

that's my best guess anyway

Opium

2016-02-01 05:19:12 pm

Maybe. I have noted that those who have the hardest time using technology are also intimidated by it. I don't know if the intimidation is a symptom of their lack of understanding, or the cause of it.

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:20:03 pm

red chamber dream

probably both

Opium

Edit history:

Opium: 2016-02-01 05:21:37 pm

2016-02-01 05:20:43 pm

Probably. What gets me is how someone can use a computer for all these years and still have these problems. That makes no sense to me. Wouldn't your skills improve if you use something over and over?

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:21:57 pm

red chamber dream

eh i do it with cars all the time

i can sort of relate in that respect, a piece of tech you use every day but don't really know anything about

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:22:28 pm

red chamber dream

but computers are different, the more you know about them, the more useful they become

that only works to a certain extent for cars

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:22:39 pm

red chamber dream

so i don't understand why people wouldn't want to learn

Opium

2016-02-01 05:22:58 pm

True, but I don't mean to imply that they should understand how the computer works, but more the software. Wouldn't they have used common features over and over?

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:23:53 pm

red chamber dream

well that's what i mean, learning more about the software

Opium

2016-02-01 05:24:11 pm

How many times do you have to tell someone their number lock key was turned off before they start checking it themselves?

Toozin

2016-02-01 05:24:16 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Some peoples' brains just aren't wired to be able to learn certain concepts, I think.

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:25:44 pm

red chamber dream

yeah ... we call those stupid people ;)

Toozin

2016-02-01 05:28:00 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Well, true, but there are stupid people who are stupid because they never learned something but can get smarter by learning it, and then there are stupid people who cannot possibly learn that thing no matter how much they try.

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:29:14 pm

red chamber dream

i dunno about the last one, unless you have a disability

i think almost all of us have the potential to learn all sorts of things

Opium

2016-02-01 05:29:49 pm

I honestly can't decide if she's incapable of learning because of some brain limitation, or she doesn't learn because she doesn't want to learn. Heck, it could even be some psychological issue that makes her so anxious about being incompetent that she subconsciously ensures it.

Toozin

2016-02-01 05:30:50 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I dunno if it's a fact that it actually happens, it's just something I've observed. Maybe it's just stubbornness on the part of the stupid person.

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:31:05 pm

red chamber dream

yeah i think it's all just willpower

Opium

2016-02-01 05:32:05 pm

Maybe. She's very nervous all the time, and apologizes for being alive every ten seconds. The most timid, frightened person ever. You have to treat her with kid gloves or she'll explode.

Opium

2016-02-01 05:33:11 pm

She had a couple of panic attacks in the office back when we used to all drive to work every day.

Toozin

2016-02-01 05:33:27 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Okay, that's probably a case of massively low self esteem overriding her ability to learn. She's probably so convinced she'll fail she just doesn't bother.

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:33:30 pm

red chamber dream

sounds like she might just need meds

Toozin

2016-02-01 05:33:45 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

That sounds like a medical condition.

Toozin

2016-02-01 05:34:21 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Xanax would probably sort her out.

arkarian

2016-02-01 05:35:31 pm

red chamber dream

i should probably get on some of that too

never will though

Opium

2016-02-01 05:36:29 pm

She befriended me at one point and called me all the time to vent about things. Then it started getting a little weird. She would ask me for medical advice, and advice about other things that were none of my business. I politely told her that those things were non of my business, and I'm not a dr., and then she started hating me. I should have seen that coming. Since much of her venting had to do with totally benign things that her coworkers did or said, it was only a matter of time before I was the one that she became suspicious of.