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Stuck in the middle with you (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Try teaching them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"Try teaching an impatient person, who undervalues the subject matter, already missed several opportunities to learn about it in formal education settings and who you lack a teacher-student dynamic with..."

Or, in a way...

"It's one banana, Michael - what could it cost, $10?"

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

I refuse to fix anything for my inlaws without them watching me. I make them watch me Google the solutions and follow the instructions. It helps reinforce the "it's not magic and I'm not a wizard" reality I want to instill in everyone.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago

No one yet has touched on the success of planned obsolescence.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Sadly if most computers weren't 'walled garden' experiences then maybe the kids could learn to tinker and fix them. As it is if the issue can't be fixed from a settings app then they're stuck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Well I am that one generation then.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

The weird bit is that our parent's generation is also the one that build the damn things in the first place!