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The linked post shows how most non-tech people's understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.

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[โ€“] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am just curious and want to understand how things work which no one else does.

It depends on how interested you are in a subject. Everything is interesting, but you may not find everything equally interesting, nor do you have time to know everything there is to know about everything.

For instance, if I fly somewhere, I have a general idea of how wings create lift. But if you try to explain it to me in detail, I'll tell you to piss off because all I really want to do is travel from A to B.

But I know plenty about other subjects that I'm really into, that I could bore you to tears with and you'd end up punching me in the face if I tried to explain them to you.

It's not okay to not know anything about something. But it's okay to know enough.

[โ€“] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 days ago

That's fine but when people use technology every day, their phones, computers, ect.. and not know what a web browser is that's a whole different level of ignorance. Not just computing tho also cars. I barely know much about cars but I understand the idea of an engine, like you said it's okay to know enough. If something breaks on my car I look it up on YouTube and learn a little more slowly. Some people tho will drive a car everyday for their entire life and not understand what a piston even is.