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Seriously, why aren't most people using adblock these days (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by androidisking@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

I got downvoted as well.

People really seem to take the idea personally.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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...