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Title: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 28, 2016, 05:39:13 PM
i was just hit with this awful realization. :o

it's like the thing where you notice how wrong news coverage is about stuff you know about always is, and eventually realize it must be the same for everything else too .... except applied to all of humanity instead of just journalism.

 
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Mandark on June 28, 2016, 05:54:43 PM
There's an Alan Moore quote to the effect that conspiracy theorists believe what they do because it's more comforting to think there's a secret cabal of hyper-capable people running things, even if those people are malevolent, than to admit the reality of a chaotic and unpredictable humanity.
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: curly on June 28, 2016, 05:57:04 PM
yeah people other than me are pretty dumb
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 28, 2016, 06:00:13 PM
There's an Alan Moore quote to the effect that conspiracy theorists believe what they do because it's more comforting to think there's a secret cabal of hyper-capable people running things, even if those people are malevolent, than to admit the reality of a chaotic and unpredictable humanity.

I thought this was Prole facebook exclusive
 :ufup
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Mandark on June 28, 2016, 06:02:00 PM
Honestly I think the logic applies to his Berniebot FB friends, but I didn't want to say so and stir the pot. :shh
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 28, 2016, 06:22:05 PM
Aspergers is a hell of a disease....
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: toku on June 28, 2016, 06:39:29 PM
There's an Alan Moore quote to the effect that conspiracy theorists believe what they do because it's more comforting to think there's a secret cabal of hyper-capable people running things, even if those people are malevolent, than to admit the reality of a chaotic and unpredictable humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgSbaKpCjq4

Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 28, 2016, 06:46:18 PM
Aspergers is a hell of a disease....

It's not a disease, it's a disorder. :doge
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 28, 2016, 06:48:30 PM
Aspergers is a hell of a disease....

It's not a disease, it's a disorder. :doge

You say tomato, I say fuck you, jabroni. :hitler
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 28, 2016, 06:58:25 PM
Aspergers is a hell of a disease....

nope.
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: toku on June 28, 2016, 07:00:44 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/bJTF36q.gif)
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on June 28, 2016, 08:36:43 PM
There's an Alan Moore quote to the effect that conspiracy theorists believe what they do because it's more comforting to think there's a secret cabal of hyper-capable people running things, even if those people are malevolent, than to admit the reality of a chaotic and unpredictable humanity.

(http://i.imgur.com/PMzfZgL.gif)

(http://i.imgur.com/rskAIWp.png)
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 29, 2016, 12:04:52 AM
You should try not caring. It works really well!
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 29, 2016, 12:37:39 AM
I didn't say that I cared. I am super objective (?). But I must integrate.
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Trent Dole on June 29, 2016, 12:39:33 AM
Alan Moore knows the score~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36nWNAvtwrw
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: TVC15 on June 29, 2016, 12:41:24 AM
I didn't say that I cared. I am super objective (?). But I must integrate.

No way, dude. You're a total specimen. Accept you're a total outsider. Acceptance is the first step.
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 29, 2016, 12:48:00 AM
Appreciate the sentiment
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: TVC15 on June 29, 2016, 12:52:01 AM
Just tryin' to free you, bro.
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: ToxicAdam on June 30, 2016, 02:29:53 PM
In a related idea, I've never worked for a business where I understand how they make money. All I see is waste and bad decisions leading to more waste. My theory is that creative accounting and tax breaks hides most of it and keeps them afloat.


Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Kara on June 30, 2016, 04:20:04 PM
In a related idea, I've never worked for a business where I understand how they make money. All I see is waste and bad decisions leading to more waste. My theory is that creative accounting and tax breaks hides most of it and keeps them afloat.

Whatever waste you observed was, in all likelihood, a drop in the bucket, truthfully. I run into this a lot when I'm embedded somewhere that I'm working on (instead of with) and I see the waste firsthand.

Material waste or shortsighted leadership crests and breaks rather sharply due to the nature of fixed costs.
Title: Re: how dumb most people are about computers=how dumb me&every1 is about everything
Post by: Mupepe on June 30, 2016, 05:16:17 PM
Everytime I see something I think is wasteful or a stupid decision I compare the cost impact to the global budget for my small department and it usually puts it in perspective. Then compare that to the P&L of actual revenue generators in the company and it all starts to make sense.