Always wondered what it's like to live for stupid people
Recent example,
1) I was helping an older guy logging into a network with his smartphone, he has the codes and stuff and keeps typing them in and it doesn't work. He asks me how to make it work.
2) I tell him "you need to use a browser or it doesn't work"
3) He ignores, just keeps doing his thing (tapping confusedly in his phone) for a while
4) After a while I go (discretely) YOU NEED TO USE A BROWSER!!! ARE YOU USING A BROWSER!! BECAUSE YOU NEED TO USE ONE! IF YOU ARE NOT USING ONE; YOU SHOULD BE USING ONE!
5) He then says he doesn't know that a browser is, I help him locate one in his smartphone and he's online.
What I really don't get is his step 3, why he asks for help and then ignores the help given.
I guess he gets confused with words he doesn't know what is, so his minds sort of shuts down because is gets overloaded? And then you need to shock it back to reality sorta.
This i weird for me. If I am trying to start a spaceship and the alien tells me "you need to use a ZGLORB-45"' I'd not just go blank because I have no idea what a ZGLORB-45, I'd ask the alien what a ZGLORB-45 is, since it seems I need one and he knows what it is plus might help me get one. The way to seems to be to start up some communication about the ZGLORB-45.
I just don't get so many people don't just do it that way.
Maybe you can really blow people's minds using words they don't know what is? Like it's scary for them or something?
Recent example,
1) I was helping an older guy logging into a network with his smartphone, he has the codes and stuff and keeps typing them in and it doesn't work. He asks me how to make it work.
2) I tell him "you need to use a browser or it doesn't work"
3) He ignores, just keeps doing his thing (tapping confusedly in his phone) for a while
4) After a while I go (discretely) YOU NEED TO USE A BROWSER!!! ARE YOU USING A BROWSER!! BECAUSE YOU NEED TO USE ONE! IF YOU ARE NOT USING ONE; YOU SHOULD BE USING ONE!
5) He then says he doesn't know that a browser is, I help him locate one in his smartphone and he's online.
What I really don't get is his step 3, why he asks for help and then ignores the help given.
I guess he gets confused with words he doesn't know what is, so his minds sort of shuts down because is gets overloaded? And then you need to shock it back to reality sorta.
This i weird for me. If I am trying to start a spaceship and the alien tells me "you need to use a ZGLORB-45"' I'd not just go blank because I have no idea what a ZGLORB-45, I'd ask the alien what a ZGLORB-45 is, since it seems I need one and he knows what it is plus might help me get one. The way to seems to be to start up some communication about the ZGLORB-45.
I just don't get so many people don't just do it that way.
Maybe you can really blow people's minds using words they don't know what is? Like it's scary for them or something?