Submitted 10 hours ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to rant@lemmy.sdf.org
And the worst part is how they refuse to listen to me. I’ll help people get off big tech. I’ll help them learn what the internet actually is and how web 3.0 is shit and ruined everything. But they won’t listen to me and just make fun of me. Their loss. I wish i had smarter friends.
Malica@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago You deserve smarter friends. Go find them.
You sound like a pompous jackass, you should try a bit of humility.
Or alternatively just shut the fuck up.
Yeah I’m being super Douchy as I am ranting 😆. I’m more just annoyed because people will not listen to me even though I (factually) know more than them and want to help them free themselves from their addiction to big tech and show them how great things could be. Yeah that sounds super jerky, but would I sound less douchey if I’m trying to explain to people why authoritarianism and fascism is wrong and they should quit listening to fox news propaganda? Its the same thing. I think we would all say that those of us not falling for fox new propaganda (and us not on X)are just smarter people. It sounds pompous but sorry, its true.
Well thanks for clarifying that you are in fact a douche. You have made it quite obvious why they don’t listen to you.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 7 hours ago I can’t stand how dumb I am.
pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 7 hours ago I can’t stand how dumb you are either.
Nah, youre already smart because you know you dont know it all. The issue is people like my friend who thinks he’s going to go work in data centers because ai is totally the future (he’s an idiot that believes he’s a genius, and that ancap philosophy is foolproof, oh and he hates lgbtq people. He’s constantly on X, loves elon, and watches all thr manosphere videos on YouTube)
why is this person considered your friend?
Do they want to get off of big tech? Most people are completely happy and have no reason to switch.
Exactly, thats the issue. Hence the rant haha
You need their needs to be unmet to meet your needs… See how that doesn’t work?
People will work to resolve their issues with tech if they ever have them. You know things they don’t because at some point you wanted/needed to, but they don’t. They don’t care and have no reason to.
hubertmanne@piefed.social@piefed.social 5 hours ago You can’t expect to get normal people on nerd stuff like this just like that. I drop references to distributed social media and the nerd thing I do and wait for them to get curious.
Computers and online life stopped being “nerd stuff” maybe what , 15 years ago? This is essential knowledge thats embedded in everyone’s life, work, leisure time, friends, everything.
People are driving an f1 car when all they’ve ever done is ridden a tricycle.
hubertmanne@piefed.social@piefed.social 4 hours ago many people have not used computers much outside of their smatphone. I know them. Many others are not real good with non standard things. Heck I can’t get them to use password managers. Now granted they will. Maybe. Eventually. Many of them could not handle making facebook accounts or their own email (work ones were setup for them)
have you ever considered that it might be the other way around?
Funny but no. I’m usually very self deprecating but I dont really know anyone else that is tech literate and learns all the time as I do. They either have no desire to learn it or are just tired/lazy. I’m not even talking about my family that is 100% maga fox news 24/7, even my actual friends are just ignorant.
And yes, compared to a lot of super smart Lemmy folks with masters degrees I’m a total idiot. But I’m saying the IRL folks I know are faaaar stupider.
I think it’s okay to give friends advice because you think you know better. It’s also perfectly fine if they don’t share your views, whether out of laziness, inertia, or convenience, or because they’ve weighed the pros and cons for themselves and don’t agree with you. Ranting doesn’t accomplish anything productive. Trying to convert others and insisting on your own absolute truth doesn’t either. To others, it comes across as propaganda, and you just end up looking like an idiot.
pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 8 hours ago can you teach me how to get rich pls?
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago Just buy my book “how yo become rich” for $100.
(It’s all blank pages after: “sell books like this”)
pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 5 hours ago This is a pyramid scheme and you will go to jail if you do it :(
I mean, in capitalism, be an asshole and take advantage of everyone you can, dont help anyone out ever, and assault people, also be white and male. That seemed to work for every billionaire to ever exist.
What I can help you with is being tech literate but youre on Lemmy so I trust you are !
pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 5 hours ago What if i’m an artistè though, and a gentle soul. i can’t imagine being an asshole, but just the other day that tech guy got 20 million for writing config files, which makes me extremely sad, because thats 5 times as much as my dream sum of 4 million dollars. I just think its unfair because i promise you i spend a lot more time making art than he does asking his ai girlfriend to modify his Lunic operating system. :(
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aldhissla@piefed.world 39 minutes ago
People are social creatures, not logical ones. Your “attempts at convincing” are probably personal attacks. Hell, you’re personally attacking everyone who you even imagine disagreeing with you in this thread.
If I were to tell you to “Use Linux, you stupid shit!”, I would have made an effective advert against the use of Linux. This wouldn’t be a failure of the recipient, it would be my own as the communicator.
You might not understand, but ignoring such an “advice” is not ignorance, but healthy self-respect. Just imagine if your position was wrong and you didn’t realise: a disrespectful attitude would only showcase that you’re not just belligerent, but also an idiot.
Your rant is a perfect distillation of what you should change about yourself and why. To dumb it down for you: you’re keeping people away from good things. Thinking they deserve it doesn’t make you smarter, just more of an asshole.