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Oh very true, I’m one of those. I do hate the fact that clothes are still made in awful sweatshops and its hard to find any that aren’t. Buying used helps but I cant do that for everything.

I can see that. And I never act like that to anyone when discussing tech.

Example the other day among co workers , they mentioned how horrible windows is, so bad that they havent used their laptops in years and just use their phone because windows is so garbage. I explained how Much better my life has been using Linux only and they were amazed that someone who isnt a computer scientist could use Linux. That was a good time to explain how easy its become now and anyone can do it!

I just hate to see people driven to their spyware phones because windows has made the user experience horrible and hostile. One example.

I guess I dont get it becuase when someone more knowledgeable than me tells me something, I listen.

Sit. There was a big ol dog turd on mine!

Ignore and make fun of me basically.

I’m not being an ass about it when I speak with them either. I’m just sick of being stuck on shitty platforms that dont respect us. My general messages every so often are “hey guys, could we change to a different platform because I’m trying to get off of fb as much as possible” etc. Or, “yeah I stopped using google products long ago and my life has improved so much. Google tracks every place you go and works with corporations to raise prices and target you specifically, making life worse for everyone. Firefox is awesome and I havent seen an add in a decade. You should try!”

I’m actively trying to improve their lives but they just dont do it. Or when I see a friend watching 3 YouTube ads to show me a 30 second video . like dude…can I please h3lo you escape some of this capitalistic hellhole by showing you newpipe or unlock?

Yep very true. I could say the same about other stuff too like clothes (people wear them every day but they have no idea how to use a loom! Idiots!!).

I feel like its a lot easier to learn simple tech than to make clothes though, thats just me.

I ask myself this sometimes. He is just following the wrong path and really likes to be a contrarian on everything, so he gravitates to bad content. He is at least receptive to other viewpoints so its not a total lost cause. He has a deep seated mistrust of government but for some reason blind worship of corporations (see:atlas shrugged). Which I know is a paradox since they are one and the same.

Haha! I’d never do that to someone ! Mint, maybe

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.

Yep, hence my frustrations. Still gonna try anyway. I have convinced a small number to change and they are so much happier.

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)

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 !

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.

They should care because it controls every aspect of their life and their future, their job, their housing, whether police break in and murder them, etc. Being ignorant about it is very stupid when its so easy to learn.

The reason big tech controls the world and all governments is because people let them. Because they again have no idea the implication of the tech they use.

Its not having their needs unmet, that makes zero sense. They literally cannot survive without tiktok? Thats pathetic. They will keel over if they change messenger apps or navigation apps that dont support fascists?

Hence why i posted on “rant” dude 😅.

And I’m never the “ohmygod you need Linux how can you use windoze you dont even have control over your kernel dude”. I’m more like “hey, you know every single thing you say on fb messenger is monitored and used to track you and train ai to surveil you. Let’s use signal or something else, its really easy!” And no one listens. Or when I say to stop using x and tiktok for maaaaaaaany reasons. People are addicted and have zero idea the implications of their bad choices.

Exactly, thats the issue. Hence the rant haha

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.

Its fun to think of alternate storage media. The other day I calculated that with the idiotic pricing now, HDDs are only slightly cheaper than DVD storage. And DVDs last longer and dont crash randomly, especially if you get long storage dvds.

Couple years ago, I got three DOA WD red nas HDDs. Dead. And 2 DOA Samsung ssds. I have zero trust for any drive now. Nondouvt theyre all cost cutting and going to shit. I have 20 year old drives that still work fine.

Ive never personally experienced disc rot even on 15 year old discs, but I heard people have. But yeah DVDs would obviously be a goofy mass backup solution.

Bro like 4 other people asked this, ask the real question:

OP, has your mom been sitting on these ?

Gone home is fun and cozy

ZOMG I think I need this!!! I love my bookmarks but have a hell of a time sorting them.

I need this.

Seconded rustdesk!