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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Lemmy is a tech literate echo chamber (aussie.zone)

submitted 8 months ago by Fleur_@aussie.zone to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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I feel like the people I interact with irl don't even know how to boot from a USB. People here probably know how to do some form of coding or at least navigate a directory through the command line. Stg I would bet money on the average person not even being able to create a Lemmy account without assistance.

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[–] volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Me being like "what does it mean to boot from a USB 👁️👄👁️"

Fr though, the account thing is not too far off. When I made my first account (when the Reddit thing happened, it was on lemm.ee) I absolutely didn't understand jack shit and what I was doing. I was very ready to throw in the towel. I didn't understand how to add communities, how to search for communities, anything. I still have problems grasping the whole server thing. (Or what a server is.)

So a lot of times I feel excluded here, or at least like an unallowed invader, or a feral maniac just running around, throwing stuff at a wall and looking for what sticks. But that's ok. I'm happy I'm still here and one day I might even know what a command line is.

[–] InfiniteHench@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

So was Twitter way back in the day (I’m talking ~ 2006 when I still worked in tech news). In a similar way, I think it’s up to us ~~canaries~~ early adopters to help them learn.

There was a time when no one knew how to @ someone and the pound sign was still known as the pound sign. People learned (and yes, platforms got much better and more polished). They can learn again. But we teachers need patience and kindness when helping them.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've had someone I o kw mention this and it's true for me also. We underestimate our own skills and over estimate the general others.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This seems contradictory to me being a narcissist asshole.

Continues mumbling to myself aggravated that someone put a giant pot in the bottom of the dishwasher blocking all the water from being able to reach anything above it.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

One time my dad said he thought direct current was the future and alternating current was soon to be replaced. I legit heard dial up sounds in my head.

I think my dad's quite smart so that one was a little bit of a shock. We had a quick convo and both came away with a better understanding.

[–] waitaminute@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago

See even this is over my head. I have no idea what a tor network is. Maybe next year I will know more.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 8 months ago

I mean creating an account is no different than creating any other online account so I have to think the average netizen can do that. navigating the command line is much more rare of a thing and coding more so although it does not take much command line before you might want to modify some home directory files and that leads to scripting. Booting from a usb setup already to do it I think is not toooo uncommon but setting up a usb drive to boot an iso you put on it is a different story. Your right though that given what the federation is Im guessing it likely has a tech ratio similar to slashdot I reckon.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah thats true, but there are things that lemmy fights over. AI for example, theres a few AI enjoyers here. Linux v the world.

Its to be expected that the people who share this space are a little bit likeminded.

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