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I love computer illiterate people

Kelemvor

Lifer
I subscribe to some Freecycle websites for my area and saw this email come in today...

Greetings all, I am looking for a computer, that is in good condition, with windows 2007, 2008, or 2009. If anyone has one that they would like to part with please let me know. Thanks, Sheron

I was confused so I emailed the person back with:

FYI, I don't have a PC to get rid of but there's no such thing as Windows 2007, 2008, or 2009. Not really sure what you're asking for...

And I got a reply of:

thanks for correcting me. I guess you could say, I am looking for a newer hard drive. I have had mine since 2003, and I am quite sure there something newer than that. I am not really computer literate, sorry.

*sigh*
 
How can you say you love them and then go on to mock and belittle them? Is that how you express your love in every situation?
 
My favorite is our "Administrative Assistant" who has a BS in IS Administration. She asked where the best place is to get more "memory" for her friends computer since he is running out of space to put his music. :sigh;

To be fair, she's a pretty cool person aside from her Bull Shit BS.
 
I love them too keeps me in business as I am constantly getting computers in with the works of problems (Spyware Viruses Pr0n and other Nasty Stuff)
 
I donate time at a nursing home and assisted living facility to help computer novices learn basic skills. I have never felt anything but gratitude from the elderly and challenged.

I know there are many members here at AT who can hardly tolerate anyone who isn't an expert or owner of a cutting edge system.
 
Originally posted by: OCguy
How can you say you love them and then go on the mock and belittle them? Is that how you express your love in every situation?

That's exactly why he loves them.....because it gives him a way to feel powerful.

It's really got to be a sad life for him, though, if being a geek/nerd bully is the only way he can feel more secure in his living-in-his-Mom's-basement world.

Of course, he's probably the kind that can dish it out to unknown people on the net, posing as the know-it-all bully, but let someone point out his shortcomings in knowledge, like in medicine, or stock, or masonry, or auto repair, or a whole litany of things, and you'd find him posting on a forum crying like a child about how someone was so rude and crude to him.

OP....grow up and get a life.
 
I was expecting funny things like white out on monitors and cd-roms as cup holders. I didn't chuckle to myself, not even a little bit 🙁 Thanks for sharing anyhow, you tried.

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I had someone demand that they be able to use Mazola Foxfire.

Funny 🙂 My roomate calls firefox foxfire too (her IE was acting up so I suggest she switch to another browser to alieviate her problems).
 
Originally posted by: Kelemvor
I subscribe to some Freecycle websites for my area and saw this email come in today...

Greetings all, I am looking for a computer, that is in good condition, with windows 2007, 2008, or 2009. If anyone has one that they would like to part with please let me know. Thanks, Sheron

I was confused so I emailed the person back with:

FYI, I don't have a PC to get rid of but there's no such thing as Windows 2007, 2008, or 2009. Not really sure what you're asking for...

And I got a reply of:

thanks for correcting me. I guess you could say, I am looking for a newer hard drive. I have had mine since 2003, and I am quite sure there something newer than that. I am not really computer literate, sorry.

*sigh*

you are one badass.
 
No sighing at or hating of computer illiterate people from me.

I know too little on plenty of other subjects and things in life that it does me no good to wonder at people who don't know that Windows 7 is the latest version and that there haven't been any "year" releases of Windows since 2000.
 
Originally posted by: Platypus
Are you literate in every subject out there?

I'm pretty fluent with all the tools I use. I don't think having basic familiarity with the tools you frequently use is too much to ask for.
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: Platypus
Are you literate in every subject out there?

I'm pretty fluent with all the tools I use. I don't think having basic familiarity with the tools you frequently use is too much to ask for.

Do you own a car?
 
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