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Part of why internet search sucks is that many gave up trying in the face of Google. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago by ElectroVagrant to c/showerthoughts
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Pseudo-monopolies are great at extinguishing imagination like that, and tbh Google search (as I understand its basic setup) was only as good as it was thanks to timing and few really good competitors.

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[–] Arrakis 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually people educate themselves on a topic before trying to talk about it as if they have a clue.

"But this is just, like, my opinion bro"

[–] ElectroVagrant 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We're not in /c/technology nor a tech themed instance, it's a showerthought post (so the vibe should be casual), maybe learn to read a room?

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Also, it's not as if I was speaking authoritatively, I was speaking to my experiences and I was upfront about the limits of my knowledge. Instead of bothering to constructively correct me, you flatly went, "Yeah, no." and your entire entry into the convo was pretty condescending for no apparent reason.

[–] Arrakis 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Instead of bothering to constructively correct me

To quote a certain highly educated someone, we’re not in /c/technology nor a tech themed instance, it’s a showerthought post (so the vibe should be casual), so why would we go into technical details? maybe learn to read a room?

your entire entry into the convo was pretty condescending for no apparent reason

Except the stated one....

Usually people educate themselves on a topic before trying to talk about it as if they have a clue.

People are not gonna bother educating someone who won't educate themselves, especially when what is said is so completely incorrect they have no idea where to even begin.