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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Guys/Gals it's posted in the meme community, clearly this did not happen. The joke is funnier in the first person.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly, this kind of goes for everything that's more complicated than average people can understand. (By "average" I mean "anyone not familiar with this particular knowledge." I have in depth IT knowledge but very weak automobile maintenance knowledge, for example. This makes me "average" when it comes to automobile maintenance.)

I don't give out IT advice for the most part, because the number of people who will come hounding you because they misunderstood, did something wrong, or missed several steps, is too damn high. Doesn't matter that they made the choice to take initiative to do it on their own, now it's your fault for suggesting it when their PC blows up in their face.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

That's a great generalization! Don't give lay people knowledge they can use to harm themselves, and recognize when you are the lay person.