Mr. Kurtz completely missed the point of what comics like User Friendly and the like are trying to do. They aren't making fun of the people who are trying to figure out their computers and how to use them, but rather the lUser who has no interest in doing anything for themselves. I work in a Data Systems department, and all day long, I get calls from people who do stupid things, and never care to learn from their mistakes. They use the computer all day long, but don't learn anything about it. It's frustrating having to do the same thing for the same people over and over, despite telling them what they did wrong, and how to avoid the problem next time, but they don't care. Those are the people we laugh at.
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Mr. Kurtz completely missed the point of what comics like User Friendly and the like are trying to do. They aren't making fun of the people who are trying to figure out their computers and how to use them, but rather the lUser who has no interest in doing anything for themselves. I work in a Data Systems department, and all day long, I get calls from people who do stupid things, and never care to learn from their mistakes. They use the computer all day long, but don't learn anything about it. It's frustrating having to do the same thing for the same people over and over, despite telling them what they did wrong, and how to avoid the problem next time, but they don't care. Those are the people we laugh at.