Hey guys. This is Miriam Tauber speaking. I have several things to say to you people.
1. I am not an idiot. I am an average computer-user. I am actually very good at using the computer. I, in fact, use my computer all day long. I just dont know how to fix it, like most people.
2. I dont understand your blind rage against people who use computers and cant fix them. Can you guys build a car? Make a toaster-oven? Write a book? Would you be able to fix your microwave if it broke? Get over yourselves. We live in a
highly specialized society. Without so-called "technophobes," which I am definitely not, you guys would be out of a job.
3. I know what a goddamn MP3 is. I also know what a PDF is. They are EXAMPLES of suffixes. Some suffixes are more familiar to the average computer user than others. My point is - how are you supposed to know when something is a virus if you are not a total computer geek and the e-mail comes from a friend of yours? The answer cannot be that only techies should be able to use computers. That's like saying that only mechanics should be able to drive a car. I bet none of you know anything about economic theory, but you guys still go to the grocery store and write checks.
4. Poor little techies! Their friends and families ask them for help! They might have to talk to people! They might have to be nice to another human being in need. Their lives are just sooo impossibly difficult. We should really give them a vacation. It is, after all, quite taxing to be such an elitist.
Hey guys. This is Miriam Tauber speaking. I have several things to say to you people.
1. I am not an idiot. I am an average computer-user. I am actually very good at using the computer. I, in fact, use my computer all day long. I just dont know how to fix it, like most people.
2. I dont understand your blind rage against people who use computers and cant fix them. Can you guys build a car? Make a toaster-oven? Write a book? Would you be able to fix your microwave if it broke? Get over yourselves. We live in a highly specialized society. Without so-called "technophobes," which I am definitely not, you guys would be out of a job.
3. I know what a goddamn MP3 is. I also know what a PDF is. They are EXAMPLES of suffixes. Some suffixes are more familiar to the average computer user than others. My point is - how are you supposed to know when something is a virus if you are not a total computer geek and the e-mail comes from a friend of yours? The answer cannot be that only techies should be able to use computers. That's like saying that only mechanics should be able to drive a car. I bet none of you know anything about economic theory, but you guys still go to the grocery store and write checks.
3. Poor little techies! Their friends and families ask them for help! They might have to talk to people! They might have to be nice to another human being in need. Their lives are just sooo impossibly difficult. We should really give them a vacation. It is, after all, quite taxing to be such an elitist.
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Hey guys. This is Miriam Tauber speaking. I have several things to say to you people. 1. I am not an idiot. I am an average computer-user. I am actually very good at using the computer. I, in fact, use my computer all day long. I just dont know how to fix it, like most people. 2. I dont understand your blind rage against people who use computers and cant fix them. Can you guys build a car? Make a toaster-oven? Write a book? Would you be able to fix your microwave if it broke? Get over yourselves. We live in a highly specialized society. Without so-called "technophobes," which I am definitely not, you guys would be out of a job. 3. I know what a goddamn MP3 is. I also know what a PDF is. They are EXAMPLES of suffixes. Some suffixes are more familiar to the average computer user than others. My point is - how are you supposed to know when something is a virus if you are not a total computer geek and the e-mail comes from a friend of yours? The answer cannot be that only techies should be able to use computers. That's like saying that only mechanics should be able to drive a car. I bet none of you know anything about economic theory, but you guys still go to the grocery store and write checks. 4. Poor little techies! Their friends and families ask them for help! They might have to talk to people! They might have to be nice to another human being in need. Their lives are just sooo impossibly difficult. We should really give them a vacation. It is, after all, quite taxing to be such an elitist.
Hey guys. This is Miriam Tauber speaking. I have several things to say to you people. 1. I am not an idiot. I am an average computer-user. I am actually very good at using the computer. I, in fact, use my computer all day long. I just dont know how to fix it, like most people. 2. I dont understand your blind rage against people who use computers and cant fix them. Can you guys build a car? Make a toaster-oven? Write a book? Would you be able to fix your microwave if it broke? Get over yourselves. We live in a highly specialized society. Without so-called "technophobes," which I am definitely not, you guys would be out of a job. 3. I know what a goddamn MP3 is. I also know what a PDF is. They are EXAMPLES of suffixes. Some suffixes are more familiar to the average computer user than others. My point is - how are you supposed to know when something is a virus if you are not a total computer geek and the e-mail comes from a friend of yours? The answer cannot be that only techies should be able to use computers. That's like saying that only mechanics should be able to drive a car. I bet none of you know anything about economic theory, but you guys still go to the grocery store and write checks. 3. Poor little techies! Their friends and families ask them for help! They might have to talk to people! They might have to be nice to another human being in need. Their lives are just sooo impossibly difficult. We should really give them a vacation. It is, after all, quite taxing to be such an elitist.
and shes a hell of a lot more tech savvy than she's made out to be. thats all.