Post ASoUeHXwDKdrFvrzLk by jayrope@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #ASoMOO0bcVPR23BjhA by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-18T17:47:43Z
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It's depressing -- but not at all surprising -- how many people here appear to have absolutely no empathy whatsoever for anyone less technical than themselves.
(DIR) Post #ASoMZSWZAiaGDpPwki by chancerydaily@masto.ai
2023-02-18T17:49:35Z
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@lauren For an outsider, it actually is kind of surprising how contemptuous people on the inside seem to be. 🫤
(DIR) Post #ASoNQQPLls6h0RIYRE by robryk@qoto.org
2023-02-18T17:59:16Z
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@lauren There's a different variant of it, which I'm not sure whether you're including: lack of empathy towards people who are not curious about technical things.
(DIR) Post #ASoNSQy2f5XHJwU0jA by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-18T17:59:46Z
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@robryk I'd consider that a subset.
(DIR) Post #ASoNh2OwHRmnTR1lnU by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-18T18:02:17Z
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@robryk Keep in mind, many people who have no interest in this stuff have been forced to deal with it because alternatives (phone support, etc.) have been decimated by cost-cutting firms. So many people use these systems to the minimum required to get through their lives, and they hate being forced to do this.
(DIR) Post #ASoNtJ8bsbtgrAEyUy by bwbeach@qoto.org
2023-02-18T18:04:29Z
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@lauren I saw one yesterday: "You'd have to be a moron to <make this tech choice>..."It would be far more helpful to understand that not everybody knows why it's a bad choice, and teach us.As usual, there's an xkcd comic that addresses this.https://xkcd.com/1053/
(DIR) Post #ASoO9qdv4oylP5lx6e by bayport@theatl.social
2023-02-18T18:07:26Z
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@lauren @robryk it’s like a corollary right?Lacking empathy causes so many problems in my life :think_bread:
(DIR) Post #ASoOBb2o2j3dbYFLtI by bayport@theatl.social
2023-02-18T18:07:26Z
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@lauren @robryk it’s like a corollary right?Lacking empathy causes so many problems in my life :think_bread:
(DIR) Post #ASoRke3j7q46x956Ya by mikemol@pony.social
2023-02-18T18:47:41Z
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@lauren I have a theory that the vast majority of people on Mastodon are much more socioeconomically wealthy than the vast majority on birdsite.
(DIR) Post #ASoRszUtIpzDl6lbAu by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-18T18:49:16Z
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@mikemol I have no actual statistics to support that conclusion, however, on its face it does not seem unreasonable.
(DIR) Post #ASoS4wjjOP98fiPPgO by mikemol@pony.social
2023-02-18T18:51:20Z
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@lauren a side effect of the nature of the fediverse is that any model I can think of for testing this would have a strong sampling bias.This may also be a side effect of my being neither a professional statistician nor sociologist.
(DIR) Post #ASoTirnRHNket5k6G8 by deriamis@mstdn.social
2023-02-18T19:09:45Z
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@lauren @DeignLian I think those people need to remember that they may be meeting one of the Lucky Ten Thousand.https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ten_thousand.png
(DIR) Post #ASoU4xb4OTt5FSUZBQ by jayrope@mastodon.online
2023-02-18T19:13:49Z
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@lauren Maybe that lack of empathy is much broader. Apparently less technical people haven't much empathy for technical people either. :) But really, no pun intended. It just seem, that a general understanding or will to develop to where we aren't ourselves feeling at home already is sthg. rather hard to find.
(DIR) Post #ASoUKp1I3DwVHRJt1k by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-18T19:16:43Z
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@jayrope Nontechnical people have a much more valid basis -- they often feel like this tech has been stuffed down their throats and that when they ask for help they're ignored or ridiculed.
(DIR) Post #ASoUeHXwDKdrFvrzLk by jayrope@mastodon.online
2023-02-18T19:20:10Z
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@lauren Some have much more of this, others have much more of that. A conclusion will not come along, when i stigmatize others, but when i offer what i have in exchange for what they have. Always works with me.
(DIR) Post #ASop6jOaGO32ouKzIG by RoboGorillaman@masto.ai
2023-02-18T23:09:25Z
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@lauren I guess we are all experts in some fields and non-experts in others.Every time something odd happens to my PC and I start tearing my hair out or I see toxic behaviour by experts towards newbies, I am reminded to be gentle with people not familiar with my line of work.Seeing positive behaviour is incredibly powerful too. One is inspired to do better.
(DIR) Post #ASp9MIXLtACNEi8g3U by lymond@hachyderm.io
2023-02-19T02:56:26Z
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@lauren I spent much of my career helping very smart people little technical knowledge (university humanities faculty) use their computers. I learned a lot and usually had fun doing it. (My favorite moment was when a much-honored professor told me, “I’m a scholar; I don’t want to learn anything new!”)