this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
1146 points (97.7% liked)
Memes
45730 readers
974 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Imagine thinking that a smartphone is required for SMS. I remember back when smartphones were just getting to market in the 1980s, don't you?
Levels of idiocy to that magnitude are a clear sign of basic technology ineptitude. With that said: who typed this comment for you?
I never said one should refuse texting, I said one shouldn't refuse calling. And as for my technological aptitude, I think I do quite well. But go off.
I mean, I'm not a programmer or anything like that but I can be comfortable with just about any OS you put in front of me with minimal time to familiarize - though admittedly I'm most comfortable with any of numerous flavours of Linux desktop/Android, and least enthused about using Windows. I 've got a lot of practice problem-solving though nowadays that seems to be less and less frequent.
I'm not great at touch typing as I have a tremor, but thankfully I have friends who know they can text me but I'm likely to call them back if I need to reply in any depth. On a physical keyboard my tremor doesn't really interfere with my ability to type though; actually I enjoy typing on a physical keyboard and recently upgraded to a Thinkpad so it's been better than ever.
I do occasionally use scrpy so I can type on my phone from my laptop, but that's only practical at home obviously.
edit: Also, I'm kind of laughing to myself at the thought anyone could think a friggin trans woman on the fediverse could possibly be inept with technology :P
Lol, I made the comment to highlight your attitude and send it right back at you, and you both 1) criticize something I didn't say or mention, and 2) totally miss the point of how your initial comment came across, completely missing the fact that I was using your tactic back at you, and try to make me feel bad for taking your approach and spinning it right back at you. That's... oof.
I'd fall within that category as well (not great at touch typing, or physical for that matter) as I'm a stroke survivor who, among other losses, only has the useful capacity of one hand along with partial blindness. But voice messages (in many popular sms replacement programs) and speech to text are available.
It was a sharp nudge to perhaps reevaluate your initial... tone, I suppose is the best term. Just a pinch (or ten) of your 'everyone should be exactly like me, and if they aren't they are inept at being' isn't exactly well-received (which, hey, you did understand that). Doubling down certainly is an option, but it's not what I'd say was anywhere near the correct one.