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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely, some people have some weird kind of anxiety when it comes to this. I think in many cases they believe they aren't intelligent enough to get it and that only really intelligent people can understand these things.

It is the same in math. It has this aura of being super out there. And, let's be honest, it seems like some people in tech fields try to uphold that notion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I try so hard to show people how to do things themselves when they ask me to help them with various tech......whatever, and almost universally get told "no."

Magic rectangle take me to Facebook, if it doesn't I need someone to make the magic rectangle take me to Facebook, and I refuse to understand it any further.