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"Kids Can't Use Computers" is now ten years old, and it's only gotten worse
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this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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Absolutely. I'll be the first to admit my knowledge of cars is lacking, but that doesn't mean I'm not interested in learning about it. It's fine to not know things, but it's weird to not want to know things.
I like to think I have the general gist of how cars work and go together, even if I couldn't literally get in one and replace some arbitrary part (other than tires/batteries/fluids) without a lot of guides.
Yeah, I feel like I know all the very specific stuff from watching videos about how 4-stroke engines and such work, but the moment I open my actual-for-real hood I'm mostly clueless outside of very basic maintenance.
Unscrew things in the right order and swear at how everything is completely rusted in place.
There, easy.
Yeah, and I'm sure you'll agree there's a gap between "my car is a machine that occasionally requires service by someone who knows how" and "my car is a metal horse that should go as long as I put gas in it". I don't expect people to be the mechanic, but the second group of people is very much real.
This one is fun because horses require so much more effort and upkeep than cars. Your horse can suck because you made it sad.