Post #3869285

2026-07-16 21:46 UTC

Me: 🦝 Expecting someone to know how to install an operating system or that Substack is a nazi bar is honestly really specialized information, the world is full of things and nobody knows more than a tiny fraction of it and that same tiny fraction is never the same between any two given people, expecting everyone to know the same things that you and your peers know is a recipe for a life full of confusion, frustration and disappointment Also me, watching Jeopardy just now, where a contestant was shown a picture of a bandsaw: 🦝 Bamthaugh (bandsaw with a mouth full of pizza) 🐰What is, a... miter saw? 🦝 A MYRPHAW *swallows pizza* A FUCKING MITER SAW? ARE YOU FUCKING, WHAT THE ABSOLUTE, YOU ASS, YOU RIDICULOUS BUMHEAD,

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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange 2026-07-16 21:54

@ifixcoinops@retro.social my favorite illustration of this concept: https://xkcd.com/1053/

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@calvin@fedi.sphericalcow.space 2026-07-16 21:58

@ifixcoinops@retro.social but see, that's what TV is all about. We get to yell at it and express superiority over others in a safe environment.

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@cocoadog@mastodon.social 2026-07-16 22:20

@ifixcoinops@retro.social Okay, it's official: "miter saw" is now my standard term for this kind of thing. 🙂 I feel like I have a lot more miter saws than you'd expect for someone of my age and background. But whatever.

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@em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social 2026-07-16 22:26

@ifixcoinops@retro.social I got this feeling from jeopardy when it came to anything agricultural related 😹 You seriously have to tell me you don’t know what a “plow” is? Yet you know who played in the Yankees game in 1970?🤣

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@wcbdata@vis.social 2026-07-16 23:48

@ifixcoinops@retro.social I feel seen. Thank you.

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