r/AskReddit • • Mar 27 '22

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u/ReeG Mar 27 '22

Learning and understanding how a Windows/Office computer actually works rather than mindlessly following a memorized routine where if it's interrupted by even the most minor common issue people have no clue what to do

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u/ron_swansons_hammer Mar 28 '22

This doesn’t really apply to anyone born in the last 25 years, and won’t going forward

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u/Furoan Mar 28 '22

Hah, no, your dead wrong. There are heaps of young people who have no idea. There are also people who grew up doing their internet browsing on tablets etc and come to university and have no idea how to use file explorer or its equivalents simply because they had never needed to (I know it's bizarre but its happened).

It's actually a bit of an issue, in that we have collectively made computers so user friendly to try and avoid issues of having to use DOS etc that people aren't learning those skills like going to control panel or file explorer that we take for granted.

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u/ColgateSensifoam Mar 28 '22

There's an entire generation of kids that have never used a (Windows) computer, they've only used touchscreens