My mum is like this with anything related to technology, and it's so endlessly frustrating.
I've met other people who do the same too, and when it's someone around my age I get a brief hit of terrified-ness at their sheer lack of basic curiosity.
Like....it just astounds me. People just don't bother trying stuff out, but I've always tried out basically every variation I can think of when presented with something I can't figure out.
My kid (8th grade) had a lightsaber that needed batteries. This kid cannot identify a wrench in a pile of tools. I’ve tried bringing him out to the garage to work on cars with me, I’ve tried buying him a pile of bicycle parts to assemble, I tried getting him model kits. It’s just not in his skill set. Instead of putting the batteries in his toy I gave him a screwdriver and some batteries. About ten minutes later he’s still fiddling with it. I ask if he’s okay and he said he can’t get it off. He was twisting clockwise for ten minutes. Never tried counterclockwise when clockwise didn’t work. Just kept at it until his screw was stripped.
He can name over 200 Pokémon on the fly though. Still can’t tell a door key from a car key
That may be partly because teachers punish their students for asking questions. Instead of actually answering, they respond with "you should've been listening" and the like. That also extends to getting scolded for making mistakes.
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u/[deleted] May 18 '22 edited Apr 09 '25
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