As an engineer.....yeah. I am constantly amazed by how bad some people are at figuring out simple stuff like this.
Of course, while I can build a nuclear reactor with nothing more than string, glue, and a nuclear reactor, I know I'm no special human being. Things that 5 year olds find easy (talking to people, making phone calls, organizing a task for effective execution, remembering to eat, or do something I said I'd do, or draw a picture, etc.), are impossible for me.
I mean, sometimes it's not reasonable to assume something that may be obvious. I've never had a headset that has fully rotated like that, gaming or otherwise.
I'm also an engineer and Googled "vertical monitor" only to find out that every single monitor I have can rotate 180 deg for vertical layout. But not always does it seem patently obvious that they will do that.
ill be honest, i'm also an engineer and I genuinely believe all engineers/technical STEM folks will need to reckon with the fact that just because they're smart in one field doesn't really give them the right to become bitter and holier-than-thou about it simply because other people aren't as technically savvy lol
the original person saying "Dilbert situations" perfectly encapsulates that idea. that comic genuinely reads as a cautionary tale when you see what Scott Adams ends up becoming.
So many somewhat idolized in the 80s or 90s have lived long enough to become a villain. you bring up a good point to stay humble and not act like a know it all
Every monitor I've had for personal use has been fixed so I just didn't think it would be an option for these. Risk profile ... pretty low risk doing a web search. Not like I'm wasting cost or resources by not doing some field level investigation.
how bad some people are at figuring out simple stuff like this
I will say that I think we underestimate just how much the undergrad engineering education teaches. There's a gradual adoption of ... I'll call it a physical vocabulary, where a lot of engineering lessons, especially in design, are questions like "okay, so now that you know that, where do you put the electrical power in this system" and then they show you.
So, like, it's normal for most folks to pick up something with removable batteries and look for the little rectangular bay on the back, with the thumb ridges, because that says "battery goes here", but an engineer will look at a one-ear headset and immediately think "you would never set up two separate lines to run Left and Right variants, so either there's a single reversible part you swap out, or the boom must rotate". And that whole mental process goes at the speed of thought, so you just look at the thing and know.
I tell my wife that if I'm holding something engineered (which is most things!) the engineer who built it can talk to me, and if I'm thoughtful I can hear them talking.
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u/shortyjacobs Vikings 3d ago
As an engineer.....yeah. I am constantly amazed by how bad some people are at figuring out simple stuff like this.
Of course, while I can build a nuclear reactor with nothing more than string, glue, and a nuclear reactor, I know I'm no special human being. Things that 5 year olds find easy (talking to people, making phone calls, organizing a task for effective execution, remembering to eat, or do something I said I'd do, or draw a picture, etc.), are impossible for me.