dianne

Reddit just feels like hive mind jokes and reposts, but on lemmy people are genuinely interacting so it feels more engaging (which don’t get me wrong, happens on reddit too, you just have to sift through all the stupid marinara flag jokes)

Yes, middle school late 90s, northeast us. I made it to the top, but I was in gymnastics for most of Elementary school so I was really strong from that for a good decade after I quit 😆 I was also able to do pull ups in high school too (15ish) which from what I understand is typically difficult for girls. Now I can’t even do a single push up fml 😞 maybe I can change that before I hit 40 lol

Our high school also had a huge rock wall in the gym which was pretty cool, but we only did it for like a week one year

US here, wasn’t taught until high school

I think mostly because it was unexpected for his age, usually questions like that came from much older people and it was surprising to me that someone barely older than me didn’t understand web based email. He seemed like a smart competent dude, so it was just not an answer my brain was ready for. Laughing might not be the best gauge for anything for me, laughing is also my fear response.

I sold computers at best buy for a few years around a decade ago, and this particular experience burned itself into my brain:

Me: introduce myself, ask what he was looking for Guy in his 30s: wants to look at chromebooks Me: tries finding out what he’s using it for to make sure it’ll be enough Guy: web browsing mostly, asks me if he can get his email on it Me: yeah no problem, what email client do you use now Guy: Gmail

It was hard to not laugh, but I am reminded of this when I think of the average person’s technical ability.