Alright, you probably don’t, but there are a lot of people out there that sure do. Come on ladies and gentlemen! It’s really not that complicated, and you may as well figure out how to use the internet (and a computer) now, because it’s not going away!
Example of why you suck:
The past couple of weeks I have been helping a friend of mine set up a business of his own. He’s not sure about a lot of stuff, but one thing is for sure, he sucks at the internet – I say that with the utmost respect and consideration, of course. I’m not writing this post to call him out in particular; I’m writing it to call out everyone that sucks at using a computer and the internet.
This is a text message conversation (if you can call it that) I received from said individual today and it kind of set me off.
Him: ”I try to go to my email o it said theres no account with that name”
Me: “Go to: mail.sitename.com then type in your username and password.”
Him: “Where should I go gongle first?”
Him: Insert a cheesy picture text message of mail.sitename.com typed in to google with the standard “we can’t find anything for your search” text from Google.
Me: Type mail.sitename.com in the address bar…where you type in google.com.
Him: I found it but cannot log in.
Him: Im sorry I got it.
Lessons we can learn from this:
- Don’t ask a question until you have used your head. There really aren’t very many stupid questions, but there are definitely stupid ways to ask questions.
- Understand that there are three things you need to use the internet: 1.) A computer. 2.) a internet connection. 3.) a browser (i.e. Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox.) Then you just need to understand how to use the browser. i.e. There is an address bar, you know, the place you type in web addresses like google.com?
- If you don’t know how to use a browser, or install one, click around and figure it out! The chances that you will break your computer are very slim, and there are usually big buttons and images that say “download here” or “click here to install” or “next.” Just read!
- Google isn’t Gongle. If you’re going to ask somebody a question, at least try to make sense.
- Read and try to figure it out yourself.
I mean no disrespect to the person that I had this conversation with, jus’ sayin’.
