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SiliconWizard:
Yes, Youtubers do this because, whether we like it or not, it works.

xrunner:

--- Quote from: eti on March 26, 2023, 05:56:31 pm ---Sweeping claims from YouTubers and click bait articles that “<insert thing> WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING!” (Mark Rober has just done this)

See also “THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY!!” & “THIS IS GROUND-BREAKING!” or “THIS IS THE FUTURE!” (How it is that anyone can know what the future will be, until the future becomes the present, is beyond me!)

The problem is that this excessive hyperbole is used SO OFTEN about almost any technology subject imaginable, that it just shows little, if any discernment or critical thinking on the part of the person making the bold claims of such.

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THE FOLLOWING POST I'M MAKING WILL SHOCK EVERYONE HERE



Hey, I hardly ever do this so cut me some slack!  :-DD

eti:
Here’s one. The internet is RAMMED FULL of people who do this, since they can’t BEAR the notion that maybe they don’t know the answer to a question being asked, so they say any old thing in the hope it’ll be accepted:

I just saw someone ask how much space macOS installer takes (the USB drive upon which the installation media resides), on quora:

Someone answers “The full install occupies <blah blah>GB disk space”

Yeah? The person asking, asked how much disk space THE INSTALLER occupies - the flat, packed away airbed, not the volume it occupies WHEN INFLATED (installed).

I think a problem when people answering overestimate their technical knowledge.


I’ve learnt from decades of internet usage that sitting for hours or days, trying things out and Googling, is vastly preferable than engaging in trap loops of circular discussion and misunderstanding with people who you get a gut feeling are winging it, but want to convince you they’re right (insecurity).

I rarely ask for help, interactively; I’m only asking questions here when I’ve spent weeks, months or years (on the back burner) exhausting all other avenues, and asking us TRULY the last resort. I’m a strong lateral thinker which helps; becoming self-sufficient in technical domains is very valuable.

Sredni:

--- Quote from: xrunner on March 26, 2023, 07:08:23 pm ---
--- Quote from: eti on March 26, 2023, 05:56:31 pm ---Sweeping claims from YouTubers and click bait articles that “<insert thing> WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING!” (Mark Rober has just done this)

See also “THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY!!” & “THIS IS GROUND-BREAKING!” or “THIS IS THE FUTURE!” (How it is that anyone can know what the future will be, until the future becomes the present, is beyond me!)

The problem is that this excessive hyperbole is used SO OFTEN about almost any technology subject imaginable, that it just shows little, if any discernment or critical thinking on the part of the person making the bold claims of such.

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THE FOLLOWING POST I'M MAKING WILL SHOCK EVERYONE HERE

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I wrote a reply to this post. YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I WROTE.

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THIS IS THE ONLY REPLY YOU NEED TO READ!



Yes, definitely irritating. I tend to skip that kind of "information".
And I wish I could go inside the houses of Amazon customers who answer questions on the site with "I'm sorry, it was a gift" or "I have no idea how to do that", and break their router with a 5kg sledge hammer.

eti:
Another: tabloid chimpanzees who LITERALLY have television industry inside contacts, and yet are too lazy and stupid to get tv programme names CORRECT.

Attached: the correct title from ”Channel 5” (UK) and the hideously incorrect one from tvguide.co.uk (absolute chimps!)

HOW CAN YOU BE SO THICK AS TO MESS THIS UP?!

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