Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat is something you dont care to understand or "get"?message-squaremessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down11
arrow-up195arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something you dont care to understand or "get"?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square178fedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 days agoCars. I drive them, but I leave the technology to the professionals.
minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoIt takes up a third of your income but you have no interest in it ?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWhy would I waste a third of my income on a car? If push comes to shove, it may be between 5 and 8%.
minus-squaresilentTeee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoI thought I was the only one. I studied computers down to the transistor level. I know many of the different cells in the immune cascade. I’ve researched child psychology. But ask me to explain what a car’s transmission is and the only thing in my brain is dial-up tones…
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoSame. I’ll go as far as changing a wheel when I have a flat, but that’s pretty much it. Otherwise, I can lift the bonnet and go “yep, that’s an engine” quite convincingly.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoYeah, if there isn’t an unconnected hose or cable, that’s about the extent of my car knowledge.
Cars. I drive them, but I leave the technology to the professionals.
It takes up a third of your income but you have no interest in it ?
Why would I waste a third of my income on a car? If push comes to shove, it may be between 5 and 8%.
I thought I was the only one.
I studied computers down to the transistor level. I know many of the different cells in the immune cascade. I’ve researched child psychology.
But ask me to explain what a car’s transmission is and the only thing in my brain is dial-up tones…
Same. I’ll go as far as changing a wheel when I have a flat, but that’s pretty much it.
Otherwise, I can lift the bonnet and go “yep, that’s an engine” quite convincingly.
Yeah, if there isn’t an unconnected hose or cable, that’s about the extent of my car knowledge.